The top 10 tweets that were Storified this year
Storify has compiled the top 10 tweets that were used by the storytelling tool this year.
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Ottawa: Where local reporters face federal roadblocks
What is it like covering local news in a city that is home to the federal government? It's no walk in the park, as Holly Gordon explains.
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What was the error of the year? Live chat today on Poynter
Poynter will be hosting a live chat today at 2 p.m. EST to find out what you think this year’s journalism error of the year was.
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‘The Elements of Style’ is transformed into a rap video by j-students
Students at the Columbia School of Journalism have created a rap video explaining required reading, "The Elements of Style." Now, to find someone to sum up the CP Stylebook so eloquently.
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La loi sur l’accès à l’information à l’heure du bilan
En 2012, la Loi sur l'accès aux documents des organismes publics et sur la protection des renseignements personnels, sommairement appelée la Loi sur l'accès à l'information, aura 30 ans. Pour Me Jean-Pierre Michaud, qui représente régulièrement des journalistes devant la Commission d'accès à l'information (CAI), l'histoire de cette législation ressemble tristement à l'épopée cinématographique La Guerre…
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Overheard in Parliament: How the media handled Justin Trudeau swearing at Peter Kent
In covering Justin Trudeau swearing at Environment Minister Peter Kent this afternoon, one news organization decided to cover it a little differently.
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Digital is to newspapers as electricity was to candle-makers: Ken Auletta
Ken Auletta addressed the digital revolution in a Q&A with IJNet.
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Twitter and journalism
Over in the Town Hall, people are talking about Twitter – a journalist’s best friend and worst enemy. A Guardian report looks at how false rumours spread on Twitter. Despite its ease of communications, there is no shortage of conundrums. This article questions whether tweeting is an acceptable platform to set up interviews. And just…
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Study to look into options for the future of press councils
At the request of Newspapers Canada, Ryerson University’s journalism research centre will look to compare existing models of press councils in Canada, understand their purposes and examine their effectiveness.
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Firebrand: A profile of Heather Robertson
At 19, Heather Robertson wrote an editorial that enflamed the college jocks, sparking a career dedicated to fearless reporting. Regan Reid takes a revealing look at Canada’s feistiest journalist. This story originally appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism.