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    Ghesquière et Taponier: le prix de leur libération

    Les autorités françaises nient avoir versé une quelconque rançon financière ou politique pour obtenir la libération des deux journalistes, Hervé Ghesquière et Stéphane Taponier, rentrés en France aujourd’hui après 18 mois de captivité dans les montagnes afghanes. Mais plusieurs journalistes et spécialistes des relations internationales démentent cette information évoquant une enveloppe financière et des concessions…

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    Spacing Vancouver’s blog launches

    Spacing can now boast coverage from coast-to-cost. The magazine has teamed up with re:place magazine to launch the newest addition to Spacing‘s blog network, Spacing Vancouver. To do so, Spacing has completely absorbed the team at re:place, and will integrate that magazine’s staple features with its own. For more on the decision to merge, check…

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    Morning news revival

    Forget the ol’ industry doom and gloom, say panelists at the RTNDA conference in Halifax: Morning news is on a roll. David Thurton tells us why news shows at the start of the day are rising like the sun.

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    Guide d’utilisation de Twitter pour les journalistes

    Twitter a lancé hier un site web à l'intention des salles de nouvelles, Twitter for Newsroom ou #Tfn. Le réseau social y regroupe une série de ressources et d'outils pour accompagner les journalistes à chaque étape de leur travail, du reportage à la publication.

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    One j-student explains why she will no longer work for free

    It's time for media companies to stop offering unpaid internships, says a journalism student, Bethany Horne. The only students who can afford to work for free the summer, she says, are those lucky enough to come from families with money. That's no way to bring diverse voices or fresh perspectives into a newsroom.

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    Twitter for journalists

    Twitter gave a big nudge to old-school journalists yesterday when it launched Twitter for Newsrooms, or #Tfn. While most media-savvy reporters already use Twitter, others wouldn’t touch it. Or, as Twitter itself puts it: “We know you come from different generations. Some are native to the pilcrow, others native to the hashtag. You began your…