Year / 2013
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Front commun pour l’indépendance de Radio-Canada/CBC
Début de semaine crucial pour le diffuseur public: les projets de loi C-461 et C-60 sont discutés en comité parlementaire aujourd’hui et demain. L’occasion de mettre la pression pour tenter de faire…
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Chronicle Herald Opinions editor Bev Dauphinee retires
The Chronicle Herald’s long-time Opinion editor Bev Dauphinee is retiring after 35 years with the newspaper. Dauphinee started her career with the Halifax newspaper in 1978 and became one of the country’s first…
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CBC Ottawa reporter Julie Ireton named Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education
CBC News Ottawa reporter Julie Ireton was named the Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education. She will develop a workshop on entrepreneurial journalism to help journalists market their skills, according to the press…
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Winnipeg Free Press restricts online comments to subscribers in effort to reduce “digital diatribe”
The Winnipeg Free Press is restricting its online comments to print and online subscribers only in an effort to keep “the e-party going without the party-crashers.” The newspaper’s editor Paul Samyn said the new…
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OPINION: Video, shmideo: reporting is about telling what you see and hear
A lot of people think something’s rotten in the way Canadian journalists have handled “crack-gate.” But Ivor Shapiro, chair of Ryerson's School of Journalism, asks since when does an audience need to see…
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Why hasn’t Mayor Rob Ford sued the Toronto Star?
Its been a week since the Toronto Star and Gawker went public with allegations concerning Mayor Rob Ford mixing with self identified criminals and possibly smoking crack cocaine. The mayor has denied…
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UPDATED: Edmonton Journal wins four feature writing awards
The Edmonton Journal has won four awards at the Society for Features Journalism 25th annual Excellence in Feature Writing Contest. Marty Klinkenberg won two second place awards. In the general feature category,…
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CJF J-Talk live blog: Are We Getting What We Deserve From Sports Reporters?
Where does the truth lie when pro players and reporters work for the same big company? When players and teams can communicate directly with fans on Twitter, what’s left for sports journalists?…
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Neil Reynolds remembered
Veteran newspaper editor Neil Reynolds died Sunday. Tributes flowed in from newspapers across the country where Reynolds has worked over his long career.