B.C. Premier Christy Clark vs. her former radio station, CKNW
CKNW's Gord MacDonald blasts B.C. Premier Christy Clark after the politician took a swipe at her former radio station.
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How Paula Todd found Karla Homolka and got her photograph: Macleans
A feature in the latest issue of Macleans lays out how Todd found Homolka in the rural setting of Guadeloupe and how her photographer camped on a neighbour’s goat farm for four days in order to get a shot of Paul Bernardo’s convinced partner in crime.
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Week in review: Stephen Wicary moves to Cuba, Ezra Levant and Tony Clement disapprove
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Paying journalists’ pensions the latest hurdle for newspapers: Carr
New York Times’ media columnist David Carr’s Monday column takes a look at another daunting problem facing newspapers: paying journalists’ pensions.
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Liberal Party files complaint against Pierre Duchesne for Parti Québécois candidacy
It’s now been confirmed that Pierre Duchense will be running as the Parti Quebecois candidate in the riding of Borduas. It’s also been confirmed that the Quebec Liberal Party has lodged a formal complaint against the former Radio-Canada journalist to the Quebec Press Council as well as the Radio-Canada ombudsman based on Duchense’s decision to run.
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Book Review: “Out of the Blue”
“Out of the Blue” is a gripping memoir of Jan Wong's struggle with depression and about the end of the love affair with her newspaper. It shines a light on ignorance about clinical depression and on the stigma that the illness brings with it. Her book is also a warning to journalists — obsession with…
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CUTV: A media player in the Montreal student movement
Beyond Twitter and Facebook, the mix of mediums wielded by strikers, protestors, and their allies on the streets of Montreal over the last four months includes CUTV.
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Another female journalist sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square
Men — men everywhere. Clawing, groping and raping with their hands. Others watching. Women averting their eyes. That is the story that independent journalist and student Natasha Smith described on her blog this week.
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Canadian media reviews of Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom
You’d better believe that journalists, being obsessed with getting the facts right, will be the first to point out when facts about them are wrong. This may explain the lukewarm-at-best reviews that Aaron Sorkin’s latest drama series, The Newsroom, has garnered in the Canadian media over the last week.
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Going in-depth: the relationship between broadcast and online news
A report from the BBC Trust that looks at the broadcasters coverage of the Arab Spring raises the question: How can broadcast and online news work best together?