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We've known the financial picture for Canadian journalism has been in decline for a while. But one quick-and-dirty answer that has yet to be considered in Canada comes courtesy of a documentary…

The Detroit Free Press has published an entire gallery of prom dresses that have been made out of re-purposed newspaper. Sure, they may not be practical—presumably you'd have to be okay with ink rubbing…

At times, newspapers walk a fine line between advertising and editorial. As Heather Jordan Ross explains in the latest issue of the King's Journalism Review, advertorials come in all shapes and sizes…

The Montreal Gazette's Anne Sutherland's tweets last week have raised the question of whether or not editors should have some sort of oversight when reporters are live-tweeting from the field. After all,…

Could all of Toronto media feel the effects of a 'Ford freeze?' Romayne Smith Fullerton, a professor of media studies at the University of Western Ontario, takes a look at the bigger…

With World Press Freedom Day coming up on May 3, Patricia Elliot takes a look at recent developments in Burma, which is poised to embrace press freedom for the first time in…

Nick Kristof’s birthday isn’t until tomorrow, but at the encouragement of Sree Sreenivasan of Columbia's School of Journalism, people on social media are “Kristofizing” to celebrate the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. That is,…

Malcolm Kelly gives a preview of a panel on sports journalism taking place at this weekend's CAJ Conference that will look at the revenue sports produces and the audience figures it draws…

Though the relationship between audience and journalist has changed over recent years, collaborative story-telling is still a work in progress. As Karen Owen explains, in the end, it's up to journalists to…