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The fact that social media has changed the way people consume news isn't a new or revolutionary idea. But this infographic from Schools.com shows some general trends to keep an eye on.

When it comes to letters to the editor, most are fit to be printed. The odd one is not. David Swick looks at a recent instance where a letter was published saying…

Beyond being an award-winning sports journalist, Randy Starkman was a friend, father and husband. Janice Neil, J-Source's editor-in-chief, gives tribute to the man she says embodied the idea that humanity should be…

At a conference discussing the state of press freedom in Canada last month, Bruce Gillespie, a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Brantford and a panelist, said that journalists need to do…

New ways of transmitting information that results in reports being spread at unprecedented speeds invariably leads to issues in verification: Sounds like a statement about 21st century social media and journalism, right? Wrong. Well,…

TechRaking 2012, a conference surrounding the future of news and technology, took place at the Googleplex in California yesterday. As the Nieman Lab of Journalism reports, kicking off the conference was Google’s head of…

It’s been a tumultuous week for the CBC — 650 jobs will be lost, services and programming will be cut, RCI will be no more save for the web. But as Belinda Alzner reports,…

The Toronto Sun said CBC's investment in Sirius Satellite Radio was risky. The Globe and Mail says: Not so much. 

  Have you noticed that lately the seemingly-otherwise-intelligent folks whose daily musings populate your Facebook newsfeed are reading a lot about Snooki, Miley Cyrus or other celebrities doing outlandish things? A number of…

The Orange County Register has assigned 70 reporters to cover one baseball game. Yes, seventy.