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Couldn’t make it to the CAJ conference in Ottawa from May 13-15? We did. Read on for a round-up from some of our favourite sessions, and some great quotes from the weekend’s…

In today’s Globe and Mail, columnist Lawrence Martin asks a worthy question: have we lost our tenacity?

On Wednesday, the online publishing arm of the Atlantic, dubbed the Atlantic Wire, decided to open its online editing process to the public. At first they thought it would be a one-day-only…

I confess; reading this article brought tears to my eyes. Which, I suppose makes me a definite journalistic dinosaur, but let me share with you just one paragraph about Charles Kuralt and…

An editor in Australia is pursuing a unique concept for online journalism. He’s hired working journalists as editors but academics as reporters. Andrew Jaspan said he believes this will bring a ““a…

Ever wonder what happened to John Temple, editor of the Rocky Mountain News when it folded? He found a second life online and, in this Columbia Journalism Review article, talks about doing…

What does the all-powerful Google search, and it algorithm, have in common with online content farms and machine-driven content? And what could it all mean for journalism and journalists? Read “Age of…

Found an interesting article in The Atlantic by a Nairobi-based journalist about the case of radio journalist Joshua arap Sang, who has been accused of using his craft to incite mass violence…

On May 24,coroner Bonnie Porter will hold a full hearing into what kind of access, if any, the press can have to the exhibits shown at the Ashley Smith inquest.

When it comes to sports journalism, there aren’t too many female faces — especially amongst sportscasters. Paige Ellis asks why there aren’t more women in the biz. Is the environment just too…