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Forget the Canadian angle; give me the news.
Last night (Feb. 24) after a tumultuous day in Libya, all three Canadian networks — CBC, CTV and Global — decided that the important story of the day was NOT an African people’s brave and bloody struggle for freedom, but rather how that revolution is inconveniencing Canadians. CTV led with higher gasoline prices at the…
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Charlie Sheen and Qaddafi Cant Resist Interviews
Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and Charlie Sheen are “addicted to explaining” themselves, writes the New York Times, like many politicians and celebrities who turn to the media to rehabilitate their public image.
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Risky business for all journalists: Foreign reporting
Lara Logan’s sexual assault by a Cairo mob should have media organizations rethinking how they might better support reporters in the field, especially if they are female. Former CBC Radio News Managing Editor and NPR News VP Jeffrey Dvorkin has some suggestions about where news managers might look. Jeffrey Dvorkin teaches in the journalism program…
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Must the revolution be televised to succeed?
Interesting article from Al-Jazeera on the role the media played in the success of revolt in Egypt — and how the world maybe forgot Egypt is part of Africa and saw it more as a Middle-East issue than the reality the continent is now experiencing.
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Working for nothing: The social media scam
When was the last time an online media site, like the Huffington Post, told you they couldn’t pay you for the content you were offering them but, hey, they were giving you a platform to “build an audience around your personal brand” so you should be grateful? News flash, says David Carr in this column…
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It’s not just Egypt: Star covers zone of entire Middle East
Instead of concentrating its reporting force in Egypt to replicate saturation coverage already available everywhere, the Toronto Star has nine journalists covering “the Arab Awakening” from Morocco, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., Yemen, Lebabon, Kuwait, Tunisia, and, of course, Egypt. The result is a riveting and varied text-and-photos portrait of a region in flux, including a…
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Participatory journalism: What do you think that means?
Citizen journalism, public journalism, grassroots journalism, participatory journalism—just some of the terms used to describe the public’s new role in the production of news. But what do any of those terms mean in a practical sense? Field Notes editor Nicole Blanchett Neheli explains.
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Who is Don Burroughs and why is he saying these things?
Vancouver blogger Adrian McNair has taken issue with a column by Susan Delacourt on the possibility of a spring federal election. Delacourt quotes Don Burroughs in her story, noting he was called by the Conservative Party and asked if he is a member, but she doesn’t say who Burroughs is. McNair says Delacourt is “stretching…
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Egypt media coverage
As turmoil deepens in Egypt, media critics accuse U.S. broadcasters of serving up “blather and confusion” from the mouths of “unqualified panellists.” Most columnists agree that Al Jazeera continues to lead on-the-ground coverage, despite being expelled. “The day belongs to Al Jazeera,” declared the New York Times. The BBC also stands out from the pack…