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Martin Macias Jr., a 20-year old American, was recently refused entry to Canada. Where it gets interesting for journalists is that anti-Olympic activists called him an “Independent Media Reporter,” raising the specter…

A fire Sunday destroyed CTV’s Ottawa newsroom, at the station CJOH, said many reports. The cause, and how local broadcasts would be affected, was uncertain Sunday. “Among the devastating property losses are…

A Globe and Mail columnist takes umbrage with how some foreign media portray Vancouver’s Olympics …

On Feb. 1, five journalists will reportedly lock themselves up in a French farmhouse for several days with only Twitter and Facebook for outside information, “to test the quality of news from…

So the New York Times really did it: after months of speculation, years after its last failed attempt, it announced that it will charge online readers and explained why in a staff…

International journalists in China have had their email accounts hacked, say numerous reports. But are emails in any country safe from surveillance?

The New York Times is expected to begin charging readers for online access this year. A (free) online story in New York Magazine reveals the heated debate between print and online managers,…

Canadian Press reporter Stephanie Levitz, one of some three dozen journalists who ran with the 2010 Olympic flame, wrote a terrific first-person piece about her ethical dilemma … Update Jan. 17: Canwest…

The death of Calgary Herald reporter Michelle Lang on patrol with Canadian troops in Afghanistan has produced an outpouring of sympathy from across the Canadian journalism community – not least because her…

John Tierney ponders the key question, imo, of the past decade: “When does the wisdom of crowds give way to the meanness of mobs?” Tierney’s New York Times piece today focuses on…