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Reporters Without Borders called on the Israeli military to investigate and explain exactly how a 16-storey building in Gaza City that houses several international and Arab news organisations came to be hit…

A cat paid an unexpected visit to the set of Germany’s leading meteorologist Joerg Kachelmann’s live weather forecast recently. The cat wandered in and…

The headline “Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent” screams out for a laff track. But it’s not a comedy line: “Joe The Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up…

One claim Israel has on the friendship of the West is that it is a rare democracy in a troubled region, with a commitment to honour human rights — including the press…

The aboriginal “healing circle” that sentences Christopher Pauchay will be open to the media. (Pauchay pleaded guilty last fall to criminal negligence, after he drunkenly left his young daughters outside to freeze…

The Globe and Mail has closed comments on stories about Middle East issues, from the Gaza invasion by Israel to news that an Ontario union is seeking to bar Israeli academics from…

While prepping for her classes, Vancouver journalism instructor and municipal reporter Frances Bula decided to share a quote on her blog.It’s from Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher by Stephen Brookfield: “Significant learning…

“A flood of job cuts threatens to hobble high-quality journalism in this country,” says a press release from an association representing some Canadian journalists. “The retrenchment is…

“Why,” asked the CBC’s David Gutnick of an ex-soldier and new journalist in Mali, “did you become a radio reporter?” “Because it is a way of doing good,” answered Daouda Diarra. “When…

Two journalists were among 18 people appointed to Canada’s Senate by Stephen Harper: Mike Duffy and former broadcaster Pamela Wallin. The acceptance of the position by high-profile political reporter Duffy is raising…