Reporter arrested for third time at Elsipogtog
Miles Howe, a journalist reporting for the Halifax Media Co-op, has been arrested for the third time while covering protests against potential natural-gas fracking at Elsipogtog, N.B.
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Toronto Star Master Glass: How to shoot quietly during a funeral
In this Master Glass video series on photojournalism, photographer Steve Russell explains the process of taking photos quietly during sensitive moments, such as funerals.
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La saga Rob Ford vue par Michael Cook
QUÉBEC – Le rédacteur en chef du Toronto Star était du voyage à Québec pour présenter à un parterre de journalistes québécois réunis en congrès, sa version du scandale Rob Ford. Commentaires de la twittosphère.
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The Unknowable Country: Why aren’t journalists pushing governments for more transparency?
Canada’s newspaper editorial writers and columnists seem reluctant to discuss the country’s problematic access-to-information system. The Unknowable Country columnist Sean Holman wants to know why.
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Ces journalistes qui écrivent pour des marques
Des journalistes qui écrivent pour des marques tout en demeurant journalistes? Oui, ça se peut. Bien qu’existant sous une forme ou une autre depuis lurette, l’actuel engouement pour le content marketing (marketing de contenu) pourrait transformer radicalement le rapport entre journalisme et marketing.
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Postmedia and union talks break down over contracting out printing of Vancouver Sun and The Province
Postmedia Network recently announced it will sell the Surrey property where its printing plant is located and either contract out the printing or build a new plant that would require fewer workers. The company imposed a Nov. 18 deadline for an agreement to be reached on staffing levels for a new plant, but the union called the company's…
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Un tiers des journalistes sont en statut précaire
QUÉBEC, congrès de la FPJQ – Après l’Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec (AJIQ) en septembre, c’était au tour de la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ) de dévoiler les résultats de son sondage maison sur la précarité. Et dans les deux cas, les résultats ne sont pas très encourageants et pourraient bien avoir…
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Solutions Journalism: Covering Social Innovation
Bad news permeates our media on a daily basis. Heard the one about the crack smoking mayor? But problems need responses and journalists and other media makers need to give equal attention to possible solutions, asking “Who’s solving what and how?” It’s through “solutions journalism” that the public can begin to understand the complexities of…
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BCLiving launches print editions in English and Chinese
Given the current economic reality, it’s rare for an online publisher to expand into print. But Canada Wide Media is doing just that. It’s growing BCLiving.ca with two print editions—an English version published 10 times a year and a Chinese quarterly.
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David Skok leaves Global News for Boston Globe
After 10 years with Global News, David Skok, director of digital news, is leaving to join the Boston Globe as a digital adviser to the editor.