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    Off Keillor on journalism

    Garrison Keillor’s writing can dazzle. That’s one reason I sometimes read him. Another reason is that his oddball incoherence can free a reader to cherry-pick sentences …

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    Copyright the hot summer issue

    “I’ve made my living as a freelance writer for over thirty years. It’s tougher out there now than ever,” writes Margaret Swaine on the comment page of the federal Copyright Consultation. “Starting with a copyright law that has sharp teeth and makes sure all writers get a royalty for work reproduced would be a great…

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    Journaliste itinérant

    Patrick Grandjean a passé près de deux mois en Indonésie. Son expédition, réalisée grâce à une bourse Nord-Sud, avait pour objectif de parler de la reconstruction du pays après le violent tsunami de décembre 2004 et des accommodements raisonnables là où plusieurs religions cohabitent. Caméra, appareil photo, enregistreur numérique et ordinateur pour bagages Patrick Grandjean…

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    North Korea frees U.S. journalists, controversy remains

    Euna Lee and Laura Ling arrived back in the United States on August 6. Arrested near the border between North Korea and China in March, the two reporters for Current TV had been held in North Korea for 140 days. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il granted them a pardon after talks with former U.S. President…

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    News Corp to charge for online news

    Rupert Murdoch announced his News Corp.-owned publications — which in North America include the Wall Street Journal and The New York Post — will charge for online news, within one year. It’s not soon enough — and the blogosphere is already screaming…

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    CTV cameraman dead in chopper crash

    CTV cameramen Hugh Haugland and pilot Roger Belanger were killed in a helicopter crash some 240 kilometres northwest of Montreal Wednesday morning. Haugland, 44, and Belanger, in his 60s, died when the chopper went down while on a flight to shoot wreckage of Tuesday’s tornado at Mont-Laurier, reported The Canadian Press. “A member of our…

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    “No story is worth a life”

    Chris Cramer has been at the forefront of building a culture of safety for journalists and media workers around the world.  In an interview with WHYY/NPR’s “Fresh Air,” the honorary president of the International News Safety Institute reflects on his own experience as a hostage and the challenges of weighing journalistic risks and rewards when…

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    Sometimes you gotta pay some dues to get your due…

    Canadian freelancers will soon be able to hold a union card. The Canadian Freelance Union will launch its inaugural meeting in October, under the wing of CEP.  The new union aims to restore what was once a decent living for journalists and other media professionals. Organizers have a daunting job ahead. “Over the past three…