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Un dessin ou une caricature par jour sur la politique nationale, internationale et les travers de la société sur le blogue de Paul Therrien.

Many fixers and interpreters used by Western journalists in Gaza are foot-soldiers of Hamas, says outspoken Jerusalem Post reporter Khaled Abu Toameh in this interview with J-Source. The Arab-Israeli journalist, a keynote speaker at the upcoming CAJ conference in Vancouver, believes telling the truth is his best shield as he covers the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Le Département d’information et de communication à l’Université Laval demande à ses étudiants au premier cycle, y compris ceux qui s’inscrivent en journalisme, d’acheter un ordinateur portable Mac. Les étudiants auront droit à une réduction de prix appréciable mais il n’est pas question d’une commandite ou autre forme de partenariat avec la compagnie Apple. Plusieurs…

Canadian journalists covering NATO activities in Afghanistan are being subjected to increased surveillance, including biometric scans and restrictions on independent travel to and from Kandahar airport. None of this helps the already difficult task of reporting on Afghanistan, as described by Melissa Fung and Graeme Smith in this post. But still people do everything they…

Whenever I conduct seminars in enterprise reporting, I provide examples of what I call the “journalism of reminder.” It’s a simple but often ignored aspect of journalism. It reminds the reader or viewer or listener of key historical facts about a story, but it does so at a time when that context is crucial. For…

“Like any good journalist, I won’t bury the news – this is the last edition of the Stillwater Courier or Lake Elmo Leader that you will receive.” Two more communities no longer served.

This recently launched site is dedicated to looking at the future of newspapers, but there is a notable twist. It is being led by a group of newspaper executives. “The Newspaper Project was launched in 2009 by a small group of newspaper executives who wanted to support a productive exchange of information and ideas about…

“That, improbably, was the title of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, chaired by John Kerry , at which I testified yesterday alongside David Simon , the former Baltimore Sun reporter who went on to create “The Wire”; Ariana Huffington, who presumably needs no introduction; Alberto Ibarguen, who runs the Knight Foundation, which has been making…