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Journos often complain that online news websites don’t provide the same surprise factor as their print counterparts. Well no longer! The Guardian and The New York Times have both developed Stumbleupon-like apps that randomly brings up an article published within the last 24 hours. Serendipity, indeed; it’s almost as fun as clicking on Wikipedia’s “Random article” link, though not quite as addicting as looking… Continue reading Newsroulette

In between fighting an expensive divorce battle with his wife, being punched in the face by his constituent and making wildly inappropriate comments about Barack Obama, Silvio Berlusconi has found time to slash the $2.8-million his government gives to Canada’s only Italian daily newspaper by half. The Globe and Mail reported today that Corriere Canadese, the 55-year-old paper… Continue reading Post 17

Yesterday, Exclaim! magazine published a letter to the editor on its Facebook fan page. It was in response to Keith Carman’s concert review of the punk band Vivian Girls‘ performance during last week’s Canadian Music Week festival. Titled “Angry-ish Ravings from a Feminist Cunt” — the reader’s word choice, by the way — it has now sparked a debate on… Continue reading ”This is also one of the most chauvinistic things I’ve read in any magazine article in this century.”

Today, I’m off to Cuba. Not for the sun or sea or rum, but to investigate an issue very close to the hearts and minds of the Cuban people: baseball. However, reporting on such a nationalistic issue in a country where press freedoms, according to Reporters Without Borders, is “”disastrous,”” will be a challenge. Without… Continue reading RRJ on the road: Off to Cuba

Senator Mike Duffy threw down some tough words for Canadian journalism schools this week. Duffy gave a speech to Conservative party members Monday in Amherst, saying that journalism programs these days train their students with a leftist bias. “When I went to the school of hard knocks, we were told to be fair and balanced,” said Duffy.… Continue reading Sticks and stones