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T&T staff brings home journalism awards

Saturday night was golden for the Times & Transcript as the newspaper took home three top-place awards at the 30th annual Atlantic Journalism Awards - more than any other newspaper in Atlantic Canada - at an awards gala, held at the Harbo [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Hurricane coverage dominates prizes at Atlantic Journalism A...

A hurricane, a hostage taking, a seal cull and a political expense scandal all led to gold for several news organizations on Saturday at the Atlantic Canadian Journalism Awards. Newsrooms in Newfoundland and Labrador scooped up the bulk o [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Student journalist sanctioned for UC Berkeley protest

UC Berkeley has punished a student journalist who was arrested while filming a 2009 campus protest. Josh Wolf, who is scheduled to receive his master's degree in journalism Saturday, was ordered to write a five-page essay explaining [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

African journalism at heart of decolonisation?

A close look at politics in Africa shows that they are closely linked to the press through political party newspapers, magazines and newsletters and even radio stations. This is despite the latest standoff between the various stakeholders [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

McCormick Foundation Journalism Grants

Deadline Information: Interested organizations should submit a two-page Letter of Inquiry that details the nature, purpose, and cost of the proposed program. The LOI also should include information that demonstrates the need for the progr [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Web Offers a Voice to Journalists in Morocco

After the Moroccan journalist Ali Lmrabet wrote about the king’s real estate holdings in 2001, he was tried in court on defamation charges and the article cost him his career: His satirical magazine, Demain, a symbol of the independ [...]

Posted On : Apr, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

UM journalism students win RFK Journalism award

Journalism students at the University of Mississippi are among winners of the 43rd annual Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards for a series of stories on the Mississippi Delta. The awards were announced Tuesday. The awards will be pr [...]

Posted On : Apr, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

The See-Through-Dress Incident

Last night's edition of Dateline NBC swanned onto the tube bearing the title "Kate Middleton: Her Royal Journey" and proceeded to devote considerable semi-journalistic energies to telling the story of a young woman from the [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

UNC journalism school names finalists for new dean

As another state appropriations cut threatens to pinch the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s ability to remain relevant in an ever-evolving media industry, the school’s dean search committee selected three finalis [...]

Posted On : Apr, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Auburn University to present top alumni journalism awards

Auburn University is presenting its annual journalism awards to graduates. Among the winners being honored at Friday's Journalism Awards luncheon are Mobile Press-Register managing editor Dewey English. English is receiving the Disti [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Eastern Region journalists threaten to blacklist minister

The Association of Private Media Practitioners in the Eastern Region is demanding an immediate retraction and apology from the minister for his unsavory comments against media men. Dr Appiah Kubi early Wednesday morning accused some [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Journalism’s best, right here

Last year, Sun-Times reporters Frank Main and Mark Konkol and photographer John J. Kim set out on a yearlong effort to examine the devastating impact of Chicago’s “no-snitch code.”The answers they found, in a city where [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

MP warns new type of gagging order is hampering investigativ...

A NEW type of gagging order is hampering the work of investigative reporters, a Lib Dem MP says. John Hemming, 51, said the order, used in the High Court last week, means journalists could face jail simply for asking questions. He s [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Journalist ‘Pak Ros’ Anwar Put To Rest

Indonesia on Thursday bid farewell to veteran journalist Rosihan Anwar, who was laid to rest at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in South Jakarta with full military honors. Pak Ros, as he was fondly called, passed away at 8:15 a.m. on T [...]