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Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Saturday, May 29
McGill looks at media influence on the 2004 Canadian federal election
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DavidAkin
on Sat 29 May 2004 11:26 PM EDT
Tom Popyk just posted this interesting tidbit up on the CAJ-List:
McGill University's Observatory on Media and Public Policy is tracking news coverage and bias [for the June 28, 2004 Canadian federal election]:
"Each day, a team of coders will scrutinize the main news sections of the Globe ... more »
Sad Day - Tom Mangan retires Print the Chaff
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DavidAkin
on Sat 29 May 2004 10:22 PM EDT
Tom Mangan is a copy editor (I think -- correct me if I'm wrong anyone who might know) at the San Jose Mercury News and ran one of the best blogs for folks who worked in a print newsroom. It was called "Print The Chaff" and it was funny, informative, ... more »
Credibility, Blogs, and How Newspapers Work
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DavidAkin
on Sat 29 May 2004 10:06 PM EDT
One of the problems with mining the Internet for sources and info, of course, is verifying the identify of authors of what looks like interesting material. Such is the case here with an alternatingly funny/cynical/misguided/spot-on blog entry by a fellow named Steve Gilliard. I have no idea what Gilliard is ... more »
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