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Tuesday, July 13

Workshop: Blogging and Public Journalism

by DavidAkin on Tue 13 Jul 2004 11:07 PM EDT

Next month, Toronto hosts the annual conference for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication . This is a big group, about 3,500 members, mostly Americans, and they've taken over some downtown Toronto hotels for this event. As part of the pre-conference hoopla, the Canadian Newspaper Association and ... more »

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A St. John's taxi scandal and some Newfoundland bloggers

by DavidAkin on Tue 13 Jul 2004 10:41 PM EDT

It took 12 years but the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is sure it's got the bad guys in its sights. The bad guys, in this case, happen to be just about anyone and everyone who ran a cab stand in St. John's, Canada's oldest city and the capital of the ... more »

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Fired for mailing porn at work, gov't is told to re-hire offenders

by DavidAkin on Tue 13 Jul 2004 04:17 PM EDT

In 2001, Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) discovered that 90 employees were surfing porn sites on work computers and often e-mailing the contents to others. At least one porn-filled e-mail was sent from an Ontario government e-mail account to employees at Chrylser Corp. The Chrysler folks complained and the ... more »

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