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I am a staff writer with CTV.ca News. That operation is part of CTV News, which is of course nestled into CTV Inc. and CTVglobemedia.

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View Article  Foreign journos arrested in Zimbabwe

From Reuters:

Zimbabean police on Thursday arrested two foreign journalists at a Harare hotel for covering the country's election without accreditation, police said.

"I can confirm that we have arrested two reporters at York Lodge for practising without accreditation," said police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena, who added the police would identify them on Friday.

From the BBC:

The New York Times said its Pulitzer prize winning correspondent, Barry Bearak, had been arrested.

The newspaper said it did not know where he was being held, or if there were any charges against him.

View Article  CBC cuts Newsworld jobs in Calgary, to add more Alta. reporters

From CBC.ca:

CBC News is shutting down the Calgary unit of its 24-hour Newsworld television service as of the end of May, and introducing additional positions for newsgathering, the public broadcaster said Thursday.

Staff in Calgary were told that the decision will result in 32 redundancies.

However, 25 new positions — largely reporters, camera operators and other field production posts — will be created in Calgary and Edmonton as part of an ongoing attempt by CBC News to boost newsgathering and local coverage by putting more "feet on the street."

The two hours of programming Calgary's Newsworld unit produced each weekday will be shifted to the Toronto bureau.

View Article  'Way more news sites, way less news'

Russell Smith on the reporting deficit in the era of social news media (essentially, his take on the State of the U.S. News Media report).

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