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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  Somali radio journalist murdered

From the BBC:

The director of Somalia's independent HornAfrik radio station, Said Tahlil Ahmed, has been killed in the capital (Mogadishu).

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View Article  Journalists and Twitter-mania

PBS's MediaShift on a panel discussion about Twitter -- the social media innovation that's weeping the nation.

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View Article  Newspapers: Not as dead as you think

Online news strategist Steve Yelvington calls for an end to the "irrational negativity" currently surrounding the U.S. newspaper industry.

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View Article  Google now has the Latitude to know where you are

From AP to CTV.ca:

With an upgrade to its mobile maps, Google Inc. hopes to prove it can track people on the go as effectively as it searches for information on the Internet.

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View Article  Israel to restrict al-Jazeera within Israel

From the BBC:

Israeli officials say they are taking measures to restrict the work of the Arabic television network, al-Jazeera, inside Israel.

It follows a decision last month by al-Jazeera's owners, the state of Qatar, to cut trade ties with Israel.

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View Article  To put downsizing into perspective ...

From the BBC:

Press campaigners have condemned the killing of a Kenyan journalist whose decapitated body has been found dumped in a forest.

The dead journalist was identified as Francis Kainda Nyaruri.

His body was discovered with his hands tied behind his back and deep gashes on his body.

The campaign group, Reporters Without Borders, said Mr Nyaruri was reported missing last month after writing about alleged corruption.

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