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Rick Macinnes Rae

Watching the Watchdog: The Final Dispatch from "Dispatches"

Tim Knight | Posted 08.29.2012 | Canada
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Tim Knight

Over these past twelve years, MacInnes-Rae has proved with Dispatches that the ancient art of storytelling didn't die with Seven Days. And that for broadcasters, traditional storytelling is still by far the best, most efficient and effective way to pass on information, one person to another.

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Watching the Watchdog: Seriously, This Is What the Media Complains About

Tim Knight | Posted 06.29.2012 | Canada
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Tim Knight

So what do 300 Canadian journalists bitch about when they get together for their annual conference? Speaker after speaker had the same complaint: Canadian authorities are preventing Canadian journalists practicing journalism in this participatory democracy.

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