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17 Oct

Working with WikiLeaks: the rewards and the frustrations

<p><em>J-Source's Investigative Journalism editor <strong>Cecil Rosner</strong> brings us a special dispatch from the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kiev: What it was like for the investigative journalists who worked with Julian Assange, and why one will never do it again.</em></p>

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24 Sep

Court rulings dissect responsible communication defence

<p><em>It has been almost two years since the Supreme Court of Canada created the libel defence of responsible communication on matters of public interest -- long enough for at least three courts to weigh in on what journalists must do to meet its criteria. In this column in the upcoming issue of the CAJ's Media magazine, J-Source's law section editor <strong>Dean Jobb</strong> explores how the new defence is being interpreted.</em></p>

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13 Sep

Ruling relaxes libel rules for political bloggers

<p>An Ontario judge has tossed a libel action against three political bloggers, arguing that web-based political discussions are forums for “the parry and thrust” of vigorous debate and participants whose reputations have been attacked should fight back with words, not legal action.</p>

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18 Jan

Study finds some newspapers successful with a pay model

An analysis by Steven Brill’s Journalism Online experiment in the New York Times, shows that newspapers charging for online content did not have a significant decline in traffic. The papers […]

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4 Jan

Toronto Maple Leafs GM plays defence with reporters

Brian Burke is the general manager of one of the most popular teams in Canada and the NHL but the media aren’t popular with him: he has referred to reporters […]

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28 Apr

Religion pathfinder

GENERAL RESOURCES 2001 Census data -most recent census data for Religion in Canada -Click on “Search by topic,” the click on “Religions in Canada” and scroll down to “Topic- based […]

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28 Oct

Nieman guide to covering pandemic flu launched

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has launched a “comprehensive online guide to covering pandemic flu.” The new website, Covering Pandemic Flu, is aimed specifically at journalists. The foundation […]

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23 Aug

Annie Leibovitz’s “nightmare”

Peerless photographer Annie Leibovitz may be the latest victim of America’s bad debt crisis and nationwide recession — and also, said an Agence France-Presse story, “of her own relentless artistic […]

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25 Jun

New project tracks reports released by government

An online project for journalists that tracks and links to government and NGO reports in Canada, which launched in April, now has more than 170 entries. Reports Canada, a blog […]

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2 Mar

CNW launches Greenwire

Commercial news distribution network CNW Group has launched Greenwire, a categorized feed for environmental or green news. A new Greenwire button has been added to the main CNW site, which […]

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