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28 May

All about the Global Investigative Journalism Conference

The Global Investigative Journalism conference, hosted by the Canadian Association of Journalists from May 24 to May 27 in Toronto, drew top journalists and experts from around the world. Visit […]

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27 May

Spike Lee laments shortage of black sports writers

The Associated Press reports on filmaker Spike Lee lamenting the shortage of black sports writers in America.

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27 May

CAJ award winners announced

The winners of this year’s Canadian Association of Journalism awards were announced at a gala event on Saturday, May 26th. The winners of the top award, the Don McGillivray Award […]

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26 May

New media centre receives $552K grant

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University is receiving a three-year, $552,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish […]

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25 May

Where the cameras have no business

After hearing of her son’s death, Jordan Manners’s mother collapsed to the ground outside a Toronto hospital, wailing in agony — and the TV news cameras showed no mercy. In […]

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24 May

Secrecy at the White House

David Sirota, a Huffington Post blogger, comments on the secrecy of  the Bush administration and the uncritical stance taken by the Washington press corps to the government’s version of what’s […]

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24 May

Some court cases to be webcast

Some court proceedings will appear on the Internet, and fees to access court documents will be reduced, Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant told journalists at an international conference. Bryant was […]

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24 May

What are your areas of interest?

Some journalism issues are here today and gone tomorrow, while others will always be hot topics of discussion. If there’s a subject you think deserves to be recognized in our J-Topics section, please let […]

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23 May

In a split second

By Steve Ladurantaye   A few days after being involved in a really nasty car crash on Canada’s busiest highway, the legendary 401, I was casually talking to Kingston Whig-Standard […]

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23 May

Nieman Fellowships announced

James Baxter from the Edmonton Journal has been awarded Harvard’s Martin Wise Goodman Nieman Fellowship. He will study the legal, economic and foreign policy questions arising from increased international focus on […]

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