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3 Nov

CAJ slams attempt to seize reporter’s research

NewsThe Canadian Association of Journalists opposes the Edmonton Police Service’s attempt to seize a reporter’s research into a high-profile murder case. “Journalists are not agents of the state, and police […]

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3 Nov

Canada won’t appeal O’Neill decision

The justice department has just announced it will not appeal an Ontario Superior Court decision that a raid on reporter Juliet O’Neill’s home and office was illegal.

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3 Nov

CBC pulls plug on columnist

The Press-Republican in Plattsburgh, N.Y., is lamenting the loss of a Quebec-basedcolumnist who had written about all things Canadian for the newspaper since 1998. Writer Peter Black told the newspaper […]

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2 Nov

Sun names national editors

Sun Media has appointed senior editors from different newspapers to be in charge of national, shared content across the chain. The editors — one each from the Toronto Sun, Ottawa […]

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31 Oct

Woe-is-us journalists

Two recent articles by Jack Shafer, Slate’s editor-at-large, have bloggers buzzing about what he calls “the woe-is-us crowd of journalists.” Shafer argues that concerns American journalists have over shrinking newsrooms […]

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27 Oct

Sting journalism under fire

Soutik Biswas at BBC News in Delhi reports on the various shock tactics employed by Indian television journalists, saying, “The past year has been a never-ending sting season on television […]

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27 Oct

Jane Pauley sues <i>New York Times</i>

Well-known U.S. broadcaster Jane Pauley is suing the New York Times claiming she was duped into doing an interview on her battle with bi-polar disease for what turned out to […]

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26 Oct

Call for proposals – research on settlement programming through the media

This call for proposals was originally posted August 31 by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, but didn’t yield a successful candidate. The new deadline is November 14. Below is a description […]

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26 Oct

Covering diversity

by Jeff HeinrichI have been covering the diversity beat full time since creating it at The Gazette in 2002, and am one of the few Canadian reporters to make it […]

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25 Oct

Keeping up, staying sane

Abby Goodrum: Thanks for agreeing to answer some questions about strategies for staying up to date in the changing world of online information. To start, could you tell our readers […]

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