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21 Oct

Links to legal resources

<br /><p><strong>Media contacts and legal experts</strong><br />Supreme Court of Canada's media portal<br /><a href="http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/mediaportal/index_e.asp"><strong>http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/mediaportal/index_e.asp</strong></a></p><p>Justice Canada's NewsRoom<br /><a href="http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/news/index.html"><strong>http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/news/index.html</strong></a></p>

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21 Oct

Fighting publication bans

By Dean Jobb The shocking story of a terrorist plot to blow up a busy street in downtown Montreal made national headlines last November, after media organizations went to court […]

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20 Oct

Getting answers in a small town

QUESTION: When officials in a small town stop talking, how do you do your job?Threatening to cut off a reporter – or even a whole media outlet – from an […]

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20 Oct

In Context: <i>Toronto Star</i> shakeup

The first two features were published Spring 2004, under an umbrella feature package entitled “Crusades, Convergence & Cutbacks.” One story, “Big Push, Big Worry,” written by Melissa Hank, examined Torstar’s […]

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20 Oct

“On Behalf of Journalism: A Manifesto for Change”

This 21-page report by Geneva Overholser, published by the Annenberg Public Policy Centerat the University of Pennsylvania, summarizes the challenges journalists face today and suggests various Action Steps to overcome […]

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20 Oct

FedCan Congress fees go up

Dear Colleagues, I wish to notify our membership that after much consideration the Executive Committee of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences has decided it will be […]

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20 Oct

Judge blocks bid to expose Citizen source

NewsAn Ontario judge has struckdown laws that empowered the RCMP to raid the home of Ottawa Citizen reporter Juliet O’Neill, in a bid to expose the source of a leak […]

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20 Oct

The Malcolm Gladwell Point

The New York Observer scribe Tom Scocca tracks the rise and possible tipping point of popular author Malcolm Gladwell in NYO‘s regular “Off the Record” section. Gladwell is a long-time […]

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20 Oct

<i>TV Guide</i> to end print edition

Canadians will be able to access TV Guide only online as of next month. The Hamilton Spectator provides some reaction to the news.

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18 Oct

Star shakeup put in context

A Canadian Press story puts the Toronto Star masthead shakeup into the context of pressures that major newspapers are facing in general. This story, published in the Ottawa Sun, carries […]

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