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27 Oct

Globe public editor: The art of the flu vaccine

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.984375px;">By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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27 Oct

Deadline approaches for R. James Travers Foreign Corresponding Fellowship

<p>Friends and colleagues of the late Jim Travers created the R. James Travers Foreign Corresponding Fellowship in 2012 to honour his legacy of critical, conscientious engagement on global issues and Canadian foreign policy by funding a major international reporting project in any medium every year.<br /><br />Applicants with imaginative, innovative perspectives on a wide range of global issues are encouraged to apply.</p><hr /><p><strong>Related content on J-Source:</strong></p>

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26 Oct

Ingram: What journalists must do when information is everywhere

<p><strong>By Melanie Coulson, Education Editor</strong></p><p>Journalists need to embrace their changing role as a trusted curator and aggregator of news, <a href="https://twitter.com/mathewi" target="_blank" title="Follow Ingram on Twitter" rel="noopener">Mathew Ingram</a> said at a recent <a href="http://www.meetup.com/third-tuesday-ottawa/events/144262962/" target="_blank" title="more on that event here" rel="noopener">Third Tuesday event</a> in Ottawa.</p>

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25 Oct

NADbank: chacun cherche son chiffre

<p><strong>NADbank a fait paraître plus tôt cette semaine les données de mi-année concernant neuf grands marchés canadiens, dont Montréal. Une pléiade de chiffres… que chaque quotidien peut interpréter à sa façon. Exemple avec le <em>Journal de Montréal </em>et <em>La Presse.</em></strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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25 Oct

ONA13: three lessons learned for student journalists

<p><strong>By Arik Ligeti</strong></p><p>Back in May, I was sitting in a Budapest hotel lobby at 3 a.m. with my laptop, trying to answer this question: If you ran into Google’s CEO, what would you ask? I was filling out an application to participate in the Online News Association’s <a href="http://newsroom13.journalists.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Student Newsroom</a>; I was thankful for the time difference.</p>

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24 Oct

2013 Joseph Howe Symposium features top investigative journalists

<p>Traditional investigative journalism has been under assault in North America. Sweeping cutbacks in newsroom budgets, the resulting layoffs and a shift to a 24-hour news cycle have made it harder to pay for the kind of in-depth work that is needed in a healthy democracy.</p><p>New ways of paying for and doing investigative work have tried to fill the gap. They are the focus of this weekend's Joseph Howe Symposium at the University of King's College in Halifax. Top investigative journalists will address the conference theme, Investigative Journalism: Why it still matters.</p>

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24 Oct

Intimidation de la part d’Hydro-Québec?

<p><strong>Le comité aviseur de la municipalité de Saint-Adolphe d’Howard, dans les Laurentides, accuse Hydro-Québec «d’intimidation» et de «tentative de bâillonnement d’un média régional», en l’occurrence l’hebdomadaire <em>Point </em><em>de Vue Sainte-Agathe.</em></strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p><p><strong>Le comité aviseur a pris la défense du journal régional de TC Media dans une lettre adressée à Josée Morin, Chef des affaires publiques et médias à Hydro-Québec, dont <em>ProjetJ </em>a obtenu copie.</strong></p>

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24 Oct

Les murs payants sont plus répandus au Canada qu’aux États-Unis et au Royaume-Uni

<p><em>Par Kelly Toughill, <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/paywalls-are-more-prevalent-canada-us-and-uk">traduction d’un article paru sur J-Source</a></em></p><p>En matière d’accès payant à l’information publiée en ligne, les journaux canadiens mènent la danse, mettant en place, plus rapidement que leurs homologues aux États-Unis et en Europe, des systèmes d’abonnements numériques.</p>

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24 Oct

Behind-the-scenes: How UBC journalism students uncovered the roots of global illegal logging

<p><strong>By Keith Rozendal</strong></p><p>We covered 29,000 kilometres in 11 days to get our story. Why? It’s on our course syllabus.</p>

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24 Oct

SABAR introduces free terminology guidebook for reporting on Aboriginal issues

<p><strong>By Eric Mark Do </strong></p><p>Journalist Waubgeshig Rice is a First Nations member, but that doesn't automatically mean he can answer every question about Aboriginal issues.</p><p>“I have been asked how to pronounce the name of a community in Nunavut, whereas I'm Ojibway. I'm not Inuit. I don't know how to speak Inuktitut,” he said. “But a (former) coworker would assume that I had that knowledge just because I'm another Indian, I guess.”</p>

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