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24 Sep

How CBC covered the Ottawa train crash

<p> </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Ottawa_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Jane Anido, managing director of CBC Ottawa, for the CBC <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/community/editorsblog/2013/09/covering-the-ottawa-train-bus-crash.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Editor's Blog</em></a></strong></p>

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24 Sep

On a testé Editorially

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/index_2.jpg" title="" /><em>Par Paulina Ignacak – <a href="http://37eavenue.com/blog/on-a-teste-editorially/">Article paru sur 37<sup>e</sup> Avenue, le 21 septembre 2013</a></em></p><p>À la recherche d’une plate-forme pour rédiger, éditer et partager des textes avec votre équipe ou vos collaborateurs? Voici Editorially.</p>

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24 Sep

«Les journalistes pourraient montrer ce que l’immigration apporte de bon»

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/cutln2R85Vg__0.jpg" title="" /><strong>Victor Armony est professeur de sociologie à l’université du Québec à Montréal (Uqàm) et l’auteur notamment du <em>Québec expliqué aux immigrants </em>(VLB éditeur). Selon lui, le regard stéréotypé que portent nombre de journalistes sur les communautés culturelles ouvre une brèche dangereuse qui porte atteinte à la cohésion sociale. </strong></p>

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23 Sep

Augmented Reality: the latest fad for newspapers or a real innovation?

<p><strong>By Robert Washburn, innovation editor</strong></p><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>The <em>Toronto Star</em>’s use of augmented reality (AR) technology last week was one of several experiments by Canadian newspaper publishers over the past year to enhance traditional print media, opening doors to new experiences for readers, new audiences and new advertisers.</p>

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23 Sep

Live Blog: Disruption in the newsroom

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23 Sep

CBC denies accepting money from Parks Canada in exchange for positive stories

<p><strong>By Jennifer McGuire, general manager and editor-in-chief of CBC</strong></p>

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23 Sep

L’AJIQ satisfaite du recul de TC Média

<p><strong>La présidente de l’Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec (AJIQ), Mariève Paradis, a scruté à la loupe le nouveau contrat proposé ces derniers jours par TC Média à ses pigistes. Satisfaite du recul de l’éditeur sur plusieurs points fondamentaux, elle n’en reste pas moins vigilante.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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23 Sep

Ombudsman: No bias against pit bull in CBC Calgary stories

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Enkin_9.jpg" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p><p>CBC News in Calgary posted a story on line involving a dog fight. One of the dogs was a pit bull. The complainant, Sean Kelly, thought the story unfairly singled out the pit bull to sensationalize the story and that the media has created the bias against these dogs. But I did not find any policy violation.</p><p>COMPLAINT</p>

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23 Sep

CBC ombudsman: A closer look at “fair dealing” is needed

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Enkin_7.jpg" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p><p>Tyler Olsen, a photographer for the <em>Chilliwack Times</em> in British Columbia, had questions about CBC’s use of a photograph from his paper when they were covering a news story. He acknowledged it was allowed under a Copyright Act provision called fair dealing. He wondered though if it was ethical, and what CBC’s practice is.</p>

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23 Sep

Star public editor: Reporters struggle to pry records out of court clerks

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/English_4.jpg" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>When heading to court to seek out records of criminal court proceedings, reporter Jesse McLean has taken to dressing in the sort of smart suits lawyers wear in the hope that the court clerks who control access to this important information might be more helpful to him.</p>

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