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20 Aug

The challenges of investigative reporting as a freelancer

<div> </div><div><em>In this <a href="http://caj.ca//wp-content/uploads/2010/mediamag/Summer%202013/Media_Summer2013_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">special edition of </a></em><a href="http://caj.ca//wp-content/uploads/2010/mediamag/Summer%202013/Media_Summer2013_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Media</a><em><a href="http://caj.ca//wp-content/uploads/2010/mediamag/Summer%202013/Media_Summer2013_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> magazine</a>, journalists take us behind the scenes of their award-winning work, explaining how they got their stories, the obstacles they faced, and perhaps most important, valua

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20 Aug

Globe Public editor: Just the facts … plus some analysis

<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/Stead_4.jpg" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>I occasionally hear from readers who are concerned that journalists are veering more toward commentary than old-fashioned, just-the-facts reporting.</p>

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20 Aug

CBC Ombudsman: The aftermath of the acquittal of George Zimmerman

<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_0.jpg" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p><p>The complainant caught an error in an online story, which was quickly corrected. He still thought the story was one sided though, but I thought it was an effective round up of events and reaction after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, who was tried for the murder of a young black man, Trayvon Martin.</p><p><strong>COMPLAINT</strong></p>

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20 Aug

Opinion: J-schools should innovate by prioritizing research and discovery instead of waiting for industry to dictate its needs

<p><strong>By Maija Saari</strong></p><p>The more things change in the media landscape, the more things stay the same. <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VXXYMQQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The latest report</a> out of The Poynter Institute on the state of journalism education finds, yet again, a big gap between faculty and professionals in their assessments of the value of journalism education.</p>

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19 Aug

Ontario Press Council to hold hearings on Star, Globe stories on Ford family

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>The <a href="http://ontpress.com/">Ontario Press Council</a> will hold two separate hearings in September to investigate complaints that the <em>Toronto Star</em> and <em>The Globe and Mail</em> reported on the Ford family in an irresponsible, unethical manner.</p>

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19 Aug

Notice of Hearing by the Ontario Press Council

<p><strong><u>Notice of Hearing by the Ontario Press Council</u></strong></p><p><strong><u>Sept. 9, 2013 at Ryerson University</u></strong></p><p>The Ontario Press Council will hold two hearings in response to complaints it has received relating to two newspaper publications:</p><p>1.     An article published by the Toronto Star, dated May 16<sup>th</sup>, 2013 entitled “Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal”</p>

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19 Aug

François Bugingo sur le radar

<p><strong>LCN fera sa rentrée le 9 septembre prochain avec une toute nouvelle émission d’informations internationales, <em>30 sur le radar</em>. Trente minutes pour décortiquer et vulgariser ce qui s’est passé dans le monde pendant la journée. À la barre de cette quotidienne, François Bugingo en studio à Montréal et Richard Latendresse à Washington, qui apportera un éclairage états-unien.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p><p>Maître mot de ce nouveau rendez-vous avec l’actualité internationale: la vulgarisation.</p>

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19 Aug

No fewer journalists today than 10 years ago: Statistics Canada

<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/Chad_0.jpeg" title="" /> <strong>By Chad Skelton, for the <a href="http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2013/08/19/no-fewer-journalists-today-than-10-years-ago-statistics-canada/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>Vancouver Sun</i></a></strong></p><p>There are just as many journalists working in Canada today as there were a decade ago, according to data from Statistics Canada.</p>

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19 Aug

Marie-France Bazzo, prête pour son nouveau défi

<p><strong>C’est une Marie-France Bazzo à la fois nerveuse et enthousiaste que Projet J a rencontrée jeudi à l’occasion du lancement de la programmation automnale d’Ici Radio-Canada Première. À dix jours de la première de sa quotidienne matinale <em>C’est pas trop tôt</em>, elle se livre, face caméra, à quelques confidences, raconte comment elle envisage son nouveau rôle de <em>morning woman</em>, quelle sera sa touche personnelle, ce qu’elle a appris de son passage dans le privé et comment elle compte gérer un emploi du temps des plus serrés. </strong></p>

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16 Aug

Roland-Yves Carignan a quitté le Devoir

<p><strong>Le départ de Roland-Yves Carignan de son poste de directeur de l’information du journal </strong><em><strong>le Devoir</strong></em><strong> a été annoncé ce matin aux salariés dans un courriel interne signé de sa rédactrice en chef Josée Boileau. Une annonce qui semble avoir pris tout le monde par surprise au sein de la rédaction.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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