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15 Jul

How drones have been used in journalism and the potential for future use

<p><em>In April of 2013, Alexandra Gibb defended a master’s thesis for the Graduate School of Journalism at UBC on a particularly timely topic — the use of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, for journalistic purposes. Gibb, currently a CBC News Vancouver Scholar, considers defence and security reporting her specialty, and came to the topic of drone journalism through her longstanding interest in the use of drones for defence purposes.

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15 Jul

Lac-Mégantic : toujours n°1 au Canada

<p><strong>Si l’explosion de Lac-Mégantic a disparu du Top3 des informations les plus citées dans les médias internationaux, elle demeure ce matin la nouvelle du jour au Québec mais aussi, plus surprenant, dans le reste du Canada, selon le classement d’Influence Communication.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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15 Jul

David Skok on Nelson Mandela and the importance of press freedom

<p><strong>By <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/701060/mandela-and-the-importance-of-press-freedom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Skok</a></strong></p><p>Nelson Mandela left a mark on all South Africans. Here is my story.</p><p>I was lucky to meet Nelson Mandela once. It was in November 2001, and he was in Canada receiving an honourary degree from Ryerson University.</p>

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15 Jul

Lac-Mégantic: la SRC et le JDM se partagent la primeur

<p><em>Storify modifié lundi 15 juillet 2013 à 9h07 pour tenir compte des commentaires (première publication lundi 8 juillet)</em></p><p> </p><script src="//storify.com/roulotganzmann/lacmegantic-la-tragedie-en-direct.js" type="text/javascript" language="javascript"></script><noscript>[<a href="//storify.com/roulotganzmann/lacmegantic-la-tragedie-en-direct" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View the story "Lac-Mégantic: la SRC et le JDM se partagent la primeur" on Storify</a>]</noscript>

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13 Jul

Absence of evidence is evidence of absence in health policy

<p><strong>By Ernest Hoffman</strong></p>

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12 Jul

Three journalists join City Montreal’s Breakfast Television as on-air talent

<p>City Montreal <a href="http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2013/07/08/catherine-verdon-diamond-laura-casella-and-elias-makos-added-to-city-montreals-breakfast-television-line-up/">added</a> Catherine Verdon-Diamond, Laura Casella and Elias Makos to its Breakfast Television on-air team.</p>

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11 Jul

Lac-Mégantic: la course à l’infographie

<p><strong>Hier le <em>Journal de Montréal</em>, aujourd’hui <em>La Presse </em>: les grands médias québécois expliquent la catastrophe de Lac-Mégantic via des infographies interactives.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p><p>Alors que sur le terrain, les journalistes s’affairent à recueillir témoignages et informations, dans la salle des nouvelles, toute une équipe se met en branle pour présenter ce contenu de manière originale.</p>

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11 Jul

Long-time Globe and Mail and Maclean’s foreign correspondent Malcolm Ian MacDonald Gray has died

<p>Long-time <em>Globe and Mail</em> and <em>Maclean's </em>foreign correspondent Malcolm Ian MacDonald Gray <a href="http://www.dartmouthfuneralhome.ca/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2094764&fh_id=12538" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has died</a>. He was 67.</p>

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11 Jul

Trapped journalist shares his experience of Toronto’s flash flood

<p><em>CBC broadcaster Craig Norris was caught on a commuter train that was partially submerged during Toronto's storm on Monday. He talks to J-Source about his experience being trapped on the GO train for several hours amidst surging floodwaters.</em></p><p><strong>J-Source: Can you give me some background on what you experienced?</strong></p>

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11 Jul

Journalists for Human Rights launches new program in northern Ontario

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Journalists for Human Rights is turning its attention to Canada for the first time in its 11-year history.</p><p>While the Toronto-based NGO has trained journalists mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa, it launched a new program in northern Ontario that seeks to increase Aboriginal-Canadian participation in local and national media.</p>

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