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5 Jun

Book review: Travels and Tales of Miriam Green Ellis: Pioneer Journalist of the Canadian West

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/EllisBook_2.jpg" title="" /></p><p><em>In her new book, University of Alberta professor Patricia Demers examines the legacy of Miriam Green Ellis, an all-but-forgotten agricultural reporter from the Prairies who refused to be confined to the "women's pages." J-Source Agricultural Editor Mary Baxter writes Demers should be lauded for her eye-opening book. </em></p>

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5 Jun

CTV Atlantic reporter Kayla Hounsell named RTDNA Canada President’s Fellow

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/KHounsellCTV">Kayla Hounsell</a>, a reporter and weekend anchor with CTV Atlantic in Halifax, was named the 2013 <a href="http://rtndacanada.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=18637&item=135196">RTDNA Canada President’s Fellow</a>.</p>

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5 Jun

All native: How Turtle Island News grew from its launch in a basement to an award-winning weekly

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Turtle Island.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p>

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5 Jun

Up Here Business and Oilweek named Kenneth R. Wilson Awards Magazine of the Year

<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/UpHereBiz_0.jpg" title="" /><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/Oilweek.jpg" title="" /></p>

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5 Jun

Les journalistes indépendants prennent leur destin en main

<p><strong>La tournée de l’AJIQ prend fin cette semaine dans les territoires nordiques du Nunavut. Durant près de deux mois, l’association a écouté les journalistes indépendants partout au Québec: entre espoir et frustration, ils évoquent leur situation et entrevoient des pistes de solution. </strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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4 Jun

Looking back, looking forward: The art of obituary writing

<p><strong>By Sandra Martin</strong></p>

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4 Jun

«La loi sur l’accès à l’information a mal vieilli»

<p><strong>En trente ans, elle n’a pas atteint son objectif principal, celui d’en finir avec la culture du secret qui règne au sein des organismes publics.

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3 Jun

Demand for local television news coverage still strong despite abrupt closing of CityNews Channel

<p><strong>By Ellin Bessner</strong></p><p>The abrupt closing of <a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wzmR6QmJiH8J:www.rogersmedia.com/fr/node/616+citynews+channel&cd=37&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&client=safari">CityNews Channel</a> on May 30 came at an inopportune time for news consumers in the Greater Toronto Area, observers say, because it happened while appetite for local news coverage is stronger than usual, thanks to the continuing scandal surrounding Mayor Rob Ford and the alleged video showing him smoking crack cocaine. </p>

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3 Jun

Toronto Star reporter arrested after photographing Union Station scuffle

<p><strong>By Grant Buckler</strong></p><p>Toronto police arrested a <em>Toronto Star</em> reporter, put him in a headlock and handcuffed him for taking pictures after a GO Transit officer was injured in a scuffle at Union Station, the <em>Star</em> <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/06/03/toronto_star_reporter_arrested_ticketed_after_taking_photos_of_injured_go_transit_officer.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a>.</p>

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3 Jun

Une mouche dans votre journal? Avisez le Conseil de presse du Québec!

<p><strong>Pour ses 40 printemps, le Conseil de presse du Québec (CPQ) s’offre une campagne de pub. Le but, faire connaître l’organisme au grand public et l’inciter à exiger une information de qualité. Avant peut-être, de se lancer véritablement dans le champ de l’éducation aux médias.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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