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25 Apr

Ezra Levant commentary: Media party = Liberal war room

<p>Watch Sun News Network host Ezra Levant as he gives his analysis of media coverage of the Trudeau ad campaign and the Conservative's attack ads. </p>

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25 Apr

CJF announces finalists for Excellence in Journalism Award

<p><span style="font-size: 10px;">The Canadian Journalism Foundation has announced the finalists of its Excellence in Journalism Award in the large-media and small-media categories.</span></p><p>The five finalists in the large-media category are:<br />CBC News: Special Investigations Unit<br />The Current - CBC Radio One<br />Postmedia News<br /><em>Toronto Star<br />Winnipeg Free Press</em><br /> </p><p>The five finalists in the small-media category are:<br />CBC New Brunswick<br />CP24<br />Turtle Island News<br /><em>The Tyee<br />Vancouver Observer</em></p>

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25 Apr

Michener Awards names 6 finalists for public service journalism

<p><span style="font-size: 10px;">The Michener Awards Foundation announced six finalists for meritorious public service journalism.</span></p><p>The finalists are: Enquête; <em>The Coast</em>; Postmedia News and <em>Ottawa Citizen</em>; <em>La Presse</em>; <em>Toronto Star</em>; and <em>Vancouver Sun</em>. The winner will be announced on June 18 at the Michener Awards ceremony hosted at Rideau Hall in Ottawa by the David Johnston, the governor general of Canada.</p>

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24 Apr

Un mémo de mauvaises nouvelles en Colombie-Britannique

<p> </p><p>C’est sûrement l’un des mémos les plus directs de l’histoire des médias au Canada, mais il n’augure rien de bon pour les employés du <em>Vancouver Sun</em> et <em>The Province</em>, propriétés de Postmedia.</p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/Vancouver_0.jpg" title="" /></p>

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24 Apr

UPDATED: Layoffs coming at Vancouver Sun and The Province

<p>Staff at <em>The Province</em> and the <em>Vancouver Sun</em> are bracing themselves for impending layoffs to achieve “dramatic staff reductions.”</p><p>In a bluntly-worded four-page <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/137810233/Vancouver-memo">memo</a> sent to all employees on Wednesday, Pacific Newspaper Group president and publisher Gordon Fisher said the two competing newspapers have seen an “alarming and unprecedented revenue declines,” and layoffs will likely follow a voluntary buyout program that will be launched soon. </p>

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24 Apr

Protecting playgrounds for the rich: The Conservative government’s omnibus budget bill gave “cottages” in certain Conservative ridings special treatment

<p><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; line-height: 15.987500190734863px; font-size: 10px;">By Glen McGregor, for Media Magazine</strong></p>

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24 Apr

The emergence of the market for data-journalism skills

<p><strong style="font-size: 10px;">By David McKie</strong></p>

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24 Apr

CAJ Code of Silence – Call for nominations

<p>It's time to get even with that publicly funded government, department or agency whose information is kept in the murky shadows.”</p>

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24 Apr

UPDATED: Saskatoon gets its first local CBC radio morning show; does not have CRTC licence

<p> </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CBC SK.jpg" title="" /></p><p><em>All photos courtesy of CBC. From L-R: Newsreader Dan Kerslake, Producer Kim Garritty, Online Host Matt Kruchak, Host Leisha Grebinski.</em></p>

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24 Apr

Reporting on terror: CBC’s David Common on covering the Boston bombing

<p><em><strong>David Common</strong> was CBC</em><em>'s lead reporter on the ground in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, and during an unprecedented search for the two suspects. Here in J-Source, he shares his experience following this breaking story that gripped the world.</em></p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/commoninwatertown.JPG" title="" /></p>

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