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11 Apr

Radio-Canada s’associe au D.E.S.S. en journalisme de l’UdeM

<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.890625px;">Le journalisme d'enquête entre en force au diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées (D.E.S.S.) en journalisme de l'Université de Montréal. En effet, une entente de partenariat a été conclue entre l'émission Enquête de Radio-Canada et le programme du <a href="http://www.etudes-sup.fas.umontreal.ca/journalisme">D.E.S.S. en journalisme</a>.

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10 Apr

The story behind CBC’s offshore “tax havens” series

<p><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">By the office of CBC's general manager and editor-in-chief Jennifer McGuire </strong></span></p><p>Every exclusive news story has a back-story of its own, the tale of "how we got that story". CBC News broke a major exclusive last week. It led our news reports on radio, television and cbcnews.ca and it became a national talking point, chased by other news organizations.</p>

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10 Apr

Jennifer Pagliaro, Katie May named Goff Penny award winners for young Canadian journalists

<p><em>Toronto Star</em>’s <a href="https://twitter.com/jpags">Jennifer Pagliaro</a> and <em>Lethbridge Herald</em>’s <a href="https://twitter.com/thatkatiemay">Katie May</a> have been selected as the two recipients of the Goff Penny Memorial Prize for Young Canadian Journalists, in the over 25,000 and under 25,000 circulation classes respectively.</p>

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10 Apr

Live blog of the Atkinson 2013 lecture: Toronto Star’s Michelle Shephard on reporting about security

<p><strong>By Gavin Adamson</strong></p><p>The Toronto Star’s national securities reporter says she receives more transparent information around security and defense from foreign governments than she does from her own.</p><p>“I've had greater disclosure from Somalia, Yemen and the U.S. than Ottawa,” said Michelle Shephard, who spoke at Ryerson University about her 12 years of national securities coverage for the Star. "I find it really frustrating.”</p>

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10 Apr

Affaire Guy Hébert: les médias ont-ils été manipulés?

<p> </p><p><strong>Retour sur les quelques jours qui ont précédé la démission de Guy Hébert de son poste de directeur général de la Ville de Montréal, sur fond de manipulation et de querelle entre les deux plus grands quotidiens québécois, <em>La Presse </em>et le <em>Journal de Montréal.</em></strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p><p><strong>Vendredi 15 mars</strong></p>

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9 Apr

The Lance gets temporary reprieve; must submit new operating plan by month’s end

<p><em>The Lance, </em>the University of Windsor campus paper, received a temporary reprieve from the student government to print the final edition of the semester.   </p>

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9 Apr

What happens when journalists become the story? A Q&A with science writer Mark Lynas

<p>Mark Lynas, a well-known British writer on climate change, <a href="http://www.marklynas.org/2013/01/lecture-to-oxford-farming-conference-3-january-2013/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apologized</a> during a farm industry conference in Oxford, U.K. last January, for having helped start the now-widespread resistance against genetically modified organisms.</p>

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9 Apr

Canadian journalists Ali Velshi, Wab Kinew join Al Jazeera America

<p>Canadian journalist <a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDMQFjAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FAliVelshi&ei=YYtkUazIOMaA2QWsyYHYBA&usg=AFQjCNFJoK4LvIC3xT-RU4VAzbIhgDNTmg&bvm=bv.44990110,d.b2I">Ali Velshi</a> has left his position as CNN’s chief business correspondent to join Al Jazeera America.</p>

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9 Apr

Postmedia chairman Ron Osborne died

<p>Canadian media executive Ronald Osborne has died, the <a href="http://business.financialpost.com/2013/04/09/media-executive-ron-osborne-66-passes-suddenly/">Financial Post reported</a>.</p><p>The 66-year-old chairman of the Postmedia Network Inc. board, who often went by “Ron,” passed away suddenly Monday in Florida.</p>

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9 Apr

George Stroumboulopoulos named host of new CNN summer show

<p>CBC television host George Stroumboulopoulos will be hosting a brand new show on CNN this summer. </p><p>The weekly, one-hour series will air 10 episodes on Friday nights. </p>

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