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20 Mar

Exposing Canada’s back door: How a King’s journalism class got an NNA nomination for their investigation into P.E.I’s cash-for-residency immigration policy

<p><em>J-Source goes behind the story of the National Newspaper Award-nominated story <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/05/09/pei-immigrant-provincial-nominee-program_n_1499502.html">“Cashing In: Inside PEI’s Controversial Immigrant Partner Programs.”</a> Laura Armstrong, a graduate of University of King’s College journalism program and deputy editor for “Cashing In,” explains how their student investigative workshop exposed the inner workings of the province's immigration program.</em></p>

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19 Mar

Robot reporters: The new frontier in journalism?

<p><strong>By Romayne Smith Fullerton</strong></p><p>The future of journalism lies in “robot reporting” and “cyber stringers.” </p><p>That was the cheery message <a href="https://twitter.com/palewire">Ben Welsh</a>, a database producer with the <em>Los Angeles Times</em>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/StevenLevy">Steven Levy</a>, senior writer for <em>Wired, </em><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2013/03/19/what-does-robot-journalism-mean-for-the-industry/">delivered</a> on CBC’s <em>The Current</em> on Tuesday.</p>

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19 Mar

Writers’ coalitions against TC Media, Toronto Star new freelance contracts

<p><strong>By Paula Last</strong></p><p>When freelance writer Ann Douglas received a new contract for her parenting column in the <em>Toronto Star</em>, she couldn’t sign it. The contract, <a href="http://www.thestoryboard.ca/why-i-am-no-longer-writing-the-column-i-loved-for-the-toronto-star/">Douglas said</a> gave permission to third parties to reuse her work without or editorial control and denied additional compensation. </p>

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19 Mar

Sun News wants five-year digital basic cable deal

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>In an attempt to mitigate its <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/would-mandatory-carriage-sun-news-network-be-victory-intolerance-or-media-diversity">nearly $17-million</a> annual losses, Sun News is seeking a five-year mandatory coverage digital basic deal from Canada’s broadcast regulator.</p>

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19 Mar

Ezra Levant apologizes for Roma ‘slurs’ six months later

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Levant.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do</strong></p>

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18 Mar

Journalism cutbacks are driving audiences away: Pew State of Media report

<p>As media outlets get more desperate for advertising dollars, news stories shrink and consumers are tuning away, a <a href="http://stateofthemedia.org/2013/overview-5/press-alert/">new study</a> released Monday found.</p>

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18 Mar

La Presse : la révolution numérique est en marche

<p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p><p><strong>C’est maintenant officiel, dans un mois jour pour jour, le journal <em>La Presse</em> lancera sa toute nouvelle application pour tablette numérique baptisée LaPresse+. Un premier pas vers l’abandon total du papier, probablement d’ici cinq ans.</strong></p>

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18 Mar

Eighteen Bridges wins big at Alberta Magazine Awards

<p><em>Eighteen Bridges</em> won big at the <a href="http://www.albertamagazines.com/awards">Alberta Magazine Awards</a> gala in Calgary, taking home three golds and three silvers last week.</p>

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18 Mar

Ottawa Citizen, Postmedia News awarded Canadian Hillman Prize for robocalls investigation

<p><em>Ottawa Citizen</em>’s Glen McGregor and Postmedia News’ Stephen Maher have won the 2013 Canadian Hillman Prize for their <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/22/racknine-inc-fraudulent-election-calls-traced/">investigative reporting</a> on the use of robocalls to disrupt and suppress voting during the 2011 federal election.</p>

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15 Mar

Future of Media: Branded content?

<p><a href="http://digitaljournal.com/">Digital Journal</a> put together a <a href="http://digitaljournal.com/article/342318">Future of Media</a> panel on branded content and its role in the newsroom. <a href="http://storify.com/jsource/future-of-media-branded-content#publicize">Here</a> is J-Source's round-up of <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FOM2013&src=typd">#FOM2013</a> from March 14.</p><p> </p>

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