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13 Mar

La pression à publier serait le principal facteur de plagiat chez les journalistes

<p> </p><p><strong>Note de lecture de la Chaire de recherche en éthique du journalisme de l'Université d'Ottawa</strong></p><p><em>Par Carolane Gratton, étudiante à la maîtrise en communication à l'Université d'Ottawa</em></p>

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13 Mar

Pink Triangle Press terminates nine Toronto jobs, shuts down Fab magazine

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.pinktrianglepress.com/">Pink Triangle Press</a> has terminated nine Toronto-based jobs and is closing down <em><a href="http://www.fabmagazine.com/">Fab</a></em>, a popular free biweekly 'gay scene' magazine, just shy of its 20th anniversary.</p>

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13 Mar

Globe and Mail asks staff to take summer furlough again

<p> </p><p><em>The</em> <em>Globe and Mail</em> is asking its employees to take unpaid time off again this summer, over and above the annual allotment, in an effort to “balance the company’s season revenue/cost.”          </p>

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12 Mar

CBC opens first new radio station in Ontario in 40 years

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>CBC opened a new radio station in Kitchener-Waterloo, the first one in the province in 40 years. The new station, dubbed CBCKW, aired on 89.1 FM for the first time on Monday March 11 at 6 am with a brand new three-hour show called “The Morning Edition.” Previously, listeners could only tune in to the Toronto-based CBC Metro Morning show.</p>

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12 Mar

Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom accepting award applications

<p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ccwpf-cclpm.ca/english">The Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom</a> is accepting nominations for a journalist who made a significant contribution to promoting free speech.</p><p>The $2,000 award is to acknowledge those contributions of journalists or media workers in Canadian print or electronic media during the past 15 months.</p><p>The winner will receive a certificate from the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and will be announced at the annual World Press Freedom Day Luncheon in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre on May 30.</p>

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12 Mar

CJFE Online Q&A: Digital Privacy and free expression

<p><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">On February 11, 2013, the federal government announced the end to Bill C-30, the proposed internet surveillance bill. </span></p>

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12 Mar

De l’intérêt de l’embargo et de ses dérives

<p> </p><p><strong>On ne plaisante pas avec les textes sous embargo à l’Institut canadien d’information sur la santé (ICIS). QMI et le Devoir viennent de l’apprendre à leurs dépens.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p><p>« On le savait!, corrige Amélie Daoust-Boisvert, journaliste au <em>Devoir</em>, spécialiste des questions de santé. L’institut ne fait pas dans le détail. Si tu brises un de leurs embargos, ils suspendent automatiquement ta rédaction, même lorsque c’est fait de bonne foi! »</p>

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12 Mar

Le Consortium canadien de recherche sur les médias se dissocie de Media Research

<p> </p><p><strong>Mise au point concernant l’article «Le Consortium canadien de recherche sur les médias est-il au profit des entreprises privées?» publié sur le site de Projet J le 27 février.</strong></p>

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11 Mar

Global News launches B.C.’s first 24-hours news channel

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Global News has invested “millions of dollars” in B.C.’s first 24-hours news channel, which hits the airwaves on Thursday March 14.</p><p>Although executives did not reveal the exact dollar figure for <a href="https://twitter.com/BC1">Global News: BC 1</a>, Global BC and National News vice-president Kenton Boston told J-Source “it’s a substantial capital investment” and the company created 30 new positions. </p>

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11 Mar

Contrat de Transcontinental: une lutte en 140 caractères

<p> </p><p><em>Par Audrey Desrochers et Étienne Dupuis</em></p><p>Le nouveau contrat imposé aux pigistes par Transcontinental sème la grogne. Forcés à céder leurs droits moraux, les journalistes indépendants organisent la résistance grâce aux médias sociaux.</p>

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