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29 Oct

J-Links: Toronto Star to paywall in 2013; Access to PM on trips is less than in past; Lessons from Circa

<p><strong>In Canadian media</strong></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Toronto Star announces paywall starting 2013; no details but publisher promising lots more content <a href="http://m.thestar.com/news/article/1278881--the-star-to-launch-digital-subscription" title="http://m.thestar.com/news/article/1278881--the-star-to-launch-digital-subscription">m.thestar.com/news/article/1…</a></p>— J-Source (@jsource) <a data-datetime="2012-10-29T11:15:07+00:00" href="https://twitter.com/jsource/status/262875203967791105">October 29, 2012</a></blockquote><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p> </p>

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26 Oct

Regards croisés sur les SLAPP

<p>Par le Magazine du Conseil de Presse du Québec, collaboration spéciale</p><p> </p><p>Le Magazine du CPQ s'est entretenu avec trois experts, provenant de divers domaines et aux opinions assez divergentes, à propos de ce que l'on appelle, en langage courant, les SLAPP (acronyme anglais pour Strategic lawsuit against public participation), et que l'on appelle en français les poursuites-bâillons.</p><p> </p>

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26 Oct

Applications for The Globe and Mail’s summer job program due Nov. 5

<p style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/community/digital-lab/how-to-apply-for-the-globes-2013-summer-program/article4631643/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/globe internship.PNG" title="" /></a></p><p><em>The Globe and Mail</em> has opened applications for its 2013 summer program and is seeking reporters, web editors, copy editors, a photographer, a page designer for its Toronto office. It is also seeking a reporter-editor for its Vancouver bureau.</p>

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26 Oct

Halifax event: Discussion on trust in social media with Mathew Ingram and Craig Silverman

<p>The University of King’s College’s <a href="http://josephhowe.kingsjournalism.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">9<sup>th</sup> annual Joseph Howe Symposium</a> on Saturday Nov. 3 will host Craig Silverman and Mathew Ingram in talk about truth and new media.</p>

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26 Oct

J-Links: CBC to cut spending; More Postmedia paywalls coming; China blocks NYT after investigation

<p><strong>In Canadian media</strong>:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet tw-align-center"><p>CBC to cut $28M from spending plans by 2014 in reaction to CRTC's elimination of LPIF <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cbc-to-cut-28m-from-next-years-spending-plans/article4661421/" title="http://bit.ly/S101hf">bit.ly/S101hf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23JLinks">#JLinks</a></p>— J-Source (@jsource) <a data-datetime="2012-10-26T14:02:38+00:00" href="https://twitter.com/jsource/status/261830198813663233">October 26, 2012</a></blockquote><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p> </p>

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25 Oct

The case for local publishers in local newspapers

<p>Yesterday, <strong>Steve Ladurantaye</strong> <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/sun-media-dismisses-regional-publishers-in-reorganization/article4637645/">reported in <em>The Globe and Mail</em></a> that Sun Media had fired a number of regional publishers in Ontario and replaced them with advertising managers “whose sole focus will be on selling advertisements across broad geographic areas.” He reported that five publishers had been let go, including those at the <em>Kingston Whig-Standard</em>, <em>Peterborough Examiner</em> and <em>St.

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24 Oct

Investigating private companies

<p>When it comes to investigating companies, it makes a huge difference whether the corporation is publicly-traded or privately-held.</p><p>Securities regulators ensure that public companies report certain types of information regularly. The best place online to find such information for Canadian companies is <a href="http://www.sedar.com">www.sedar.com</a></p><p>But it's a completely different story for private outfits. There are few mandatory reporting requirements. This means investigative journalists have to be more resourceful.</p>

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24 Oct

Le flâneur du Caucase et de l’Asie Centrale.

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/allers-simples_couv1 (1).jpg" title="" /></p><p>Par Chantal Francoeur</p>

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24 Oct

Internships and the intersection of class struggle and opportunity

<p><em>If there is one thing that many young journalists can bond over, it’s the common experience of having worked in unpaid internships to gain experience. The downside to this is obvious and well-documented. But as <strong>Belinda Alzner</strong> explains, panelists at a recent conference on precarious workers demonstrated the topic of unpaid internships still prompts a complicated conversation<b>.</b></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In no way did I ever think my experience was unique. In fact, I know it wasn’t. And that is the troubling part.</p>

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24 Oct

Supporting independent media

<p>At a time when we need more media diversity in Canada, independent media-makers are confounded by funding challenges to keep their media outlets afloat. A thought-provoking article by Greg MacDougall for the Dominion, <a href="http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/4635" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supporting Independent Media to Grow,</a> includes interviews with Christine Crowther, David Skinner and others. The article looks at some intriguing models in Canada and the U.S., and ends with a call to put this issue on the public agenda. </p>

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