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7 Aug

MEA 2013 Awards call for nominations

<p> </p><p>The <a href="http://www.media-ecology.org/">Media Ecology Association</a> (MEA) has put out a call for submissions for its annual 2013 MEA Awards. MEA is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the study, research, criticism and application of media ecology on different platforms. Media ecology, as written on the MEA’s website is “the study of media environments, the idea that technology and techniques, modes of information and codes of communication play a leading role in human affairs". </p>

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7 Aug

J-Links for Aug. 7: On brand journalism; CTV Olympic coverage; A young Somali journo’s story

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/is-that-an-ad-or-a-news-story-and-does-it-matter-which/article4461877/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">On brand journalism vs. independent journalism</a></p>

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2 Aug

Investigative Channel Launches on YouTube

<p>You Tube has launched the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/theifilestv?feature=results_main">I Files</a>, focusing on investigative journalism.</p><p> </p><p> </p>

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2 Aug

On the intersection of journalism and public relations

<p>CBC Radio veteran, J-Source contributing editor and new CanWest Fellow Ira Basen recently <a href="http://www.prconversations.com/index.php/2012/07/the-intersection-of-public-relations-and-journalism-in-the-digital-age/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sat down with public relations pro Judy Gombita</a> to talk about the relationship between journalism and PR.</p>

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2 Aug

Western University announces 2012-2013 CanWest journalism fellow

<p> </p><p>Ira Basen has been named the <a href="http://www.fims.uwo.ca/about/bulletin/12-07-16/No_306_-_July_16_2012.aspx#news">2012-2013 CanWest journalism fellow</a> by Western University.</p>

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2 Aug

CBC Kitchener-Waterloo broadcast centre has a home

<p><a href="http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/2012/07/26/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBC has announced</a> that its new local radio and digital service that will be coming to the Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge area this fall has a home in downtown Kitchener.</p>

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2 Aug

J-Links for Aug. 2: Investigative journo hired by corruption inquiry; Age and social media in newsrooms; Female journos in southern Africa lack safety, freedom

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Investigative+journalist+work+corruption+probe/7026132/story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quebec investigative journo leaves paper for corruption inquiry</a></p>

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2 Aug

#NBCfail, Guy Adams and Twitter’s response

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2 Aug

His Girl Friday: Adapting journalistic issues of the 1930s for 2012

<p>With public opinion polls showing that the public’s estimation of journalists is at an all-time low and our ethical practices are being aired like dirty laundry again with this week’s expose of Jonah Leher’s quote fabrications you could imagine that a comedy about journalism would be simple: just turn all this negativity on its ear and depict journalists as squeaky clean, virtuous, truth-seeking heroes who pursue stories to upend evil and renew the public’s faith in democracy. Comedy is all about inverting our beliefs to see how they look upside down.</p>

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1 Aug

Who, what, where and when: How journalists miss the ‘why’ in mental health stories

<p><strong>By Chelsey Burnside</strong></p><p> </p><p>My dad’s voice is guttural as it slices through the Bluetooth static. “We want to tell you before you see the headlines,” he says.</p>

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