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4 Jul

Prince Edward Island’s The Guardian turns 125

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/PEI Guardian.PNG" title="" /><em>Screencap of the first issue of a Guardian newspaper in PEI, dated July 2, 1887. (Credit: <a href="http://guardian125.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guardian 125</a>)</em></p><p>What is celebrating its 125<sup>th</sup> birthday and covers Prince Edward Island like the dew?</p><p>PEI’s daily paper, <em>The Guardian</em>, of course.</p>

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4 Jul

J-Links for July 4: The story of the Canadian Women’s Press Club; how should journos cover Africa?; scientists discover new sub-atomic particle

<p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/books/2012/07/the-story-of-the-canadian-womens-press-club.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Book tells the story of the Canadian Women’s Press Club</a></p>

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4 Jul

Posting, tweeting and linking to copyrighted material is okay says Federal Court

<p> </p><p><strong>By Michael Geist, for <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2012/07/03/News-Links/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Tyee</a></strong></p><p><a href="http://www.freedominion.com.pa/phpBB2/search.php?search_id=active_topics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Free Dominion</a> is a Canadian-based political news website where users regularly post articles or link to online content for the purposes of political debate. On Jan. 10, 2008, an 11-paragraph column by <em>National Post </em>columnist Jonathan Kay was posted to the site.</p>

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3 Jul

Canadian freelancers to benefit from safety training link

<p> </p><p>A Canadian charity is linking up with a British one to boost hazardous environment training for Canadian freelance journalists.</p>

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3 Jul

Laurier Brantford hiring for two teaching positions

<p> </p><p>Laurier Brantford’s journalism school is hiring for two teaching positions for its 2012-2013 academic year, and Bruce Gillespie, an instructor at the school, gave some insight into what they’re looking for in candidates for each of the positions <a href="http://brucegillespie.com/2012/07/journalism-instructor-openings-at-laurier-brantford/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">over on his blog</a>:</p><p><strong>Course: <a href="http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=317&p=3142" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Technical Skills: New Media Journalism</a></strong></p>

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3 Jul

Applying innovation to journalism curricula

<p><strong>By Kanina Holmes</strong></p><p>Last year Twitter came up with a saucy <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UFsJhYBxzY">ad</a> promoting the fact that news of an earthquake near Washington, DC reached New York faster than the 30 seconds it took the tremors to do the same.  True story.</p>

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3 Jul

EvidenceNetwork.ca is looking for a health policy journalism intern

<p><em>As taken from <a href="http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/evidencenetwork/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Internship_notice_JUNE_2012.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EvidenceNetwork.ca's posting for this internship</a>:</em></p><p>Deadline for the 2012 Internship: July 31, 2012</p><p><a href="http://evidencenetwork.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EvidenceNetwork.ca</a> is a non-partisan, web-based project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Manitoba Health Research Council to make the latest evidence on controversial health policy issues available to the media.</p>

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3 Jul

J-Links for July 3: Journos named to Order of Canada; AP intern found dead in Mexico; Douglas Todd on journalism ethics

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/29/newest-order-of-canada-recipients-include-former-alberta-premier-ralph-klein-ex-nhl-coach-pat-quinn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Six journalists named to the Order of Canada</a></p>

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1 Jul

Court ruling about sharing online news information “should eliminate fears that linking…raises legal risks”

<p>The Federal Court of Canada's ruling involving a website that linked to a National Post column and a photographer's website is seen as good news for those who ink to news, according to law professor Michael Geist. In his column in <a href="http://www.thestar.com/business/2012/06/30/all_the_news_thats_fit_to_post_and_link_federal_court_clears_up_legal_risks.html">today's Star, linked here,</a> of course, he describes how by dismissing the claims against Free Dominion, the court has "removed much of the legal uncertainty surrounding sharing infrmation online."</p>

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28 Jun

Another female journalist sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square

<p>Men — men everywhere. Clawing, groping and raping with their hands. Others watching. Women averting their eyes.</p>

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