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19 Apr

Time to offer guidance on courtroom tweeting: McGuire and Harada

<p>Courtroom-tweeting journalists are not stenographers, at some critics say. Rather, they are thoughtful, applying journalistic standards to what they tweet and how they craft each 140-character publication. But despite this, there is little consistency in courts as to when tweeting is permissible.</p>

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19 Apr

New medical training sessions for freelance journalists

<p> </p><p>It’s been a year since <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2011/dec/16/tim-hetherington-libya-war-pictures" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Hetherington</a> died while covering the conflict in Libya. He was hit by shrapnel in the groin. And as friend and colleague Sebastian Junger says, “Tim’s wound did not have to be fatal, but it killed him nonetheless.” Hetherington bled out in the back of a truck on the way to hospital. None of the journalists or rebels around him had proper medical training to help him.</p>

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19 Apr

Infographic: Social media and the news

<p>The suggestion that social media has changed the way people consume news isn't a new or revolutionary idea. But this infographic from <a href="http://www.schools.com/visuals/social-media-news.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Schools.com</a> certainly points out some general trends in social media news consumption that can be monitored. Also interesting is the assertion that online news revenue has surpassed print revenue.

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18 Apr

Photos sanglantes de militaires: publier ou non?

<p>Le <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-afghan-photos-20120418,0,5032601.story?page=1&utm_term=Cheat%20Sheet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cheatsheet_morning&cid=newsletter%3Bemail%3Bcheatsheet_morning&utm_source=newsletter"><em>Los Angeles Times</em></a> a publié ce matin, en une de son édition imprimée et sur son site web, des photos de soldats américains posant avec des restes humains en Afghanistan en 2010. Le Pentagone a critiqué la publication de ces images jugeant qu'elles mettent en péril la vie de soldats encore sur le terrain.

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18 Apr

In publishing letters to the editor, the line between censorship and standard civil discourse

<p><em>When it comes to letters to the editor, most are fit to be printed. The odd one is not. <strong>David Swick</strong> looks at a recent instance where a letter was published saying a victim of sexual abuse could have "walked away," the ensuing reaction and the line between censorship and standard civil discourse.</em></p><p> </p><p>A letter to the editor arrives, signed by a local citizen, saying that children who are sexually assaulted could have stopped the abuse, could have walked away. What should the editor do?</p>

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18 Apr

Journalism, humanized: Remembering Randy Starkman

<p>In my first year of journalism school, I'm sure I was instructed that you don't go into this profession if you want to make friends; that good reporting depends on being ruthless, neutral and aloof.  Of course, that creed is pretentious claptrap: the relationship between a journalist and sources is between humans and has to be humane.

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18 Apr

Carl Langelier accused of impersonating a police officer

<p> </p><p>Carl Langelier, a journalist for FM 93 in Quebec, has been accused of impersonating a peace or public officer, according to reports.</p>

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18 Apr

Seize femmes journalistes avec une mission

<p>Par Chantal Francoeur</p><p>Sans droit de vote aux élections fédérales et provinciales, pas tout à fait des personnes au sens de la loi, seize femmes fondent envers et contre tout le Cercle de presse des femmes canadiennes, en 1904. Huit francophones et huit anglophones, elles écrivent pour les pages féminines de différents journaux – <em>La Presse</em>, <em>La Patrie</em>, <em>Montreal Daily Star</em>, <em>Toronto Evening Telegram, </em>etc.</p>

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17 Apr

Accès des médias aux tribunaux: qu’en pense le public?

<p> </p><p><strong>Voir aussi: <a href="http://projetj.ca/article/juges-et-journalistes-une-relation-construire">Juges et journalistes: une relation à construire</a> et <a href="http://projetj.ca/article/interdiction-de-filmer-dans-les-tribunaux">Interdiction de filmer dans les tribunaux</a></strong></p>

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17 Apr

Using data to tell stories — on deadline

<p><strong>By David McKie</strong></p><p>Normally, I dislike leads that contain questions.</p><p>But stories that use data to drive the narrative usually begin with the journalist asking a question. So here are a few.</p>

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