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3 Apr

Consumer behavior in North America indicates a growing number of people think gluten is bad for their guts. Meanwhile, journalists are baking up stories and scientists are still digesting the biology.

<p><em>As he watched a large proportion of friends and family forsake flour for spelt bread and rice crackers, Western University, MAJ student, <strong>Jacob Kuehn</strong>, grew suspicious of media coverage of the gluten-free dietary phenomenon.  He decided to take a closer look at the science behind gluten sensitivity, and why the media may be missing it.</em></p><p> </p>

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3 Apr

A look inside the making of the latest issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism

<p><em><strong>Sara Harowitz</strong> is the editor of the Summer 2012 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, which will be launched April 5 at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. Here, she talks about what it was like heading the masthead of an esteemed student-published journalism magazine and what we can look forward to in the upcoming issue. </em></p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/rrj summer 12.jpg" title="" /></p>

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3 Apr

La science, objet médiatique mal-aimé

<p>Par Annie Labrecque et Anne Caroline Desplanques</p>

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2 Apr

CBC/Radio-Canada teste le tout numérique à Hamilton

<p><span style="line-height: 100%; ">Par Arik Ligeti – paru sur </span><a href="http://j-source.ca/taxonomy/term/5" style="line-height: 100%; ">J-Source</a><span style="line-height: 100%; ">, traduit par Anne-Caroline Desplanques</span></p>

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31 Mar

Sixth down after seven months: PM’s latest communications chief resigns

<p>    Angelo Persichilli, the latest person to run Prime Minister Stephen Harper's communications office has stepped down, telling the Globe and Mail that he <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/harpers-communications-chief-quits-i-couldnt-handle-that-kind-of-stress/article2387114/">"couldn't handle that kind of stress".</a></p>

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31 Mar

Jesse McLean, Toronto Star reporter, named Canada’s best young journalist

<div class="ts-content_StaticExtra"> </div><div class="ts-content_jsPhotoPlayer">Twenty-four-year-old Jesse McLean's international and investigative reporting has earned him the <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/03/30/stars_jesse_mclean_wins_goff_penny_award_and_named_canadas_best_young_journalist.html"> Goff Penny award</a> by the Canadian Newspaper Association as Canada’s best young journalist.</div><div class="ts-content_jsPhotoPlayer">  McLean, who graduated from Ryerson University's journalism program in 2009, was lauded for his role in reporting fr

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30 Mar

CBC/Radio-Canada: vers le retour de la pub à la radio?

<p><strong style="line-height: 0.42cm; ">Voir aussi: <a href="http://projetj.ca/article/avenir-de-cbcradio-canada-en-attendant-le-budget">Avenir de CBC/Radio-Canada: en attendant le budget</a></strong></p>

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30 Mar

Newsroom innovation increases pressure to create higher quality journalism

<p><em>As newsrooms become more innovative in engaging audiences, especially using new and emerging technologies, the result may be higher quality journalism, despite the predictions of doomsayers. E-journalism Professor <strong>Robert Washburn</strong> suggests the movement towards more transparency by journalists and newsrooms might lead to more competition and better journalism.</em></p><p> </p>

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30 Mar

Jim Curran’s CBC traffic reporting career celebrated

<p> </p><p>If you’ve ever braved driving during rush hour in the Greater Toronto Area, you know you sometimes need someone to help you navigate the sea of bright red brake lights that stretch down the highway in the same manner the morning sunrise spills over the horizon.</p><p>Jim Curran has been that someone for CBC since 1972. Today was his final traffic reporting broadcast.</p>

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29 Mar

Steve Jeffrey resigns from The Anchor Weekly amid serial plagiarism allegations

<p> </p><p>Steve Jeffrey, editor and publisher of <em>The Anchor Weekly</em>, a community newspaper that has served Chestermere, Alta. since 2001, has resigned amid allegations that he had plagiarized at least 42 columns in the past year, <a href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/alberta/Calgary+area+newspaper+editor+resigns+following+plagiarism+allegations/6366948/story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Calgary Herald</a>.</p>

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