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5 Mar

Radio-Canada and Quebecor announce agreement on advertising, broadcasting distribution

<p>Have they called a truce, or will this prove to be just a momentary cease-fire in <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/cbc-vs-quebecor-all-out-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the feud</a> between the two broadcasters?</p>

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5 Mar

Breaking the ‘robocalls’ story: Maher and McGregor

<p>Unlike most recipients of name amalgamations, McMaher are not headline-making, Hollywood A-listers.</p><p>But when it comes to Canadian journalists, Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher might be the most talked about as of late.</p>

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4 Mar

Time to give up on newspapers, says MacPhail

<p>By Wayne MacPhail</p>

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3 Mar

Legally-blind sportswriter in Peterborough, ON, covers hockey and manages department

<p>Last month, Mike Davies told Peterborough Examiner readers that a rare disease had been robbing him of sight and that he was covering the city's OHL team, the Petes, while legally blind. The Globe and Mail's Steve Ladurantaye <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/seeing-isnt-believing-for-blind-hockey-reporter/article2357407/">reports</a> on how he does it.</p>

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2 Mar

Getting the story in Ghana: A Canadian journalist’s perspective

<p><em><strong>Gwyneth Dunsford</strong>, a Canadian journalist living in Ghana as a JHR Rights Media Radio intern, wrote this account of her frustration with gaining access to sources, re-published here with permission from <a href="http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/03/hacks-versus-flacks-ghana-edition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JHR's Field Notes</a>.</em></p><p>“You want me to do what? You want a copy of all my questions?”</p><p>It’s the third time today I have spoken with Gabriel Nii Otu Ankrah, the public relations officer at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.</p>

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2 Mar

Nouveau Projet: en route vers le second numéro

<p><em>Voir aussi: <a href="http://projetj.ca/node/add/article">Nicolas Langelier présente son magazine: Nouveau Projet</a> et <a href="http://projetj.ca/node/add/article">Nouveau Projet dépasse son objectif de financement</a></em></p>

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2 Mar

Guardian’s Open Journalism approach to collaboration goes beyond Canadian experience

<p>By Robert Washburn</p><p>The Guardian’s launch of its <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/open-journalism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Open Journalism</a> approach this week with the innovative, witty <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2012/feb/29/open-journalism-at-the-guardian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Three Pigs advertisement</a> also ushers in a powerful endorsement of the collaborative approach to producing news.</p>

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1 Mar

CBC’s the fifth estate wins 2012 Canadian Hillman Prize

<p>Diana Swain begins a documentary aired Oct. 21, 2011 on <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2011-2012/scoutshonour/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBC’s <em>the fifth estate</em></a> with the following:</p><blockquote><p>For a century it’s been seen as the perfect marriage between childhood and the outdoors: Boy Scouts. But for years, scouting executives have struggled with a sickening problem in their ranks. A problem documented in confidential files.</p>

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1 Mar

Le journalisme en région est-il snobé?

<p><span style="line-height: 0.5cm; ">Par Mickaël Bergeron, originellement paru sur </span><a href="http://www.labarbe.ca/" style="line-height: 0.5cm; ">labarbe.ca</a></p>

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1 Mar

VIDEO: The story of The Three Little Pigs, as told in modern news: The Guardian

<p>Have you ever wondered how<em> The Guardian</em> covers a story from many angles and mediums while incorporating user engagement? Well, they've created this advertisement promoting its open journalism that traces the development of a story through traditional and new media.</p><p>The story? Well, it’s a familiar one: The Three Little Pigs. </p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vDGrfhJH1P4?rel=0" width="640"></iframe></p>

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