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29 Feb

Google for journalists: tips and techniques

<p>By Paul Weinberg</p><p>A Google global communications and public affairs (Canada) representative offered useful research tips on the ubiquitous search engine at a recent seminar in downtown Toronto, sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting.</p>

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29 Feb

Journalism on homelessness: Expert driven

<p><em>Canadian study investigates sourcing practices and framing of homelessness in the news. <strong>Elyse Amend </strong>and<strong> David Secko</strong><em> </em>write about the study which considers the power of expert quotes in three Canadian newspapers to frame homelessness.</em><br /> </p><p>Homelessness, as a word, is not that old. A <a href="http://jou.sagepub.com/content/13/1/71.abstract">recent study</a> on the sources journalists chose in writing about homelessness suggests Canadian journalism on the topic is still young as well. </p>

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29 Feb

RueMasson.com souffle sa deuxième bougie

<p>Il y a deux ans, cinq journalistes indépendants créaient un site d'information dédié à leur quartier: <a href="http://ruemasson.com/?page_id=13633">RueMasson.com</a>. Quelques milliers d'articles et de tweets plus tard, le site accueille aujourd'hui 25 000 visiteurs par mois en moyenne. Il compte plus de 3700 fans sur Facebook et plus de 2000 abonnés sur Twitter. Mais tous ces clics ne se transforment toujours pas en dollars.</p>

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29 Feb

BBC World Service goes live with daily news meeting

<p>BBC World Service has been in the business of delivering news for 80 years, but today marked the first time they <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pcj5x" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened up their daily news meeting</a> to be broadcast live.</p><p>If Canadians want to watch the editorial meeting where the BBC plans its news out for the day for World Service, they’ll have to be early risers—or extreme nightowls. The meeting takes place at 4 a.m. EST, or 0900 GMT.</p>

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29 Feb

“People don’t have any right to information”

<p>By the end of the Second World War, Canadian press censors themselves had come to believe censorship did not work, according to Mark Bourrie, author of <a href="http://www.dmpibooks.com/author/mark-bourrie" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Fog of War: Censorship of Canada’s Media in World War Two</em></a>.</p>

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29 Feb

Lloyd Robertson, Andy Walsh to be inducted to the Canadian News Hall of Fame

<p> </p><p>Lloyd Robertson and Andy Walsh are set to be the <a href="http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/canadian-news-hall-of-fame-to-induct-broadcast-veterans/1000942558/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">newest inductees</a> to the Canadian News Hall of Fame at a gala in Toronto on May 16.</p>

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29 Feb

How I got the story: Tim Bousquet on Halifax mayor Peter Kelly and Mary Thibeault

<p><em>Mary Thibeault’s estate has yet to be settled seven years after her death, and the blame lies with the executor of her will: Halifax mayor Peter Kelly. <strong>Rhiannon Russell</strong> reports on how Tim Bousquet investigated this story for Halifax alt-weekly </em>The Coast<em> and effectively ended the political career of the mayor of the largest city in Atlantic Canada.</em></p><p> </p>

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29 Feb

Press Freedom: Who gives a damn, anyway?

<p><em>It’s been 30 years since Section 2(b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms made a free press the law of the land. But, on the eve of a national conference to take stock of the state of press freedom in Canada, <strong>Ivor Shapiro</strong> sees more apathy than passion around the issue.</em></p><p> </p>

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28 Feb

J-Source editor Meredith Levine receives Canadian Institutes of Health Research Journalism Award

<p>Meredith Levine is J-Source’s Health and Medical editor and the recipient of a Tier 1 <a href="https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca:443/rnr16/viewOpportunityDetails.do?prog=1285&language=E&fodAgency=CIHR&view=browseArchive&browseArc=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian Institutes of Health Research Journalism Award</a>.</p><p>The awards are intended to allow journalists to conduct in-depth investigations of health research issues of interest to Canadians. There was over $330,000 given out to 18 recipients in this round of awards.</p>

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28 Feb

Steve Buttry on why linking is good journalism

<p>In response to a <a href="http://storify.com/mathewi/is-linking-just-polite-or-is-it-required" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter conversation</a> that occurred over the weekend, Steve Buttry, Director of Community Engagement and Social Media for Digital First Media <a href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/4-reasons-why-linking-is-good-journalism-2-reasons-why-linking-is-good-business/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listed a number of reasons</a> that news organizations should include outbound links.</p>

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