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26 Jan

On Gilles Duceppe’s use of parliamentary funds and the ensuing media war

<p>In the wake of the controversy that has surrounded Gilles Duceppe over the past week, there has emerged a media war as well.</p>

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25 Jan

Chantal Hébert: Twitter is not a window to the world — it’s a mirror

<p>Chantal Hébert <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2012/01/24/sk-hebert-social-media-ftr-120124.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took on Twitter</a> and journalists’ use of it at the 32<sup>nd</sup> annual Minifie Lecture at the University of Regina last night.</p>

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25 Jan

L’affaire Duceppe: d’abord du journalisme

<p>Par Josée Boileau, Rédactrice en chef, <a href="http://www.ledevoir.com/">Le Devoir</a></p>

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25 Jan

Wilf Dinnick and OpenFile.ca: The J-Source Canadian Newsperson of the Year

<p> </p><p><a href="www.openfile.ca" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/openfile.PNG" title="" /></a></p><p>The winner of the <a href="http://j-source.ca/j-source-canadian-newsperson-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J-Source Canadian Newsperson of the Year</a> is 'The Innovator' — best exemplified by Wilf Dinnick, the founder and CEO of <a href="http://OpenFile.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OpenFile.ca</a>.</p>

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25 Jan

Ban on Williams’ divorce file overturned

<p>The Ontario Court of Appeal has struck down a sweeping ban on publishing details of the divorce proceedings of convicted murderer Col. Russell Williams, confirming that “emotional distress and embarrassment” are insufficient grounds for supressing information about court cases. The Jan. 24 ruling upholds the open-courts principle and found that Williams’ estranged wife failed to present evidence to justify sealing the divorce file. “Purely personal interests cannot justify non-publication or sealing orders,” Justice David Doherty said in the ruling.

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24 Jan

Affaire Duceppe: La Presse critiquée

<p>«Ce que <em>La Presse</em> a fait à Gilles Duceppe m'apparaît comme un lynchage, une sorte d'assassinat», a déclaré Bernard Landry ce matin à l'antenne de RDI. L'ancien Premier ministre péquiste commentait les déboires de l'ex-chef bloquiste, Gilles Duceppe. Celui-ci a renoncé à un retour en politique active après que <em>La Presse</em> ait révélé samedi qu'il a payé le salaire de son directeur général et celui d'une conseillère en puisant dans le budget accordé par la Chambre des communes pour le fonctionnement de son cabinet.</p>

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24 Jan

Want to sell your story? Practice the art of the pitch

<p><em>You might think content is the most important factor when you're trying to sell a story, but it's the pitch that closes the deal. Freelance journalist <strong>Katie Ingram</strong> gets advice from three seasoned professionals on pitching for publication.</em></p><p>When it comes to a freelance story pitch, you may wonder where to start. Knowing your publication inside and out is key, even for a seasoned journalist.</p>

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24 Jan

Lara Logan on her recovery, her family, and journalism after sexual assault

<p>In an <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/television/1.1009501" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exclusive interview with <em>New York Daily News</em></a>, Lara Logan speaks candidly about the sexual assault she endured in Egypt last winter, her recovery and how she is handling and covering stories now.</p>

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24 Jan

MarketingMag readers believe media will stay free, paywalls not the future

<p> </p><p>In light of Postmedia’s Paul Godfrey’s assertion that more Canadian media will employ some sort of metered system for online news in the near future, MarketingMag conducted an <a href="http://www.marketingmag.ca/news/media-news/poll-media-always-finds-a-way-to-be-free-44839" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unscientific online poll</a> that asked if readers believed this to be true.</p><p>Apparently, they do not. MarketingMag.ca asked “Is Postmedia’s Paul Godfrey right? Will all Canadian media go pay-per-view online?” The responses:</p>

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24 Jan

A hundred tweets a day keeps the sickness at bay

<p><em>How does a student journalism conference handle a norovirus outbreak? Through social media, of course. <strong>Emma Godmere</strong>, Canadian University Press national bureau chief, gives a first-person account of how she and her team used a myriad of digital tools to handle a situation that was unprecedented for them and what it was like as a journalist to become the subject of a national media story. </em></p><p> </p><p>I don’t think many of us had ever used “diarrhea” in a tweet before.</p>

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