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19 Jan

Taupe au SPVM: les journalistes auraient-ils dû se taire?

<p>Hier, l'ex-policier Ian Davidson, soupçonné d'être la taupe du Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), a été trouvé mort dans un hôtel de Laval. Les médias avaient auparavant révélé qu'il aurait tenté de vendre à la mafia la liste secrète des informateurs de la police. Alors que les enquêteurs passaient le lieu du drame au peigne fin, le porte-parole de la police, Ian Lafrenière, a déploré la médiatisation de l'affaire.</p>

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19 Jan

Ryerson to host conference on press freedom

<p>Law and journalism will come together at a <a href="http://www.ryerson.ca/lawcentre/events/pfc.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conference</a> on press freedom in Canada at Ryerson University on March 8 and 9, which roughly coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.</p><p>Topics at the conference, organized by Ryerson’s Law Research Center and its Journalism Research Centre, will include issues arising from regulating new media, anti-terrorism measures and government secrecy.</p>

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19 Jan

Book Review: Feeling Canadian by Marusya Bociurkiw

<p> </p><p>Review by Kayley Viteo and Nadine Desrochers</p><p><strong><em>Feeling Canadian: Television, Nationalism and Affect</em> by Marusya Bociurkiw</strong></p><p> </p>

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19 Jan

Muhammad Lila leaves CBC, begins as ABC foreign correspondent

<p>Canadian journalist Muhammad Lila had been anchoring newscasts and reporting for CBC since 2008, and in that time has covered local, national and international stories. Now, he begins a new role as ABC’s foreign correspondent to Pakistan, Afghanistan and the region.</p><p>While Lila has reported from Haiti, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the Himalayas in the past, this is the first time he will be living overseas as a correspondent. Prior to joining CBC, he anchored and reported for CityTV and CP24 in Toronto.</p>

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18 Jan

The Globe and Mail shakes up management, adds first public editor

<p><em>In moves that editor-in-chief John Stackhouse say reflect the shifts in the industry, The Globe and Mail is shaking up its management. J-Source’s <strong>Belinda Alzner</strong> reports on Sylvia Stead’s appointment as The Globe’s first public editor as well as the other newly created positions and changed roles that reflect a move toward greater accountability and a more digital focus.</em></p>

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18 Jan

Mommy bloggers and journalistic standards

<p><em>Mommy blogs have become monetized and it's not hard to see why: Brands embrace bloggers who promote their products, and many bloggers are only too happy to accept compensation to promote brands they were going to be writing about anyway. <strong>Ira Basen</strong> looks into issues of transparency, ethics and reader expectation that come with accepting payment or products in exchange for words. </em></p><div style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; "><p> </p>

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18 Jan

Le milieu journalistique se mobilise contre SOPA

<p>Une partie du web s'est éteinte aujourd'hui pour protester contre le projet de loi américain Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) et son projet de loi compagnon, le Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). Plusieurs regroupements journalistiques joignent le mouvement et dénoncent le risque d'une censure d'Internet à grande échelle.</p>

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18 Jan

Canadian journalism at its best: A round-up of the J-Source Newsperson Award nominees

<p> </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/IMG_6637 copy_2.jpg" title="" /></p><p>We called for nominees and you answered, giving us a list of 28 journalists from across the country that you deemed worthy of the J-Source Canadian Newsperson of the Year award. From in-depth local news stories, to start-up successes, to renowned data journalism projects, these nominees represent a highlight reel of Canadian journalism for 2011.</p>

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18 Jan

Reporters Without Borders joins internet blackout against SOPA

<p>Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has joined Wikipedia, Reddit, Wordpress and a number of other big players in an internet blackout against the United States' bills Stop Piracy Online Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) that have garnered international criticism. </p><p>Here is the blacked out version of its website.</p><p><a href="http://en.rsf.org/" 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/RSF.PNG" title="" /></a></p>

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18 Jan

Out with a whimper: Canada’s election results ban

<p>The death of Canada’s election results ban was fittingly<a href="http://j-source.ca/article/ottawa-lift-ban-broadcasting-early-election-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> announced on Twitter</a> on Jan. 13. The law - which prohibited the reporting of results across time zones - survived a <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/bloggers-beat-back-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mass tweet</a> last election, but just barely.

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