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16 Nov

Future of News: What does online excellence look like?

<p>J-Source’s <em><strong>Rhiannon Russell</strong> quizzed five Canadian Online Publishing Awards winners on the hurdles, the process, and payoff of making top online content. Trade secrets from </em>Torontoist<em>, the National Film Board, </em>OpenFile Toronto<em>, </em>Sparksheet<em>, and</em><em> </em>The Thunderbird.</p><p><strong>The divisions</strong>:</p><p>Red: Consumer, custom, religious, public association<br />Blue: Business-to-business, professional association, farm, scholarly<br />Green: Daily and weekly newspapers, and broadcasters</p>

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16 Nov

Where’s Page Two Online?

<p><em>A new report from the ethics advisory committee of the Canadian Association of Journalists attacks the digital corrections puzzle, providing best practices for correcting inaccurate information published online. Surely, for <strong>Craig Silverman</strong>, one of the report’s authors, the corrections landscape badly needed a new map. </em></p>

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16 Nov

Best practices in digital accuracy and corrections

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15 Nov

Titre professionnel: le milieu journalistique divisé

<p>La Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ) et le Conseil de presse (CPQ) ont présenté l'image d'une profession divisée vendredi et hier au ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine dans le cadre de la consultation publique sur l'avenir de l'information.

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15 Nov

Survey of UK editors reveals some grim stats, opinions

<p><a href="http://www.societyofeditors.co.uk/userfiles/files/SoE2001-Survey-report-FINAL-11-11-11.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A survey of editors</a> in the UK reveals some grim – but perhaps unsurprising – statistics about content generation and staffing.</p><p>The Society of Editors sent its survey out to members during October and the beginning of this month. Roughly a quarter of the membership responded and while what they said wasn’t all bad, it wasn’t too great either.</p>

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15 Nov

André Picard named CIBC scholar-in-residence

<p><em>Globe and Mail</em> public health reporter André Picard has been named the Conference Board of Canada’s CIBC scholar-in-residence.</p><p>The program, which has been funding the work of big Canadian thinkers since 2005, is designed to enable scholarly research on Canadian issues.</p><p>As you may have guessed, Picard will examine health care and has chosen the topic “The Path to Health Care Reform: Policy and Politics.” He’ll give a public lecture in May and publish a book by fall.</p>

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15 Nov

Taking stock of media and democracy

<p>New developments in the media may not have such a positive effect on the openness of information after all. The quality of news hasn't fared too well, either. Peter Steven’s new book <em>About Canada: Media </em>argues the changing face of TV, newspaper and the internet has made the quality of news sink, while fostering a more restrictive atmosphere. Check out <a href="http://rabble.ca/books/reviews/2011/11/about-canada-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rabble.ca</a> for an excerpt of Steven’s book.</p>

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15 Nov

Call-out for NMA judges

<p>The National Magazine Awards Foundation is on the hunt for new judges. Each year, the foundation recruits more than 200 volunteers to evaluate the many, many submissions it receives from across the country.</p><p>This year, the foundation needs English, French, and bilingual judges for its written, visual, digital, integrated and special categories. In other words, for everything.</p><p>The NMAF is keen to find veterans of the magazine industry – all aspects, from editing to circulation – and those with relevant expertise.</p>

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14 Nov

Pas d’éthique sans bonnes conditions de pratique

<p>Par Malorie Gosselin, étudiante au baccalauréat en journalisme de l'UQAM</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; text-align: left; "><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">L'AJIQ plaide en faveur d'un statut pour les journalistes professionnels sous conditions. Sans la reconnaissance du droit à la négociation collective pour les journalistes indépendants, un statut pour les journalistes professionnels ne sera pas suffisant pour soutenir et promouvoir la qualité de l'information. </font></font></font></p>

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14 Nov

CBC hands over documents to committee – but only some

<p>After weeks of fighting dozens of access-to-information requests, the CBC has now relinquished some – but not all – of the requested documents to the parliamentary committee demanding the files.</p><p>As <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cbc-turns-over-some-but-not-all-requested-files-to-mps/article2235594/" target="_top" rel="noopener"><em>The Globe and Mail </em></a>reports, while the CBC has handed over some of the documents it is keeping others sealed after it receiving a legal opinion from firm Borden Ladner Gervais.</p>

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