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26 Oct

What’s in a union?

<p><em><strong>Rhiannon Russell </strong>listens in as journalists from the </em>Hamilton Spectator<em>, </em>Toronto Star<em>, </em>London Free Press<em> and CTV discuss unions in the newsroom, publisher influence and working for free.</em></p>

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26 Oct

Occupiers, big media wants your help!

<p><em>In a sea of inept coverage on the Occupy protests, news corporations are now out to make more cash by doing less journalism. <strong>Shannon Rupp</strong> on the grab for free content -- and the persistent myth that newspapers' raison d’être is to inform citizens. The article originally appeared on <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2011/10/25/Occupy-Big-Media/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Tyee</a>, and is reprinted with permission.</em></p>

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26 Oct

Ottawa Public Health, the media, and the latest infection scare

<p><em>In a hastily organized media conference mid-October, Ottawa’s chief medical officer of health announced a local, privately owned “non-hospital” clinic flunked proper infection control measures, resulting in the potential exposure of thousands to Hepatitis and HIV. Carleton University's<strong> Josh Greenberg </strong>on the resulting brouhaha.

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26 Oct

Call for submissions: Speak Magazine

<p>It's that time of year again: Speak magazine's annual call for submissions. This year Speak is being headed by the University of Regina's jhr Chapter, with support from faculty and students from the University of Regina's School of Journalism and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.</p>

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25 Oct

Le plan iPad de l’Acadie Nouvelle

<p>L'Acadie Nouvelle offre un iPad2 version Wi-Fi 16 go à ses abonnés numériques pour 29 dollars par mois pendant 36 mois. Le groupe Acadie Média en a fait l'annonce officielle ce matin, lors d'une conférence de presse à l'hôtel de ville de Dieppe, au Nouveau-Brunswick.</p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 0.48cm; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-style: normal">Le reportage de <a href="http://www.capacadie.com/">CapAcadie.com</a>:</span></font></p>

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25 Oct

Ford and the 22 Minutes joke: Was it funny?

<p>Well, Toronto mayor Rob Ford didn't think so. He called the police shortly after <em>This Hour has 22 Minutes </em>comedian/actor Mary Walsh showed up at his house this morning dressed as the infamous Marg Delahunty.</p>

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25 Oct

Rolling blogs

<p>“He's captured. He's wounded in both legs ... He's been taken away by ambulance.” That’s just one quote among a flurry of electronic comments that pinged around the globe as Moammar Gadhafi met his fate.

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25 Oct

Ezra Levant reports on Occupy Toronto; protestors release unedited video

<p>Ezra Levant's report on Occupy Toronto was, perhaps unsurprisingly, pretty negative.<br />

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25 Oct

Chantiers paralysés: journalistes malmenés

<p><em>(deuxième version)</em></p><p>Depuis hier, plusieurs journalistes ont été victimes de manœuvres d'intimidation alors qu'ils couvraient les perturbations sur les chantiers à Montréal et ailleurs au Québec. Le photographe de l'agence QMI, Maxime Deland, a été brutalement empoigné par deux hommes sur le chantier du Quartier des spectacles. D'autres reporters, qui suivaient comme lui un groupe de syndiqués qui a vidé les chantiers du centre-ville un à un, ont subi le même sort.</p>

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25 Oct

Tenure-track position in Religion & Media

<p>The Department of Media Studies at the Catholic University of America seeks a full-time tenure track assistant professor starting September 2012.</p>

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