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7 Oct

Comment les journalistes abordent-ils l’itinérance?

<p>Par Karine Projean</p><p><em>L’auteure est intervenante auprès des personnes en situation d’itinérance et démunies. Elle a été formée en journalisme et a publié fin 2009 le livre "Histoires à coucher dehors; des itinérants se racontent". Elle réalise l’émission "Les Voix de la Rue", diffusée à Radio Ville-Marie.</em></p>

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7 Oct

On election nights, politics becomes spectator sport: Susan Delacourt

<p>What network called Ontario's election first? No matter what you may normally compare politics to, <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2011/10/07/who_called_it_first_on_election_nights_politics_becomes_spectator_sport.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writes the <em>Toronto Star</em>'s Susan Delacourt</a>, on election night, it's a sport.</p>

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7 Oct

Welcome to Hell: Toronto Sun

<p>Earlier this week, the <em>Toronto Sun</em> raised some eyebrows when it didn't endorse Conservative candidate Tim Hudak in the Ontario provincial election. Indeed, the paper didn't endorse anyone, penning a thoughtful editorial under the head "<a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/30/ontario-deserves-better?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=recommend-button&utm_campaign=Ontario+deserves+better" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ontario deserves better</a>."</p><p>Today, <a href="http://twitpic.com/6wg8y3/full" target="_blank" rel="noopener">we're back to this</a>:</p>

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6 Oct

Hebdo: une éditrice indépendante fustige Quebecor

<p>L'éditrice Josée Pilotte de l'hebdomadaire indépendant <em>Accès Laurentides</em> accuse le grand patron de Quebecor, Pierre-Karl Péladeau, d'asphyxier l'information régionale. «Ta guerre, elle ne va pas que tuer ta compétition et la presse indépendante en région... c’est la démocratie elle-même que tu assassines!», écrit-elle dans une <a href="http://www.journalacces.ca/Chroniques/Espace-griffe/2011-10-04/article-2767053/Lettre-a--Pierre-Karl-Peladeau/1">lettre ouverte</a> parue cette semaine.</p>

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6 Oct

Canada’s showing mediocre in international right to information survey

<p><strong>by Melissa Shaw</strong></p>

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6 Oct

Peut-on utiliser Facebook comme source?

<p>Par Cécile Gladel, <a href="http://cecilegladel.wordpress.com/">La Planète Écolo de Cécile Gladel</a></p>

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5 Oct

Médias et religion: sujet méconnu et mal traité

<p>Les médias de masse traitent très peu de sujets religieux et quand ils le font ils s'intéressent essentiellement aux situations conflictuelles contribuant ainsi à la peur de l'autre et non au vivre ensemble. C'est ainsi que plusieurs participants au <a href="http://www.banq.qc.ca/activites/colloque/2010-2011/colloque_2011_06_medias_religions/index.html">Colloque Médias et religion</a>, qui se tenait lundi dans le cadre des entretiens Jacques-Cartier, ont décri la couverture médiatique du monde religieux.</p>

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5 Oct

Do young writers care if they get paid?

<p><em>Sarah Millar responds to Russell Smith's </em>Globe and Mail<em> <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/why-dont-creative-young-writers-care-if-they-get-paid/article1361281/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">piece</a>, where he laments that young writers, unlike senior writers, don’t care if they get paid for their work. This post originally appeared on her blog, </em><a href="http://sarahmillar.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Through the Looking Glass</a><em>.</em></p><p>"Why don’t creative young writers care if they get paid?"</p>

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5 Oct

The Rights Check-up: first edition podcast

<p><em>A group of <a href="http://jhrconcordia.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Concordia journalism</a> students delve into the role social media and journalism can play in preventing mass atrocities and genocide in the premier edition of this Journalists for Human Rights "Rights Check-up" podcast. Run time is just under one hour. This podcast was originally broadcast on <a href="http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/journalists-human-rights/2011/10/jhr-rights-check-1-human-rights-and-social-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rabble.ca </a></em></p><p> </p>

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5 Oct

The law and ethics of investigative journalism

<p>TORONTO//By Kimberley Noble -- For much of the past year, Osgoode law professor Jamie Cameron has been delving into the history, nature and implications of the controversial confidential newsgathering processes that have recently put journalists into, rather than behind, the headlines.</p><p>Cameron’s passion was ignited last year when she represented the <a href="http://ccla.org/">Canadian Civil Liberties Association</a> in the National Post and Globe and Mail court cases defending journalists’ legal right to protect confidential sources.</p>

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