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27 Sep

Newspapers Canada releases FOI performance audit

<p>Results for the annual Newspapers Canada FOI performance audit are in, and, as usual, they aren't pretty.<br /><br />Only a few provincial governments received As for speedy disclosure: Nova Scotia, PEI, Quebec, and the Yukon. Even less received the top grade for completeness of disclosure: Manitoba and Nova Scotia. Municipal governments did better, but there is still plenty of room for improvement.<br /><br />Indeed, the report makes 10 recommendations to improve access to information and government openness.<br /><br />Among them:</p>

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27 Sep

Les Québécois font-ils confiance aux journalistes?

<p>Le directeur de l'Unité anticollusion (UAC), Jacques Duchesneau, a profité de son passage à <em>Tout le monde en parle</em> pour accuser des journalistes de servir l'intérêt du crime organisé.

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27 Sep

Putting the story above the storytelling

<p><em>Web producer <strong>Heather Loney</strong> describes how digital journalists need to stay focused on the story, not contribute to the "noise" of digital content.</em></p><p class="MsoNormal">It's a liberating feeling to work in online news, realizing the endless number of stories you can cover, and the many ways you can cover them.</p>

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27 Sep

CBC celebrates 75th anniversary with open house

<p>CBC is opening its doors to the public on October 1 as part of the network's ongoing 75th anniversary bash.</p><p>Anniversary celebrations began in August, and will end on the official November 2 anniversary date. CBC is describing the country-wide open house as a "high point" in the continued celebrations.</p><p>Check out <a href="http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/cbc-plans-open-house-event-for-75th-anniversary/1000599547/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this article in <em>Broadcaster </em></a>magazine for a full list of all 32 open house locations.</p>

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27 Sep

Robert Hurst joins Fanshawe College as visiting professor

<p>Robert Hurst has joined Fanshawe College's broadcast faculty as a visiting professor.<br />

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26 Sep

Duchesneau et l’intimidation médiatique

<p>Dans une entrevue présentée hier soir à l'émission <a href="http://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/tout_le_monde_en_parle/saison8/">Tout le monde en parle</a>, le directeur de l'Unité anticollusion (UAC), Jacques Duchesneau, a affirmé avoir été victime de tentatives d'intimidation y compris de la part des médias. Il a accusé des journalistes de servir l'intérêt des corrompus en tentant de le discréditer.</p>

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26 Sep

CBC comes to Kitchener-Waterloo, London; weekend news programming added across Canada

<p>Next year is gonna be big. The CBC continues its five-year strategic plan "Everyone, Every way" next fall by bringing radio and internet services to London and Kitchener-Waterloo. It will also extend its news programming to seven days a week in Edmonton, Ottawa, St. John's, and the Maritimes.<br />

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26 Sep

CBC launches ombudsman review

<p>CBC and Radio-Canada are set to review the mandate for their ombudsmen, following last year's successful update of CBC's <a href="http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/docs/policies/journalistic/xml/policies.asp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Journalistic Standards and Practices</a>.<br /><br />The ombudsman mandate has not been reviewed for several years; the goal is to consider the ombudsman's role in the current media landscape.<br />

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24 Sep

Court rulings dissect responsible communication defence

<p><em>It has been almost two years since the Supreme Court of Canada created the libel defence of responsible communication on matters of public interest -- long enough for at least three courts to weigh in on what journalists must do to meet its criteria. In this column in the upcoming issue of the CAJ's Media magazine, J-Source's law section editor <strong>Dean Jobb</strong> explores how the new defence is being interpreted.</em></p>

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23 Sep

Convergence verticale: le CRTC serre la vis

<p> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><em>(2nd mise à jour)</em></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Le Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (CRTC) a adopté, cette semaine, un nouveau cadre réglementaire relatif à l'intégration verticale. Ce nouveau règlement interdit notamment aux groupes médiatiques de réserver leurs contenus conçus pour la télévision en exclusivité à leurs clients abonnés à leurs services mobiles ou Internet.</font></font></font></p>

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