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1 Sep

Carleton’s Rwanda Initiative ends

<p>An exchange program that allowed many Carleton University journalism students to do internships in Rwanda over the last five years has been suspended.</p><p>The <a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Lack+funds+scuttles+Carleton+Rwanda+journalism+exchange/5340257/story.html"><em>Ottawa Citizen </em>reports that the program known as the Rwanda Initiative was suspended for lack of funds</a>.</p>

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1 Sep

Le Métier de journaliste, 3e édition

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><font color="#000000">Boréal lance cette semaine la troisième édition revue et mise à jour du «Guide des outils et des pratiques du journalisme au Québec» de Pierre Sormany. Paru pour la première fois en 1990, «Le Métier de journaliste» n'avait pas été actualisé depuis 2000. L'édition 2011 tient compte du boom du web 2.0 et de l'impact du krach de 2008 sur le métier.</font></p>

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1 Sep

It’s not you, it’s me: Cali j-student on the future of newspapers

<p>Journalists should stop looking at outside industry pressures when talking about the death of newspapers, and start looking at themselves, <a href="http://www.dailycal.org/2011/08/31/its-not-you-its-me/">writes j-student Mihir Zaveri in independent student press paper <em>The Daily Californian</em></a>.<br />

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1 Sep

Conrad Black on Metro Morning

<p>When Conrad Black's new book,<em> A Matter of Principle</em>, is released Sept. 15, the former media magnate will already be back in prison. But that doesn't mean he'll keep mum: Black recently spoke to <em>Metro Morning</em>'s Matt Galloway about the book, his time in prison, his innocence, and the state of newspapers today. The interview runs 45-minutes long, but is fascinating and worth listening to -- whether you love Black or hate him.<br />

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31 Aug

Hebdos: aperçu de la stratégie de Quebecor

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><font color="#000000">Un peu plus de 100 000 foyers en Mauricie ont reçu aujourd'hui un nouvel hebdomadaire, <em>L'Écho de Trois-Rivières</em> ou <em>L'Écho de Shawinigan</em>, deux publications de Quebecor venues concurrencer les journaux locaux de Transcontinental, <em>L'Hebdo Journal</em> et <em>L'Hebdo du Saint-Maurice</em>.</font></p>

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31 Aug

Quebec licensing proposal draws fire

<p>Quebec’s Minister of Culture, Christine St-Pierre, has expressed support for a recommendation that the province create a system of designating some journalists as professionals and giving them privileges – such as greater access to government information and the right to protect their sources – not afforded to others.</p><p><br />The idea comes from a report prepared by Dominique Payette, a former Radio-Canada journalist, for the provincial government last winter.</p>

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31 Aug

Lloyd Robertson’s last day

<p>"I can scarce believe it's finally happening," writes Lloyd Robertson in an <a _cke_saved_href="http://www.ctv.ca/lloyd/" href="http://www.ctv.ca/lloyd/">open letter posted to CTV's website</a>.

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31 Aug

Teaching journalism in an age when news comes to you

<p><em>Centennial College journalist in residence <strong>Lynne Russell</strong> examines the difficulties of teaching the latest crop of j-students -- many of whom believe their smart phones hold the keys to truth. <a href="http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/08/teaching-journalism-in-an-age-when-news-comes-to-you234">This article originally appeared on PBS MediaShift</a>.</em></p>

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31 Aug

The perils of B.C.’s new FOI policy

<p><em>British Columbia's recent freedom-of-information policy change may look good on the surface, but dig a little deeper, writes <strong>Sean Holman</strong>, and it's nothing but bad news. The editor of <a href="http://www.publiceyeonline.com/">Public Eye</a>, a popular website covering B.C. politics, tells us why.</em></p>

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31 Aug

The end of silly season

<p><em>While most of us lament the end of summer, writes <strong>Lisa Taylor</strong>, there is one thing to cheer: the end of silly season in news. An examination of how endless sunny days + slow news + journalist = lapse in critical thinking.</em></p>

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