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29 Aug

Colloque Médias et religion

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><font color="#000000">Existe-t-il aujourd’hui une relation particulière entre les médias et ce qui touche le religieux? C'est la question qui occupera les participants au colloque <em>Médias et religion</em> à Montréal le 3 octobre.</font></p>

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28 Aug

Legendary newspaper and Fifth Estate journalist and first news chief CityTV, Ron Haggart has died

<p>Ron Haggart,  a senior producer at The Fifth Estate after he was founding head of news at Citytv died Saturday in Toronto at 84, <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2011/08/28/ron_haggart_84_legendary_journalist_delighted_in_controversy.html">reports the Toronto Star.</a> His broadcasting career followed years at Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and Toronto Telegram in the late ‘50s, ‘60s and early ‘70s.  

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27 Aug

Brian Vallee, former newspaper reporter, Fifth Estate Producer

<p>Brian Vallee's Fifth Estate documentary about wife abuse sparked a life-long advocacy, along with books and other documentaries. Vallee, who died on July 22, was a reporter for newspapers in Toronto, Windsor and Sault Ste. Marie, is remembered in an <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/fifth-estate-producer-brian-valle-brought-spousal-abuse-to-the-forefront/article592665/">obituary in the Globe and Mail</a>.</p>

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26 Aug

Tenure track position open at Concordia

<p>The Department of Journalism at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec invites applications for one tenure-track position in Journalism Studies. Candidates must be able to contribute to the department in three areas: teaching, research and administrative service. Specifically, candidates must be able to teach both academic and production courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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26 Aug

Kathy English on Jack Layton and the Star’s “advance obit”

<p>When the <em>Toronto Star</em> learned of Jack Layton's death earlier this week, it took only 20 minutes for the website to publish the news, and a 3,000-word obituary. While that may sound like a super-human feat, it was actually the result of careful advance preparation, <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/public_editor/2011/08/26/english_the_end_of_the_story.html">writes <em>Star </em>public editor Kathy English in a column published today</a>.<br />

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26 Aug

Should journalists get a hospital’s permission before interviewing patients?

<p>When it comes to interviewing patients, should journalists get permission from the hospital's top brass first -- even if the source has already agreed? This question was at the heart of a <a href="http://pcc.org.uk/cases/adjudicated.html?article=NzMyMA==">recent Press Complaints Commission (PCC) ruling </a>in the U.K.</p>

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26 Aug

Construction: Radio-Canada à nouveau poursuivie

<p>Radio-Canada fait face à une nouvelle poursuite judiciaire impliquant des entreprises liées à l'entrepreneur Tony Accurso. La société Constructions Louisbourg poursuit le réseau public pour outrage au tribunal. Elle l'accuse d'avoir diffusé illégalement, au printemps, des informations comprises dans un dossier mis sous scellé par la Cour.</p>

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26 Aug

Reporting on Jack Layton: Was it different than reporting on other politicians?

<p>In light of the tremendous outpouring of grief and condolences -- both from journalists and not -- following Jack Layton's death, <em>J-Source</em> wants to know: Was reporting on Jack Layton different than reporting on other politicians? Comment below, or send us your journalistic memories on Twitter or through <a href="mailto:lmckeon@j-source.ca">email</a>. We'll post them below.</p>

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26 Aug

Full-time prof for new BCS degree program at Grant MacEwan

<p>Grant MacEwan University's Centre for the Arts and Communications (CFAC) is seeking a Journalism faculty member to teach in the Bachelor of Communication Studies (BCS) degree program and to provide leadership in the implementation of this new degree.<br /><br /> MacEwan offers over 70 different credentials (including seven baccalaureate degrees) to more than 40,000 students on four campuses in Edmonton, Alberta, one of Canada's most diverse, culturally advanced and economically vibrant cities.<br />

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25 Aug

Caught in the Web? Free speech and the Internet

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

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