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12 Jul

Spring 2012 conference looks at sustaining journalism for a sustainable democracy

<p>Next April, a conference organized by faculty and doctoral students from three Quebec universities will bring media scholars, media practitioners, and policymakers to Montreal to discuss ways to ensure the survival of civic-focused journalism in Canada. The conference, titled “Deliberation, Diversity and Dollars: Public Strategies for Journalism in the Canadian Media Ecology,” represents a new phase of an ongoing conversations about how to sustain Canadian journalism.

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12 Jul

Arrests, apologies and fear: the backlash of England’s newspaper scandal

<p>The privacy scandal that killed the world’s largest English language newspaper also threatens to dethrone the world’s most powerful media baron.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The more interesting question is whether it will be used as an <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/07/news-of-the-world-vs-the-decency-brigade/241678/">excuse</a> to muzzle media not just in the United Kingdom, but in the United States and Canada.</p>

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12 Jul

National Post’s Jessica Hume: “Kai Nagata does journalism a favour”

The National Post‘s Jessica Hume has responded to former CTV Quebec City correspondent Kai Nagata’s recent blog post on why he quit his job. You can check out her article […]

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11 Jul

“Phones were hacked…”

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11 Jul

Kai Nagata: les raisons d’un décrochage journalistique

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">Moins d'un an après avoir été nommé chef de bureau à l'Assemblée nationale pour CTV, Kai Nagata a claqué la porte vendredi en publiant un long manifeste devenu viral en quelques heures. À 24 ans, il jouissait d'un poste prestigieux qui fait rêver bien des journalistes même plus âgés que lui, mais, confronté quotidiennement à l'information spectacle, il a perdu la foi et estime que le journalisme télévisuel est de plus en plus sans intérêt.</p>

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10 Jul

CBC Radio shuffle at the top: Donlon out, Boyce moves up

Just two weeks after CBC Radio programs won an impressive 26 international awards, the head of the service, Denise Donlon, has lost her job and replaced by her second-in-command, Chris […]

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9 Jul

CTV’s Kai Nagata: “Why I quit my job”

Two days ago, CTV’s Quebec City Bureau Chief, Kai Nagata, quit his job. He describes his disillusionment with tv news reporting.

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8 Jul

Time for journos to stop the Ford fat jokes: Toronto Standard

It’s time for journalists to quit making jokes about Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s weight, writes John Lorinc in today’s  Toronto Standard column. “Here’s my challenge to the journalists, headline writers […]

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8 Jul

News of the World: le roi du scandale s’y noie

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><font color="#000000">Le tabloïd britannique <span style="font-style: italic;">News of the World</span>, fleuron de l'empire News Corp. de Rupert Murdoch, sera distribué pour la dernière fois dimanche. Empêtré dans un vaste scandale d'écoutes téléphoniques illégales, le groupe a décidé de fermer l'hebdomadaire. Il est accusé d'avoir espionné les boîtes vocales de quelque 4000 personnes.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: bold;"><font color="#000000">Enquête et arrestations</font></p>

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8 Jul

“Media is playing catch-up with NDP”: Chantal Hbert

Don’t look to the parliamentary media for guidance on most NDP-related matters, says Chantal Hébert. Or at least, don’t look any time soon. “Not since Bob Rae took power at […]

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