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5 May

Journos describe staging of White House photos

Poynter has an interesting story up about Barack Obama and the staging of presidential photos at the White House. As it turns out, Obama and company re-enacted his walk-out and […]

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4 May

Syrian officials confirm they’re holding Al-Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz

Syrian officials have confirmed they are holding Dorothy Parvaz, a Canadian journalist with Al Jazeera English, who was detained on arrival in Damascus Friday — and hasn’t been heard from […]

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4 May

Torstar first quarter results mixed

Torstar’s first quarter financials are out, and the results are mixed. On the whole, compared to last year’s first quarter results, revenue is up $16.4-million, hitting $351.4-million. Net operating profit, […]

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4 May

Bell TV pulls Sun News Network

Bell Satellite TV viewers saw their link with the Sun News Network go dead Tuesday. After yanking the station from its line-up across Canada, Bell issued a statement saying it […]

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3 May

Final observations

Throughout the election, we have been re-posting many stories from Carleton University’s très informative Political Perspectives blog. We close with final election observations from Elly Alboim, associate professor of journalism […]

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3 May

Liberté de presse: à quand un retour au calme en Côte d’Ivoire?

La Côte d’Ivoire a été au cœur de l’actualité ces derniers mois pour qui s’intéresse à la liberté de presse à travers le monde. La crise politique qui a secoué […]

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3 May

Social media and the election: Round-up Part II

For the past 30 odd days, we at J-Source have been on the hunt for innovative election coverage and analysis. The results of our search, as you may guess, have […]

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3 May

From one wannabe to another

The more I learn about the world, the more I feel like a caricature of the quintessential Westerner. My ancestry is Scottish, mostly. My reading list doesn’t stray too far […]

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3 May

The framing of Adrian Dix

Media hear the B.C. NDP leader say big business should pay more taxes and brand him scary, hostile, and a ‘dour Stalinist.’ The Tyee‘s Crawford Kilian asks: What’s going on […]

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3 May

On their worst behaviour

Journalists know that many people act differently when they’re being interviewed, especially on camera Here’s the eye-brow raising part: When in front of the bright lights, politicians aren’t on their […]

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