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19 Apr

Foreign reporting fellowship to honour Jim Travers

Jim Travers — celebrated as columnist, editor and reporter — cared passionately about Canada and its place in the world. He believed that Canadians deserved to hear about the world […]

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19 Apr

“Aim for transparency”: CAJ releases guidelines for personal activity online

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19 Apr

How do Canadians get their news?

TV is still king when it comes to Canadians’ preferred choice for accessing the news, but only just. Of the 1,682 surveyed for the newest study by the Canadian Media […]

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19 Apr

Comment Sections: A Blessing or a Curse?

What was once the Internet’s most attractive feature has become the most repulsive thing about it. From derogatory slurs to unfounded “facts”, the comment sections on news websites have become, […]

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19 Apr

Newspaper election coverage, dissected

Ever wonder how much ink is spent covering election stories during campaign time? Or, which leaders — and issues — are really the darlings of the media? Well, the McGill […]

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19 Apr

The “news” of election campaigns

What happens when you ask a journalist to report on a process that, at its core, has a whole lot in common with drying paint? Traditional news values win out: […]

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19 Apr

Michener Award finalists: CBC, Radio-Canada, Spectator, Herald , Vancouver Sun and Kahnawake newspaper

A weekly newspaper serving the Mohawks of Kahnawake is keeping company with giants. Together, with some of Canada’s biggest news organizations the tiny paper is one of the few finalists […]

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19 Apr

Côte d’Ivoire: la chasse aux journalistes s’intensifie

L’avènement au pouvoir d’Alassane Ouattara en Côte d’Ivoire favorisera-t-il la liberté de presse? La semaine dernière, l’ambassadeur de Côte d’Ivoire en France, Ally Coulibaly, déclarait que «le président Ouattara tient […]

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19 Apr

Sun TV launch

In the lead-up to its TV debut, Quebecor indulged in the joys of cross-ownership, using its papers to slag the CBC and promote Sun TV anchor Krista Erickson as a […]

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19 Apr

Idée – Sun News Network: tsunami d’opinions dans un désert de faits

Collaboration spéciale: Marc-François Bernier (Ph. D.), Chaire de recherche en éthique du journalisme, Université d’Ottawa. En seulement quelques heures, lundi soir, tous les clichés de la droite américaine, plus ou […]

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