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17 Mar

Les médias étudiants de l’Université Laval victimes d’un incendie

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">La radio CHYZ 94,3 FM et le journal Impact Campus des étudiants de l'Université Laval ont été relocalisés à l'extérieur du campus après qu'un incendie ait endommagé leurs locaux la semaine dernière.</p>

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17 Mar

Court to rule on CBC reporter’s right to protect sources

In a unique case for media law, next week Fred Kozak, president of the Canadian Media Lawyers Association, will defend a CBC reporter’s journalist-source privilege — against another media outlet. […]

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17 Mar

Postmedia lists on TSX without IPO

In a move considered “highly unusual”, Postmedia, owners of The National Post, has been listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange without an initial public offering (IPO). In an article published […]

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16 Mar

A journalistic deja-vu: political party requests personal sources

<p>Journalists are routinely faced with issues regarding access to information, being summoned to hand over data that would reveal unnamed sources. When a journalist gives up their sources, they are breaking a promise of anonymity that allows people to come forward and be whistleblowers. Thus, maintaining ethics in this line of work -- more often than not -- has journalists refusing to give in.<br />

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16 Mar

OpenFile Montréal sera lancé fin avril

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal;">Le réseau d'information hyperlocal OpenFile lancera son antenne québécoise à la fin du mois d'avril. Née à Toronto en mai 2010, la start-up s'est depuis implantée à Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Waterloo et Hamilton. À Montréal, elle tentera pour la première fois l'expérience bilingue, sous la gouverne de Caroline Boily, nommée rédactrice en chef.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>Alimenté par le public</b></p>

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16 Mar

Globe and Mail launches political newsletter

The Globe and Mail has launched Globe Politics, a free daily e-newsletter with a focus on national and international political news, analysis and opinion from Globe columnists, foreign correspondents, editorial […]

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16 Mar

The Walrus on editing a story by a convicted murderer

Usually, if you write a cover story for The Walrus, the process is relatively straightforward. Not so with the April issue, which features an essay about freedom written by a […]

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16 Mar

Off the record: Confidential sources and the courts

By Melissa Wilson, Associate Editor, Precedent Magazine.An ethical dilemma: Is it okay to steal a loaf of bread to feed your starving family? Ethicists and scholars have been debating this […]

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16 Mar

Canadian journalists in Japan: at risk?

*this story has been updated as phone calls are returned Canadian media editors are keeping close tabs on the radiation risks to their staff in Japan. Cliff Lonsdale reports. Radio […]

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16 Mar

Need a source? 5 online resouces

<p>Five websites offer time-strapped journos quick access to sources,<a href="http://ijnet.org/stories/5-ways-find-sources-online" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The International Journalists' Network</a> (IJN) reports.<br />

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