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22 Feb

Risky business for all journalists: Foreign reporting

Lara Logan’s sexual assault by a Cairo mob should have media organizations rethinking how they might better support reporters in the field, especially if they are female. Former CBC Radio […]

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22 Feb

“False news is never acceptable”: RTNDA

The Association of Electronic Journalists (RTNDA) doesn’t think that the CRTC’s potential propsoal to modify regulations that prohibit “any false or misleading” news is a threat to journalism standards in […]

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22 Feb

The vaccine-autism link controversy

UK investigative journalist Brian Deer was in Toronto last week to lead a panel discussion about the autism-vaccine link controversy, hosted by The Canadian Journalism Foundation (J-Source covered it live). […]

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22 Feb

J-Source is hiring an associate editor

Full-time contract position based in Toronto Start Date: March 21, 2011 Term of Contract: 1 year contract (with possibility of renewal) Salary: $35,000 – $40,000 / year, commensurate with experience […]

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22 Feb

Permis de mentir: le CRTC ne changera pas les règles

Les faussetés et tromperies demeureront interdites en information radiodiffusée. Le président du Conseil de radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (CRTC), Konrad von Finckenstein, a expliqué vendredi lors d’une conférence à […]

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22 Feb

Broadcast journalist Dave Wright dies

Broadcast journalist Dave Wright has died from cancer at the age of 82, The Winnipeg Free Press reports. The veteran has worked in front of and behind the camera in […]

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21 Feb

Haute-Côte-Nord: radio autochtone sous pression

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Le Conseil de presse du Québec (CPQ) dénonce les municipalités et organisations qui veulent museler et intimider les médias. Selon l'organisme, c'est ce que tente de faire la municipalité de Les Escoumins, dans la région de la Haute-Côte-Nord, contre la journaliste Sonia St-Gelais de la station CHME-FM.</p>

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21 Feb

Must the revolution be televised to succeed?

Interesting article from Al-Jazeera on the role the media played in the success of revolt in Egypt — and how the world maybe forgot Egypt is part of Africa and […]

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21 Feb

Toronto Star editor Lew Gloin dies

Former Toronto Star  editor Lew Gloin died Friday, Feb. 18, at the Sunrise Senior Living residence in Aurora, the Toronto Star reports. Born in in St. Thomas, Ont. on June […]

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18 Feb

Les Québécois de plus en plus friands d’info locale

Le quart des Québécois affirment que leur intérêt pour l’information locale a augmenté au cours des cinq dernières années, selon un sondage Léger Marketing commandé par Hebdos Québec. Ainsi, 80% […]

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