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3 Feb

Globe and Mail reporters targeted for second day

For two days in a row, some Canadian journalists covering protests in Cairo were again the targets of mob violence and military detentions. The Globe and Mail reports that on […]

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3 Feb

Media hit-list in Egypt

Here’s a preliminary list of journalists attacked and/or detained in Egypt.

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3 Feb

Nominations open for 2011 Western Magazine Awards

The Western Magazine Awards Foundation has opened nominations for its 2011 Western Magazine Awards. Deadline for entries is March 4. Winners will be announced at an awards gala in Vancouver […]

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3 Feb

Marching to the police beat

The media coverage of the Toronto Police during the G20 may have tarnished their image. Last week, they may have gained it back after the funeral for an officer. But […]

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3 Feb

CBC cameraman beaten by mob in Egypt riots

Sylvain Castonguay, a cameraman for CBC’s French all-news network, was beaten by a mob while filming protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the Toronto Star reports. Agence France-Press reports that “Cameraman […]

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2 Feb

Égypte: agression contre une équipe de Radio-Canada

Le journaliste Jean-François Lepine de Radio-Canada, son caméraman, Sylvain Castonguay, et leur interprète ont été violemment attaqués par des manifestants en Égypte lors d’un affrontement au Caire. Sans l’intervention de […]

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2 Feb

Participatory journalism: What do you think that means?

I originally wrote this post for my blog, but it’s generated such traffic I thought I’d also bring the conversation to J-source. Citizen journalism, public journalism, grassroots journalism, participatory journalism—just […]

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2 Feb

CBC’s new 5-year plan

CBC president Hubert Lacroix released a new five-year plan for the public broadcaster this week, which includes more Canadian programming and a focus on regional expansion. He said the new […]

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2 Feb

Rétablir l’équilibre du rapport de force entre employeurs et journalistes

Les parlementaires se penchent depuis hier sur le conflit de travail au Journal de Montréal qui dure depuis plus de deux ans. Ils s’intéressent précisément aux dispositions anti-briseurs de grève […]

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2 Feb

Want to save the media? Give journalists status: report

<p>In the heart of the credit crisis, when it looked as though a handful of large U.S. banks were going to collapse, the government stepped in with a massive bailout and new regulations. In 2009, the Quebec government struck a task force to propose solutions to the province's "media crisis", in light of new technologies that have diluted the industry.<br /><br />The first report from the Working Group on Journalism and the Future of the News has just been published. Among the potential solutions: transforming journalism into a card-carrying profession.<br />

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