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18 Jan

The Canadian hostage, and the indifferent media

I’ve never been impressed with the convoluted definitions of what makes a journalist. I think it’s pretty simple: someone who collects and presents information to you and me. I’d only […]

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17 Jan

Duvalier prédateur de la presse

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">L'ancien président «à vie» haïtien, Jean-Claude Duvalier, a atterri à l'aéroport de Port-au-Prince hier près 25 ans d'exil en France. Surnommé Bébé Doc, il a gouverné Haïti d'une main de fer entre 1971 et 1986. Tout au long de son règne comme de celui de son père, Papa Doc, «la torture systématique et les autres formes de mauvais traitements étaient monnaie courante en Haïti», estime Amnestie Internationale.</p>

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17 Jan

Tentative agreement in Robertson freelance class action suit

A tentative $5-million agreement in the final leg of freelancer Heather Robertson’s lawsuit has been announced with Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., Rogers Publishing Limited, CEDROM-SNi Inc., ProQuest Information and Learning […]

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14 Jan

Le Journal de Montreal lockout two years on

A Dec. 4, 2010 solidarity demonstration for journalists and staff at Le Journal de Montreal. Photo: Ted Sprague By Ted Sprague It has been almost two year since 253 workers […]

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14 Jan

CAB withdraws from policy and regulatory debates, focuses on copyright

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) has changed its plans to disband the organization entirely, instead deciding it will no longer advocate on regulatory policy. It will narrow its focus […]

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14 Jan

Toronto radio station puts extremist on air

<p><img align="Left" alt="Dean Blundell" border="0" height="140" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/dean_blundell.jpg" title="Dean Blundell" vspace="5" width="129" />After learning that a group of religious extremists planned to picket the funerals of Arizona shooting victims -- starting with the services for 9-year-old Christina Green -- Toronto rock radio station 102.1 The Edge offered them airtime on the Dean Blundell show yesterday <a href="http://www.edge.ca/DJsandShows/TheDeanBlundellShow/Main.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in exchange for calling off the protest.</

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14 Jan

Surdose d’information

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>Par Josée Guillemette et Jérôme Soucy, étudiants à l'Université Laval</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">La grippe H1N1 sévit. Trente-trois mineurs sont emprisonnés sous terre au Chili. Lindsay Lohan est incarcérée. Toutes ces nouvelles ont été grandement médiatisées au Québec. Il est toutefois possible de douter de leur valeur informative. Pour plusieurs, ces nouvelles ont été surmédiatisées. Portrait de ce phénomène dans une industrie de l’information en crise.</p>

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14 Jan

Arizona shooting: news orgs compete for source on Twitter

In the wake of the Arizona shooting, a woman named Caitie Parker announced via Twitter that “I went to high school, college, & was in a band with the gunman.” […]

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13 Jan

CJFE concerned that Vancouver journalist may be forced to reveal her source

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is troubled by a British Columbia judge’s ruling ordering a reporter with the Vancouver newspaper The Province to identify a confidential source. The ruling, […]

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12 Jan

Wakefield coverage called a journalistic failure

An article in the Montreal Gazette condemns journalism for failing to show assertions by a British doctor that vaccinations could cause autism. Freelancer Neil Cameron notes: “The widespread fears about […]

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