Archive
11 Nov

Canada: data journalism powerhouse

UK’s Guardian dubs Canada an “open data and data journalism powerhouse”, thanks to the work of some enterprising data journalists. First, the paper explores OpenFile.ca’s Poppy Project, where reporter Patrick […]

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11 Nov

All media allowed to attend masked man’s hearing

A judge will allow all media to attend the hearing of an unnamed Chinese immigrant accused of disguising himself as an elderly man to board a plane to Canada, despite […]

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11 Nov

Rogers appoints chief content officer, broadcasting president

Rogers Media has appointed two senior executives to newly created positions: Scott Moore will be president, broadcasting while Leslie Sole is promoted to the newly created job of chief content […]

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11 Nov

Remembing Toronto’s war dead

Former Toronto Star mapping guru Patrick Cain has put together a remarkable project for Remembrance Day. Cain took a buyout from the Star and this summer began working with Openfile.ca, […]

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10 Nov

Opération Marteau: les médias nuisent-ils à la police?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">En octobre 2009, Québec lançait l'opération Marteau, une escouade policière spécialisée chargée d'enquêter sur les allégations de corruption dans le milieu de la construction. Un an plus tard, le président du syndicat des policiers de la Sûreté du Québec, Jean-Guy Dagenais, a dénoncé la surmédiatisation de cette opération.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>Une opération de relation publique</b></p>

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10 Nov

Citytv cameraman hit by car, in critical condition

Bill Atanasoff, a 58-year-old cameraman for Citytv, was struck by a car while he was on the job last night. Reports from The Toronto Star and CBC (with a photo […]

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10 Nov

Mumia: Un ex-journaliste face à la peine de mort à Philadelphie

Reconnu coupable du meurtre d’un policier blanc en 1982, Mumia-Abu Jamal vit depuis dans le couloir de la mort de Pennsylvanie. Ancien militant des Black Panthers, il a également était […]

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9 Nov

Shoppers Drug Mart to pull Adbusters

Kalle Lasn asks why in today’s National Post. Read the J-Source story that examines the issue.

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9 Nov

La beauté: indispensable dans un CV pour la TV?

La BBC fait actuellement face à un procès pour discrimination pour avoir écarté quatre présentatrices parce qu’elles n’étaient «pas assez jeunes et jolies». Charlotte Smith, Miriam O’Reilly, Juliet Morris, et […]

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9 Nov

An open letter to Ontario Press Councils new boss

Earlier this year, Concordia journalism professor Brian Gabrial suggested Canada’s press councils have a choice: make big changes, or fade to black. Press councils across Canada are declining because they […]

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