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4 Nov

Journal de Montréal: Legendre retourne sa veste

Une semaine après avoir avalé son café de travers devant un article du Journal de Montréal dévoilant, contre son gré, son homosexualité, l’animateur Joël Legendre trônait ce matin en une […]

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4 Nov

Facebook, free speech, high school: How far is too far?

Two high school students were suspended over posting a photo of a teacher on Facebook and making negative comments, highlighting the battle between appropriate conduct versus free speech. A high […]

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4 Nov

The BBC’s new linking guidelines

The BBC’s new linking guidelines suggest that including links in stories is “essential” to online journalism. The BBC sent an e-mail to staff about the company’s link policy, Online Journalism […]

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3 Nov

Affaire Legendre: de l’élasticité de l’intérêt public

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Il y a une semaine, l'animateur de <i>Paquet Voleur</i>, Joël Legendre, trônait en page deux du <i>Journal de Montréal</i> non pas parce qu'il venait de remporter un trophée Artis, mais parce qu'il poursuit au civil son ancien agent, Luc Myre. Le hic, c'est que le texte intitulé «<a href="http://fr.canoe.ca/divertissement/celebrites/nouvelles/2010/10/27/15845036-jdm.html">Rupture difficile pour Joël Legendre</a>» révèle l'homosexualité de l'animateur sans son consentement.</p>

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3 Nov

Gemini winners for news and documentaries

The 2010 Gemini Awards presented its news, documentary, lifestyle and sports awards last night. Diana Swain and George Stroumboulopoulos were among the winners. The CBC The CBC took home 11 […]

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2 Nov

University newspaper wins Pacemaker award (the j-student Pulitzer)

The Calgary Journal, the student newspaper of Mount Royal University, has won the prestigious National Pacemakers award, a U.S. prize dubbed “the Pulitzer Prize for student journalism.” The award is […]

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2 Nov

New website and mobile app searches all Canadian dailies

Eye.ca is a new website — also available as an iPhone app — that allows users to search all Canadian daily newspapers at once. It aims to “keep an eye […]

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2 Nov

News Corp.’s paywall drives away nearly 90% of readers

The numbers are in for the first four months of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.’s foray into paywalls — only 1.5 per cent of its pre-paywall readers have ponied up cash […]

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2 Nov

Access to court exhibits a public right: appeals judge

Journalists have long faced barriers while trying to access court exhibits, but The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that full public access to the courts includes the right to […]

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2 Nov

CBC/Radio-Canada en route vers ses 75 ans

Le 2 novembre 1936, la Société Radio-Canada (SRC) succédait à la Commission canadienne de la radiodiffusion et prenait le contrôle de la radio nationale en tant que service public. La […]

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