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26 Oct

Has coverage of Col. Williams gone too far? Or not far enough?

Canada hasn’t seen a case like Col. Russell Williams since serial rapist and killer Paul Bernardo commanded headlines in the early 90s. In the days since the judge lifted a […]

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25 Oct

Lock-out au JdeM: le ras-le-bol de 3800 journalistes

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Une coalition de journalistes syndiqués et non syndiqués a interpellé ce matin la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec afin que, à titre de principale actionnaire de Quebecor Média, elle intervienne pour mettre fin au lock-out au <i>Journal de Montréal</i> qui dure depuis 640 jours.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal;"><b>Le rôle de la Caisse</b></p>

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25 Oct

Mistrys Invisible Journey: Canadian author censored in India

by Jaclyn Nardone Published in 1991, filmed in 1998, banned in 2010. Given the OK by vice-chancellor Rajan Welukar, the University of Mumbai recently removed the award-winning novel ‘Such a […]

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25 Oct

NYT’s take on the new Globe and Mail

The New York Times explores Toronto’s newspaper war and the latest tactics taken by The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and National Post. The Times writes that the Globe redesign […]

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25 Oct

Front-page Williams’ photos showed “stark truth of savage sickness”: Toronto Star public editor

Toronto Star public editor Kathy English wrote a column about why the paper ran a front-page photo of Russell Williams in stolen underwear. English admits she found the photos “shocking,” […]

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24 Oct

The Dalai Lama latest big name to become front page editor

Members of the Toronto Buddhist community helped designed seven different front pages of today’s Sunday Star, before the final one was chosen by the Dalai Lama who is visiting Toronto.  […]

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23 Oct

Twitter’s impact on media ethics

This insightful article by Toronto Star columnist Antonia Zerbisias provides an interesting perspective on the ethics of Twitter use during the Russell Williams hearings in Belleville this past week. While […]

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22 Oct

Le Buzz: gestion de communaut

Chaque vendredi, «le Buzz» revient sur les trois textes qui ont attiré le plus votre attention en piochant dans nos tweets et nos articles sur la base de nos statistiques. […]

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22 Oct

Protection des sources: MaChouette reste secrète

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img align="Left" alt="" border="0" height="203" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/machouette.jpg" title="" width="136" />Les journalistes ont le droit de protéger leurs sources, mais... pas toujours. C'est ce qu'a déclaré ce matin la Cour suprême dans la poursuite opposant Daniel Leblanc du <i>Globe and Mail</i> au Groupe Polygone.</p>

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22 Oct

“It was an imperfect answer to an imperfect question.” Stackhouse on pulling Ford “fat” article

The Globe and Mail made a mistake by publishing the Rob Ford “fat” article, editor-in-chief John Stackhouse told a roomful of journalists last night. Stackhouse spoke on Oct. 21 at […]

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