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20 Sep

Ontario news website wins responsible journalism libel verdict

NewsThe new responsible journalism defence has helped an Ontario news website defeat a libel action launched by a man named in a police fraud alert. In one of the first […]

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20 Sep

Sparks Fly Over Squamish Fire Report

The Squamish Reporter, a local news website, says it was threatened with a lawsuit and asked to reveal the source of a leaked Fire Underwriters Survey after publishing a news […]

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20 Sep

Experiments in NYC J-Schools

<p>By Davis Shaver<br /><br />Universities around the country have had to shift the approach of their journalism programs to accommodate a quickly changing media landscape. New York City's journalism schools, in particular, are working to rethink their offerings and adapt to the new world.</p><p> </p>

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20 Sep

J-Source’s new Town Hall editor

J-Source welcomes our new Town Hall editor, Dale Bass. She currently works as a senior reporter with Black Press and is secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Association of Journalists. For four […]

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20 Sep

Pat Burns victime de la course aux scoops

La chaîne sportive TSN et plusieurs médias, dont CTV, The Gazette, le Toronto Sun et le Toronto Star, ont commis toute une bourde vendredi en annonçant la mort de l’ancien […]

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20 Sep

Should journalists make political contributions?

A new study by the U.S.’s Center for Responsive Politics has found that over 200 people identifying themselves as journalists or working for news organizations have donated nearly $470,000 to […]

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20 Sep

Sally Eyden to be new editor of Now magazine

IPC media has announced that Sally Eyden will become Now Magazine‘s new editor-in-chief, effective in February. The Guardian notes that Now lost 12% of its circulation year on year in […]

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20 Sep

The new celebrity journalism: Norton interviews the Boss

As the last bits of TIFF-induced celebrity haze lifts from Toronto, one journalist reports that he discovered the future of celebrity journalism – in an interview with Bruce Springsteen. Journalist […]

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20 Sep

Globe redesign hits stands Oct 1

The Globe and Mail’s “dramatic” redesign will hit newsstands on Friday, Oct. 1st. A press release says the redesign will feature “the most significant changes in The Globe‘s history, including […]

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19 Sep

Award-Winner Lectures on Philippine Media Massacre

Eduardo D. Lingao, multimedia director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and winner of the 2010 McLuhan Prize of the Canadian Embassy of the Philippines, will speak at 4:00 […]

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