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7 Sep

Tom Clark leaves CTV

CTV host and reporter Tom Clark is leaving the network after 40 years to “pursue other opportunities.” Clark is CTV’s former Washington bureau chief and host of political show PowerPlay […]

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7 Sep

Canadian University Press makes newswire public

For the first time in over 50 years, Canadian University Press’s members-only newswire service has been made accessible to the general public. Canadian University Press (CUP) has created a new […]

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7 Sep

Building your personal brand: Not as challenging as you might think!

J-School has been back in session for approximately five hours, which means by my conservative estimate, you have probably heard the term “personal brand” dropped about 10,000 times. “Develop your […]

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7 Sep

Sun TV supporters discredit petition: Rabble

Rabble.ca reports that Sun TV, a new Fox-style news channel, and supporters like Ezra Levant are trying to discredit a petition that urges the CRTC to reject Quebecor’s application for […]

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7 Sep

CJFE announces International Press Freedom award honourees

Canadian Journalists for Freedom of Expression (CJFE) has announced the winners of the 2010 International Press Freedom Awards. The honourees are international journalists Emilio Gutierrez Soto, Luis Horacio Nájera, Serge […]

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7 Sep

How to eliminate the need for paywalls

A paywall reduces readership while disabling the public’s ability to share, comment, link and recommend stories – it’s a philosophical shift from the way we’ve always consumed news. But there […]

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7 Sep

A Canadian editor in the Congo

Toronto Star editor Michael Cooke visits DR Congo with Journalists for Human Rights’ Rachel Pulfer – and discovers just how tough journalists there have to be. The streets of Kinshasa […]

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7 Sep

Grievance journalism: restricted access inspires series

Three Victoria Times-Colonist journalists, frustrated by repeated delays in accessing public court documents, decided to conduct an experiment with the BC court system. What they found – that the public […]

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7 Sep

Covering the “Tamil ghost ship”: a laurel to the Globe

When Canadians heard that a boatload of Tamil refugees was headed our way, reactions quickly divided between “Keep the queue-jumpers out” and “Welcome the huddled masses.” It was a good […]

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7 Sep

Back to school

<p><img align="Right" alt="" border="0" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/taking%20notes.jpg" style="width: 176px; height: 106px;" title="" vspace="5" />This week, teachers and students in <a href="/category/education-research/j-schools-and-programs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canada’s journalism programs</a> are gearing up for a new year of learning, debating, chasing stories and sweating deadlines. <span style="font-style: italic;">J-Source</span> is a good place to jump-start the year.

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