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9 Feb

B.C. series probes court file access

NewsThe Victoria Times Colonist has published a four-day series exposing glaring inconsistencies in public access to court records at British Columbia courthouses. Some court officials cited a legally flawed, 16-year-old […]

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8 Feb

Anti-Olympic activist stopped at border

If free expression were an Olympic event, Canada’s medal hopes would not be looking good. The latest in a string of disturbing incidents: Chicago activist, Olympics critic and part-time reporter […]

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8 Feb

Media consultant Frank Magid dies at 78

Television news consultant Frank N. Magid died in hospital in California, The Washington Post reports. Magid worked with CBC News, most recently on its 2009 relaunch. Magid had worked with […]

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8 Feb

Avoiding real and perceived conflicts of interest

Avoiding conflicts of interest — both real and perceived — has always been important in journalism ethics because they can cause readers to “question the integrity of the journalists work,” […]

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8 Feb

Galloway to host Toronto’s Metro Morning

Beginning March 1, Matt Galloway will take over as host of CBC’s Toronto morning show Metro Morning, CBC News reports. Galloway spoke with Andy Barrie briefly after his appointment was […]

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7 Feb

Censorship of a “journalist” — or routine border patrol?

Activists issued a press release about how 20-year-old Martin Macias Jr., an American on his way to join a protest planned against the 2010 Olympic Games this week, was refused […]

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7 Feb

Ottawa newsroom, archives, lost in CTV fire

A fire Sunday destroyed CTV’s Ottawa newsroom, at the station CJOH, said many reports. The cause, and how local broadcasts would be affected, was uncertain Sunday. “Among the devastating property […]

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5 Feb

Arianna Huffington: pirate publisher or saviour of newspapers?

“A few years ago, Arianna Huffington, a 59-year-old immigrant from Greece, secured millions of dollars of other people’s money to launch an internet newspaper modestly called the Huffington Post,” writes […]

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5 Feb

Talk on social media by Professor Alfred Hermida

UBC professor Alfred Hermida made a presentation at the CAJ Innovate conference in Toronto on social media principles and practice.View the slides here and check out Hermida’s blog, Reportr.net. Social […]

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5 Feb

Bogged down: access to information isn’t working

Canada was a leader in implementing access to information legislation in the early 1980s, writes Grant Buckler. But that was then – this is now. The Globe and Mail published […]

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