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9 Jun

“I can’t imagine a better job”: an interview with Joe Schlesinger

“I got into the news business because news was very important to my life. It started in school when I was 15 or 16 years old,” veteran Canadian reporter Joe […]

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9 Jun

News? Not in our backyard…

ByDon Sellar It’s a fact. Bedrock journalistic principles and news judgment can quickly fall by the wayside when media outlets or their corporate interests are in the news, especially in […]

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9 Jun

Some day, you’ll cover a health crisis

By Karen PalmerI was in Arkansas in April when CNN began stepping up its coverage of reports of swine flu trickling across the Mexico-U.S. border. I was spending a long […]

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9 Jun

PKP et la synergie convergente totale de toute ! – Christian Vanasse

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9 Jun

What do you mean by “pandemic”?

As N1H1 influenza continues to spread, Lawrence Altman provides a good backgrounder in The New York Times about what “pandemic” means. The article illustrates the challenge of using medical terminology that presumes the […]

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8 Jun

Le blâme du CCNR a-t-il plus de poids que celui du CPQ?

Marc-François Bernier, Chaire de recherche en éthique du journalisme | Le Conseil canadien des normes de la radiodiffusion (CCNR) a retenu un blâme contre CTV pour le traitement injuste accordé […]

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8 Jun

We never get tired of talking about the future

The future always looms large at J-Source, and this week is no exception, starting with Graydon Carter’s call to Quit Whining and Swing for the Fences. If that doesn’t inspire […]

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8 Jun

Quebec Press Council in crisis

The president and the VP of the Quebec Press Council have stepped down. Criticism of the organization’s role and relevance abounds. Many of its members are migrating elsewhere. In this ProjetJ feature, […]

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8 Jun

Intern fired over news article

[Note: this post has been updated below] While working as an intern at New Brunswick’s Telegraph-Journal, Matt McCann wrote a news story that was put on the front page. Then […]

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8 Jun

AlbertaViews takes top mag award

AlbertaViews, Toronto Life, The Walrus and Calgary writer Chris Koentges were the big winners at this year’s National Magazine Awards. The awards were handed out at the annual gala in […]

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