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19 May

Afghanistan and freedom of expression

With Canadian soldiers dying in Afghanistan, with Canadian money funding projects, what obligations does Canada — and do Canadian journalists — have to prevent abuse of authority by the government […]

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18 May

Stepping en masse across China’s censorship

A story in the New York Times looks at how disobedience by numerous reporters, who covered the Chinese earthquake against direct orders, challenged — and broke down — China’s censorship […]

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17 May

Be ready when the next quake hits

Reporters looking for the Canadian context for events such as the devastating Sichuan earthquake can turn to the Natural Resources Canada earthquake database for basic details on every known earthquake in […]

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16 May

Citizen investigation finds faulty gas pumps

An Ottawa Citiizen investigation has found about 1 in 20 gas pumps in Canada was pumping less gas than indicated on the readout when inspected. Citizen reporter Glen McGregor obtained Measurement Canada […]

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16 May

Another Newfoundand journalist blacklisted by premier

Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams continues the political tradition of blacklisting local journalists. Media watcher Geoff Meeker reports on his blog today that the CBC’s David Cochrane is the latest recipient of the premier’s […]

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16 May

Richard Bergeron boycotté par La Presse

Carl Boileau, L’Aut’ Journal |Vous aurez sans doute remarqué qu’il ne se passe pratiquement pas une journée sans que, sous un prétexte ou un autre, le journal La Presse ne […]

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16 May

Cleaning up quotes

QUESTION: You return to the office after a news conference or interview and take a look or listen to sections you think are most important to your story. You realize […]

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16 May

Hidden aftershocks

Post-traumatic stress has been dismissed as “psychobabble” by some tough-guy veteran war reporters. But, as the RRJ’s Nina Boccia reports, Canadian medical research suggests journos carry the same serious long-term mental […]

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16 May

Quel paysage médiatique pour le Sénégal ?

Walf.sn | Lorsqu’il recevait le secrétaire général du Synpics, Mme Diatou Cissé Badiane, le chef de l’Etat Abdoulaye Wade avait demandé une proposition de code de conduite qui protégerait les […]

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16 May

Bibliographie d’intérêt

Les Assises du Journalisme présente une sélection d’ouvrages d’intérêt en journalisme. En voici un aperçu, le reste de la bibliographie est disponible sur le site | . Jean-Pierre Bédéï, L’info-pouvoir […]

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