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6 Nov

Question Period Live: Maclean’s and J-Source dissect The House of Commons

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6 Nov

Torstar reports $70.8-million loss in third quarter

<p>Torstar, the parent company of the <em>Toronto Star</em> and Metroland newspapers, posted a $70.8-million loss in its third quarter. Revenue at the media division made up $227.4 million of the company’s total revenue, which was $20 million less than the previous year.</p>

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6 Nov

La caméra cachée, un tout dernier recours à la BBC

<p><strong>RIO-DE-JANEIRO – <a href="http://projetj.ca/article/camera-cachee-et-entrevue-surprise-des-methodes-utiliser-avec-parcimonie">Tout comme la Télévision publique suédoise</a>, la BBC a une politique très stricte en matière d’utilisation de la caméra cachée et de l’entrevue-surprise. L’équipe doit entre autres remplir un <em>BBC Secret Filming Form</em> détaillant la preuve qu’elle possède sur le comportement illégal ou antisocial qu’elle cherche à documenter de manière clandestine.</strong></p>

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5 Nov

PressProgress: a new way of covering news from Parliament Hill

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/PressProgress.JPG" title="" /></p><p>Under the direction of editor Sarah Schmidt, a veteran reporter of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, <a href="http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/front" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PressProgress</a> is a new news site from Ottawa with the support of the Broadbent Institute. The site launched on Oct. 28.</p><p><strong>J-Source: Give us the elevator pitch for PressProgress. What exactly do you hope it will do?</strong></p>

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5 Nov

94 layoffs at Rogers Media

<p>Rogers Media President Keith Pelley said 94 staff had been laid off from the company. These layoffs, which represent about two per cent of the company, follow an earlier round of cuts in May when the company shut down its 24-hours news CityNews Channel and laid off 62 employees.</p>

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5 Nov

CJFE honours Chilean coup whistleblower

<p>Canadian Journalists for Free Expression is honouring Bob Thomson as the second ever recipient of its Integrity Award, to be presented at its 16th annual gala on December 4 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.</p><p>Four decades ago, General Augusto Pinochet and the Armed Forces of Chile overthrew the democratic government of President Salvador Allende. In the violence that followed, thousands of Chileans were killed or disappeared and tens of thousands were detained, tortured and imprisoned.</p>

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5 Nov

Memo on layoffs at Rogers Media

<p><a href="http://j-source.ca/article/94-layoffs-rogers-media">Read the related article</a></p><p><strong>Driving our business to emerge even stronger</strong></p>

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5 Nov

The Tyee looks to expand nationally

<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/77548585" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe></p><p><em>Video courtesy of The Tyee</em></p><p><em>The Tyee</em>, an award-winning B.C.-based magazine has decided to expand its <a href="https://support.thetyee.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coverage nationally</a>. <em>The Tyee</em>’s editor-in-chief, David Beers, explains this bold venture and what it will take for that vision to be realized.</p><p><strong>J-Source: What made you decide to make <em>The Tyee</em> national?</strong></p>

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5 Nov

Quelle place pour les communautés dans les médias québécois?

<p><strong>Dans la foulée du débat sur la Charte des valeurs québécoises, qui a occupé journalistes et chroniqueurs durant toute la fin de l’été, <em>Projet J </em>s’est intéressé à la place accordée aux différentes communautés dans les médias. Voici un résumé de cette série, pour tous ceux à qui elle aurait échappé.</strong></p>

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5 Nov

Rob Ford says reporters didn’t ask the correct questions about his crack use

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