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23 Sep

Ombudsman: No bias against pit bull in CBC Calgary stories

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Enkin_9.jpg" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p><p>CBC News in Calgary posted a story on line involving a dog fight. One of the dogs was a pit bull. The complainant, Sean Kelly, thought the story unfairly singled out the pit bull to sensationalize the story and that the media has created the bias against these dogs. But I did not find any policy violation.</p><p>COMPLAINT</p>

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23 Sep

CBC ombudsman: A closer look at “fair dealing” is needed

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Enkin_7.jpg" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p><p>Tyler Olsen, a photographer for the <em>Chilliwack Times</em> in British Columbia, had questions about CBC’s use of a photograph from his paper when they were covering a news story. He acknowledged it was allowed under a Copyright Act provision called fair dealing. He wondered though if it was ethical, and what CBC’s practice is.</p>

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23 Sep

Star public editor: Reporters struggle to pry records out of court clerks

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/English_4.jpg" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>When heading to court to seek out records of criminal court proceedings, reporter Jesse McLean has taken to dressing in the sort of smart suits lawyers wear in the hope that the court clerks who control access to this important information might be more helpful to him.</p>

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23 Sep

Ombudsman: CBC got it right covering local demonstration about Egypt

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Enkin_6.jpg" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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23 Sep

CBC ombudsman: No bias in headline about Justin Trudeau’s speaking fees

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Enkin_4.jpg" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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23 Sep

Contribute to the future of J-Source

<p>Dear J-Source reader,</p><p>I am writing to ask you to consider offering your financial support for a national project that has, for several years, pursued a single goal: to foster quality journalism in Canada. The Canadian Journalism Foundation has been the major financial supporter for The Canadian Journalism Project (<a href="http://j-source.ca/">J-Source.ca</a>) since its birth in 2007, and it will continue to support the publication into the future but not at the same level after the end of 2013. I am asking you to help ensure its continuing health and growth. </p>

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23 Sep

Highlights of the CJF J-Talk: Gawking, Gossip And Crowdfunding – Is This The New Journalism?

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20 Sep

Élections municipales: journalistes, êtes-vous prêts?

<p><strong>La campagne pour les élections municipales démarre officiellement aujourd’hui, mais dans les rédactions, on s’y prépare depuis plusieurs semaines. Si pour certains journalistes, spécialistes de la scène municipale, il s’agit simplement de se rancarder sur les principaux candidats, d’autres, à qui l’on attribue pour la première fois une circonscription, doivent se familiariser avec des règles particulièrement complexes.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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19 Sep

Live blog: Gawking, Gossip And Crowdfunding: Is This The New Journalism?

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19 Sep

Globe public editor: With just a few words, photo cutlines have enormous impact

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Stead_16.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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