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25 Feb

RECAP: CJF J-Talk and the J-Source Newsperson of the Year winner announcement

<p> </p><p>Join us <strong>Thursday at 6:30 p.m. EST</strong> for the CJF J-Talk on Twitter, journalism and getting it right in a fast-paced news world with Andy Carvin, Mathew Ingram, Esther Enkin. </p>

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25 Feb

Le Journal de Montréal lance sa web-radio

<p> </p><p>Une nouveauté vient de faire son apparition sur le <a href="http://www.journaldemontreal.com/">site du <em>Journal de Montréal</em> </a>: une web-radio. Le quotidien a lancé son nouveau projet lundi. </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/Radio JdM_0.jpg" title="" /></p>

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24 Feb

Censorship is alive and well in Canada – just ask government scientists

<p><br /><strong>By Elizabeth Renzetti</strong></p><p><em>This article <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/censorship-is-alive-and-well-in-canada-just-ask-government-scientists/article8996700/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first appeared </a>in</em> The Globe and Mail, <em>Friday, Feb. 22. It is republished here by permission of the author</em>.</p><p>Freedom to Read Week begins on Feb. 24, bringing with it the perfect opportunity to kick the tires of democracy and make sure the old jalopy’s still running as she should.</p>

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22 Feb

The Western Magazine Awards now accepting submissions

<p> </p><p>The <a href="/Documents%20and%20Settings/lmckeon/Desktop/2013%20Stories/February%202013/Daily%20Stories/westernmagazineawards.ca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Western Magazine Awards</a> is now accepting submissions</p><p>The monetary awards – which are open to any Canadian print and online magazines published west of the Ontario-Manitoba border – are accepting entries in 12 written and six visual categories, as well as lifetime, regional and magazine of the year awards.</p>

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22 Feb

Blaming Twitter for real-time reporting errors ‘too simplistic’: Kathy English

<p><b id="internal-source-marker_0.45167572516947985" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.45167572516947985" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ahead of next Thursday’s CJF J-Talk on journalism ethics in a social media age, </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Toronto Star</span><spa

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22 Feb

White House press corps challenges familiar to Canadian journalists

<p> </p><p><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/obama-the-puppet-master-87764.html#ixzz2LerpBdSm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO wrote at length</a> about the Obama administration’s lack of availability to White House correspondents and the government’s media puppet-mastery, noting that "the most unique twist by this White House has been the government’s generating and distributing of content."</p>

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22 Feb

The Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary now accepting applications

<p> </p><p>The <a href="http://www.gordonsinclairfoundation.ca/fellowship.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary</a> is now accepting applications.</p><p>The bursary supports field research and a reporting trip by an early-career Canadian journalist who has recently graduated from one of Canada’s university-level journalism programs. The purpose of the $15,000 bursary is to encourage a young journalist to get off the beaten track and to spend a considerable period away on a reporting on a Canadian or foreign assignment.</p>

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22 Feb

Leonard Asper speaks about the demise of Canwest

<p><em style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; line-height: 15.994318008422852px;">This post originally appeared on <a href="http://journomel.com/2013/02/21/leonard-asper-speaks-about-the-demise-of-canwest-2/" style="color: rgb(192, 2, 2); text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Melanie Coulson's blog</a>, and has been reprinted here with permission.</em></p>

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22 Feb

Marie-Claude Savard et Marie-Annick Boisvert quittent aussi Radio X Montréal

<p> </p><p>Après Sophie Bérubé, voilà que Marie-Claude Savard et Marie-Annick Boisvert quittent à leur tour la station Radio X Montréal. </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/Radio X_0.jpg" title="" /></p><p>Marie-Annick Boisvert l’a confirmé sur <a href="https://twitter.com/marianik1968">son compte Twitter</a>, en plus de mettre en ligne la photo ci-contre des « ex » de Radio X aux côtés de ses deux anciennes collègues.</p>

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21 Feb

Moins d’une semaine pour soumettre votre candidature au Prix d’excellence en journalisme

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