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2 Nov

Susan Riley pens final regular column for The Ottawa Citizen

<p>In her final regular political column for <em>The Ottawa Citizen</em>, Susan Riley tries to define her political worldview. In a testament to how complicated such worldviews really are – how many journalists see themselves as any sort of capital-letter partisan? – Riley’s classification spans at least six paragraphs and culminates in no clear consensus.</p><p>"<span style="font-family: arial, verdana, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 11.111111640930176px; ">I am not a partisan — and no journalist worth reading will be," she writes.</span></p>

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1 Nov

Mikhail Gorbachev’s day guest editing the Winnipeg Free Press

<p>For the first time in the newspaper’s history, The Winnipeg Free Press welcomed a guest editor to its pages. Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was at the helm of Free Press for Tuesday’s print edition.</p><p>Gorbachev was in Winnipeg to give the keynote speech at <a href="http://www.weday.com/we-day-events/we-day-cities/manitoba/">We Day Manitoba</a>, an event for which The Free Press was a major sponsor. According to its website, We Day Manitoba was attended by 18,000 youths.  </p>

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1 Nov

Vers un nouveau modèle de financement pour ProjetJ

<p> </p><p>La Fondation pour le journalisme canadien a annoncé son retrait comme bailleur de fonds principal du Canadian Journalism Project, organisme qui chapeaute les sites ProjetJ et J-Source, à partir de la fin 2013. Elle collaborera à développer un modèle de financement durable pour soutenir le projet.</p>

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31 Oct

Student news recognized by Canadian Online Publishing Awards

<p> </p><p>Student news organizations were among the <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/winners-2012-copas-announced">winners at this year’s Canadian Online Publishing Awards</a>.</p><p>Here’s the work that they were recognized for:</p>

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31 Oct

How they got the story: Steve Buist on The Spec’s BORN: A Code Red Project

<p><em>The</em> <em>Hamilton Spectator</em>'s Steve Buist won the Canadian Association of Journalists 2012 overall prize for the second year in a row with his groundbreaking series that drew links between income level and health. Using social science and data journalism techniques and good old-fashioned shoe leather, Steve and his team told stories that forced the city of Hamilton to take action.

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31 Oct

Students among leaders in coverage of Halifax municipal election

<p><em>What happens when two journalism programs team up in an election year? In the case of <a href="http://hrmvotes.kingsjournalism.com">HRMVotes.ca</a>, as <strong>Eric Mark Do</strong> found out, the result was student coverage of a municipal election that arguably rivaled some established media in terms of reach and impact. </em></p>

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31 Oct

The Canadian Journalism Project seeks alternative funding

<p>The Canadian Journalism Project is looking for new funding after The Canadian Journalism Foundation announced it will cease to be the primary funder of the Project beyond the end of 2013.  </p>

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30 Oct

Ira Glass on the allure of radio and the search for ‘the universal something’

<p><em>On Saturday, an audience at Toronto’s Massey Hall was able to put a face to the familiar voice of This American Life’s Ira Glass. <strong>Rhiannon Russell</strong> was there, and describes Glass’ unique ideas and radio storytelling techniques that put his show apart from a news media world that is so full of dark stories.</em></p>

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30 Oct

Qualité d’information et élections générales au Québec: les Québécois préfèrent Québecor et Radio-Canada

<p>Par Marc-François Bernier</p><p> </p><p>Selon les Québécois, les médias de Québecor et de Radio-Canada ont offert la meilleure qualité d’information lors des élections générales du 4 septembre 2012. Mais ils sont à peine 52 % à penser que les journalistes ont été équitables pour tous les partis politiques.</p>

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30 Oct

Prorogation + Resignation = Consternation: How the Toronto Star handled McGuinty’s bombshell

<p><em>Dalton McGuinty's surprise resignation and prorogation of the Ontario legislature left newsrooms nationwide scrambling. So how did the </em>Toronto Star<em> manage to pull together six comprehensive pages of coverage in a matter of hours? The </em>Star<em>'s news editor, <strong>Jonathan P. Kuehlein</strong>, shares the story here in J-Source.</em></p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/Torstar front page mcguinty.jpg" title="" /></p>

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