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27 Aug

Applications are open for $5,000 Tyee reporting fellowships

<p> </p><p><a href="http://thetyee.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Tyee</a> is once again offering five $5,000 fellowships for independent journalists interested in tackling an in-depth reporting project on a topic that will "educate and engage" citizens of British Columbia.</p>

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24 Aug

Radio-Canada reporters did not violate standards of practice on Charest-Brandone story: Ombudsman

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23 Aug

La campagne locale, dans l’ombre des chefs

<p>Par Colette Brin, <em>originellement paru sur le blogue <a href="http://www.blogues.ulaval.ca/colette-brin/elections-le-fact-checking-au-service-des-citoyens/">Contact</a> de l'Université Laval.</em></p><p><strong>À l’approche des élections, nombreux sont ceux qui hésitent encore: voter utile ou par conviction? Avec son cœur ou sa raison?</strong></p>

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23 Aug

Megan Leslie quote misattribution ‘a huge error in haste’: The Hill Times reporter

<p>Stephen Harper’s photo-op ATV ride through sand dunes near Whitehorse on Monday was to the chagrin of many, including local environmental activists and opposition MPs, but <em>The Hill Times</em> news reporter Tim Naumetz also drew heat in the wake of the story after it was discovered that he quoted NDP MP Megan Leslie as saying things that she never said.</p><p>It was not intentional, Naumetz told J-Source, but a huge mistake made in a deadline rush.</p>

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22 Aug

Access to Information Act review coming

<p>The federal Office of the Information Commissioner is planning a review of Canada’s 30-year-old Access to Information Act. The commissioner’s office <a href="http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/med-roo-sal-med_nr-cp_2012_3.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in July </a>that in the coming months it will “engage in a dialogue with the public and stakeholders on the modernization of the Access to Information Act.”</p>

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22 Aug

Campagne électorale : petits sujets, grands enjeux?

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22 Aug

Canadian journalist wins international agricultural journalism award

<p>Mary Baxter, a London, Ont.-based journalist and J-Source’s Agricultural journalism editor, has won an international award recognizing her writing on agricultural issues.</p><p>The International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) awarded Baxter with the Star Prize for Print Journalism for an article in <em>Better Farming</em> magazine titled “Lyme disease: the painful and hard-to-diagnose condition.”</p>

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22 Aug

Lorne Rubenstein: As rare as a double eagle

<p> </p><p><em>When he announced his retirement in July, Lorne Rubenstein was surprised at the reaction he received from readers; he was a unique and invaluable voice in the world of golf, consensus showed. <strong>Jeff Krever</strong> sat down with Rubenstein to talk about how the 32-year veteran golf columnist began writing on the now-unique beat, and how he changed his mind about retirement, showing he isn’t quite ready to give up writing about the sport he loves.</em></p><p><strong>By Jeff Krever</strong></p>

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22 Aug

Back to School: Instructors’ resources edition

<p><em>Updated August 20, 2013</em></p><p>J-Source has compiled this vast list of resources for journalism instructors to use in their classrooms. We’ve broken it down into three categories: <strong>The Basics</strong> (reporting, writing, interviewing and ethics), <strong>Broadcast/Visual Journalism</strong> (audio, video and photography) and <strong>New Media</strong> (social media, blogging, data visualization and multimedia storytelling).</p>

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22 Aug

Teaching resources for instructors: New Media

<p><em>Updated August 20, 2013</em></p>

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