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3 Jul

J-Links for July 3: Journos named to Order of Canada; AP intern found dead in Mexico; Douglas Todd on journalism ethics

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/29/newest-order-of-canada-recipients-include-former-alberta-premier-ralph-klein-ex-nhl-coach-pat-quinn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Six journalists named to the Order of Canada</a></p>

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1 Jul

Court ruling about sharing online news information “should eliminate fears that linking…raises legal risks”

<p>The Federal Court of Canada's ruling involving a website that linked to a National Post column and a photographer's website is seen as good news for those who ink to news, according to law professor Michael Geist. In his column in <a href="http://www.thestar.com/business/2012/06/30/all_the_news_thats_fit_to_post_and_link_federal_court_clears_up_legal_risks.html">today's Star, linked here,</a> of course, he describes how by dismissing the claims against Free Dominion, the court has "removed much of the legal uncertainty surrounding sharing infrmation online."</p>

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28 Jun

Another female journalist sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square

<p>Men — men everywhere. Clawing, groping and raping with their hands. Others watching. Women averting their eyes.</p>

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28 Jun

Procès Lapierre c. Sormany: «une faute accidentelle»

<p><strong>Voir aussi: <a href="http://projetj.ca/article/lapierre-contre-sormany-laveuglement-20">Lapierre contre Sormany: l'aveuglement 2.0</a> et <a href="http://projetj.ca/article/duchesneau-et-lintimidation-mediatique">Duchesneau et l'intimidation médiatique</a></strong></p>

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28 Jun

J-Links for June 28: Cartoon pulled after alleged pressure; CBC/Radio-Canada’s new Chairperson; How to test your news bias

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/06/26/bc-cartoonist-enbridge-spoof.html?cmp=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cartoonist says his paper backed down after threats over Enbridge cartoon</a></p>

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27 Jun

De militaire à légionnaire de l’info

<p>En décembre 2001, les premiers militaires canadiens sont déployés en Afghanistan en réponse aux attentats du 11 septembre. Martin Forgues sert alors dans les Forces canadiennes. Aujourd'hui journaliste, il a porté les galons pendant presque 12 ans. Portrait d'un journaliste au parcours atypique qui a fait la Bosnie et l'Afghanistan en treillis.</p>

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27 Jun

Turning the page: saying farewell and hello to changing ethics editors

<p>After more than four years overseeing the Ethics section of J-Source, Ivor Shapiro is stepping down. We welcome Romayne Smith Fullerton with <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/j-sources-new-ethics-editor-doing-right-thing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">her first column today</a>.</p><p>Ivor's roots in J-Source are deep: he founded this very website in 2007 then a few years later, took over the Ethics section from Stephen Ward, who continues as a columnist. </p>

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27 Jun

J-Source’s new ethics editor on doing the right thing

<p>Do the right thing.</p><p>It sounds so simple, but like the 1989 Spike Lee movie from which this phrase came, doing the right thing is not always straightforward. And those twists and turns, to me, are what ethics is all about.</p><p>It’s the grey areas that are the most fertile:</p><p>How as a journalist do you do right by the children you want to name and identify in a story that makes clear their family subsists well below the poverty line?</p><p>How do you do right by the person charged with sexual assault by an accuser who is also known to police?</p>

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27 Jun

Samara’s Occupiers and Legislators debunks some criticisms of the media

<p>An analysis of the coverage of two major political stories in Canada is challenging some frequent criticisms of the media.</p>

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27 Jun

J-Links for June 27: Senator Brazeau vs. Jen Ditchburn; Twitter in B.C. courts okay; Developing media in developing countries

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/the-youngest-senator-has-worst-attendance-record-of-upper-chamber-160411605.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Youngest senator has worst attendance record and a lapse of judgment on Twitter</a></p>

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