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10 May

Two Ottawa journalists win Michener fellowships

<p>Two women in Ottawa will spend four months working on two very different special projects, as new Michener-Deacon Fellows.</p><p>The first Michener-Deacon fellowship in journalism education has been awarded to an Ottawa journalist Melanie Coulson, senior online editor at the <em>Ottawa Citizen, who </em> will conduct research into the growing phenomenon of audience participation in the journalism produced by media enterprises. </p>

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10 May

New fellowship in journalism eduction goes to two Ottawa journalists

<p>The first Michener-Deacon Fellowship in journalism education has been awarded to two Ottawa women who will pursue two very different projects for four months.</p><p>Melanie Coulson, senior online editor at the <em>Ottawa Citizen</em> will conduct research into the growing phenomenon of audience participation in the journalism produced by media enterprises. </p><p>Laura Eggertson, a freelance journalist, will investigate Aboriginal youth suice as a significant health crisis in Canada.</p>

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10 May

CBC Hamilton digital service officially launched

<p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CBC hamilton.PNG" title="" /></a></p><p>CBC Hamilton—the Corporation’s first digital-only service—launched last night, a day ahead of schedule.</p>

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10 May

Rare criminal libel charge against Fredericton blogger dropped

<p>UPDATED</p><p>Criminal libel charges against a Fredericton blogger have been dropped after the New Brunswick Justice Department decided Canada's criminal libel charge may be unconstitutional.</p><p>Police in Fredericton raised eyebrows in January by charging a local blogger with defamatory libel, a charge rarely used in Canada. The charges apparently stemmed from comments Charles LeBlanc made on his blog about a local police officer.</p>

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9 May

Wearing your newspaper to prom—no, really

<p><a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=C4&Date=20120503&Category=FEATURES&ArtNo=205030802&Ref=PH&Item=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/newspaperdress.PNG" title="" /></a></p><p>Recycling is good, right?</p>

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9 May

Rob Ford contre le Toronto Star: appel à la solidarité journalistique

<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Par </font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight: normal">Romayne Smith Fullerton – originellement paru du <a href="http://j-source.ca/">J-Source</a> – traduit par Anne Caroline Desplanques</span></font></font></font></p>

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9 May

UBC hiring audio journalism instructor for tenure track position

<p>The <a href="http://journalism.ubc.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism</a> is hiring an instructor that specializes in audio storytelling for a tenure track position. Details can be found <a href="http://journalism.ubc.ca/2012/05/09/journalism_audio_instructor_position_tenure_track/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p><p>Applications close June 10, 2012. </p>

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9 May

Rob Ford’s week in the media

<p>After <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2012/05/07/mayor_rob_ford_marks_world_press_freedom_week.html">confronting <em>Toronto Star</em> reporter Daniel Dale</a> in the park behind his Etobicoke home last Wednesday, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has made a few headlines, to say the least. <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2012/05/03/daniel_dales_story_responding_to_mayor_rob_ford.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dale and Ford agree on a few things</a>: namely, that the reporter called for help, was terrified and fled.

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9 May

Beauty and the (editorial/advertising) brawl

<p><em>Many journalists believe fashion and beauty books are easy targets for aggressive advertisers. But it’s a lot more complicated than that, says <strong>Stephanie Fereiro </strong>in the latest issue of the <a href="http://rrj.ca/m21721/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ryerson Review of Journalism</a>.</em></p><p><strong>By Stephanie Fereiro</strong></p>

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9 May

Media ethics as activism

<p><em>The current changes in journalism have brought many new ethical challenges, but they’re also changing the idea of ethics itself, according to <strong>Stephen J. A. Ward</strong></em><em>. </em></p><p>           </p>

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