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12 Jun

Frosty relations on Parliament Hill

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Parliament Hill.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Caresse Ley</em></p><p><strong>By David McKie</strong></p><p>With federal politicians set to take a break for the summer, it’s worth taking stock of the atmosphere that has existed for journalists covering the prime minister and his cohorts and threatens to persist until the next federal election.</p>

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12 Jun

Ombudsman: Should Brunswick News have taken down its paywall following the Moncton shootings?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Brunswick News_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Patricia Graham_3.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Patricia Graham, Brunswick News ombudswoman </strong></p>

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12 Jun

Patricia Graham introduces herself as Brunswick News ombudswoman

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Patricia Graham_2.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /> <strong>By Patricia Graham, Brunswick News ombudswoman</strong></p><p>It is my great pleasure to introduce myself to you as Ombudswoman for Brunswick News. </p>

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12 Jun

Toronto Star wins Michener Award for Ford coverage

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Toronto Star newsroom.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Michelle-Andrea Girouard</em></p><p>The <em>Toronto Star</em> has won the 2013 Michener Award for its coverage of the activities and behaviour of Mayor Rob Ford that resulted in a police investigation and Ford being stripped of all powers.</p>

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12 Jun

Rita Celli wins Michener-Deacon fellowship for investigative reporting

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Rita Celli_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" />Veteran CBC journalist Rita Celli has won the <a href="http://www.michenerawards.ca/english/picfellows/picfellow2014.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michener-Deacon fellowship for investigative reporting</a>.</p><p>Celli, who hosts the radio show <em>Ontario Today</em> from Ottawa, will use the fellowship to spend up to four months investigating Ontario’s mining industry.</p>

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12 Jun

Globe public editor: Is it wrong to call Vaughan a Toronto suburb?

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Sylvia Stead_10.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>When is a suburb not a suburb? Can an adjacent city also be a suburb? Does it matter if the region is more suburban than urban? Does it matter if it is right next door to a major city? And what if that major city (Toronto) is also the centre of the universe?</p>

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11 Jun

Opinion: If a media union can’t make endorsements, then editorial boards shouldn’t either

<p><strong>By</strong> <strong><span style="font-size: 10px;">Ishmael N. Daro</span></strong></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7YFmadIO7MM" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Video courtesy of Unifor</em></p><p>The union representing thousands of journalists in Ontario caused a shitstorm Monday when it asked its 2,600 members to consider the anti-labour policies a Progressive Conservative government led by Tim Hudak might enact and to vote accordingly.</p>

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11 Jun

Tim Harper: Collision between union rights and journalistic independence

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Tim Harper_1.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Tim Harper, national affairs columnist for the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>There is no doubt the union that represents me certainly put one on the tee for Conservatives everywhere.</p>

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11 Jun

Live blog: Global Editors Network Summit

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11 Jun

Union memo: Globe wants editorial staff to produce “branded content”

<div><em>Here's a memo obtained by J-Source on the latest bargaining talks between The Globe and Mail management and the union: </em></div><div><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=49b55b7272&view=att&th=1468667190e14104&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=8bfa71791dbdc329_0.1&zw&atsh=1" style="font-size: 10px;" type="image/jpg" /></div><p align="center"><strong>Company wants Editorial staff to produce “branded content"</strong></p>

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