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13 Mar

Courthouse culture, press freedom vs. privacy and ethics codes: #freepresscda Day 2

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13 Mar

Libel and intimidation: Regarding Twit-slips and SLAPPs

<p> </p><p>It was one of the last panels at Ryerson University’s <u>Press Freedom in Canada conference</u>, but by no means was it the least fascinating.</p>

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13 Mar

Call for submissions for the 2012 Dave Greber Freelance Writers Awards

<p> </p><p>Freelance writers wishing to apply for the book or magazine award can submit their work from Monday, March 12, 2012 until Friday June 15, 2012 at 5 PM PST. The separate book and magazine awards recognize excellence of writing and research in the area of social justice writing and also provide support for independent freelance writers during the publishing process.</p><p>The Book Award for 2012 has been increased to $5,000. The Magazine Award for 2012 is set at $2,000. </p>

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12 Mar

La liberté de presse: droit et devoir

<p><strong>Voir aussi: <a href="http://projetj.ca/article/la-loi-sur-lacces-linformation-lheure-du-bilan">La loi d'accès à l'information à l'heure du bilan</a> et <a href="http://projetj.ca/article/la-liberte-de-presse-qui-sen-soucie-au-canada">La liberté de presse: qui s'en soucie au Canada?</a></strong></p>

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12 Mar

The Canadian Press reaches tentative agreement with staff

<p> </p><p>The Canadian Media Guild, which represents workers at The Canadian Press, has announced that they have <a href="http://www.cmg.ca/en/2012/03/08/tentative-agreement-with-the-canadian-press/">come to a tentative agreement on a new deal</a> with the company.</p><p>The three-year deal will see across-the-board wage increases totaling 4 per cent over the lifetime of the agreement, beginning next year. It also includes a provision that will see employees to pay 25 per cent of the cost of health premiums and 100 per cent of LTD premium. </p>

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12 Mar

How the media and the courts must work together: Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin

<p>The full text from <a href="http://scc-csc.gc.ca/court-cour/ju/spe-dis/bm2012-01-31-eng.asp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a speech given to Carleton University students</a> by Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin discusses the relationship between the press and the courts, and how both are requisite to upholding a society built on the rule of law.</p><p>In it, McLachlin talks about the role of Twitter and social media in the courtroom and says that the roles that these tools play in the modern reporter’s toolkit need to be understood:</p>

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12 Mar

Arab Spring conference calls for right to communicate

<p>Tunis, March 12th, 2012 (AMARC REPORT). More than a hundred associative and community media representatives, freedom of expression activists and delegates from international organizations supporting media called for the institutionalization of the right to communicate for democracy in the region during the closing of the first AMARC Conference in Mashreq and Maghreb on "Community Media and the Arab Spring", that was held in Tunis, on March 9 and 10, 2012.

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12 Mar

#freepresscda lunch with Tony Burman

<p> </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/AnfJ0b8CEAAKVyg.jpg" title="" /></p><p>Who could say no to lunch with Tony Burman?</p><p>Last week, journalists, students, and professors gathered in downtown Toronto, steps away from Ryerson University, to eat, drink, and listen to Burman, former managing director of Al Jazeera English and head of CBC, speak about the battle for press freedom in the Middle East.</p>

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12 Mar

Five questions for photographer Ryan Pyle

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/pyle 3.PNG" title="" /></p><p>Ten years ago, Ryan Pyle decided to leave Toronto and move to China. The country inspired him so much that he picked up a camera and began documenting its changing landscape. He now lives in Shanghai and freelances for several esteemed North American and British media outlets. He has no formal photography training.</p>

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12 Mar

Media mediocrity, lunch with Tony Burman and courtroom tweeting: A roundup of #freepresscda Day 1

<p><script src="http://storify.com/jsource/press-freedom-in-canada.js?border=false"></script><noscript>[<a href="http://storify.com/jsource/press-freedom-in-canada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View the story "Press Freedom in Canada – Day 1" on Storify</a>]</noscript></p>

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