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6 Mar

Capturing the aftermath of war: Helping child soldiers tell their own stories

<p><em>Photojournalist <strong>Marc Ellison</strong> spent last summer working with female, former child soldiers in war-ravaged northern Uganda. Conscious of resentful attitudes to journalists, Ellison adopted a unique, 'anthropographic' approach in his examination of the issues these former combatants continue to face in their post-conflict lives: He helped them tell their own stories.</em><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/_MG_3266_0.jpg" title="" /></p>

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5 Mar

Secret des sources: principe reconnu au cas par cas

<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; ">«Victoire pour la liberté de presse», se réjouissait le journaliste Alain Gravel de l'émission </span><em style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; ">Enquête</em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; "> à Radio-Canada, la semaine dernière. Il venait de gagner une bataille contre Construction Louisbourg en Cour supérieure du Québec.

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5 Mar

Who does the celebrity interview really purpose?

<p>Cord Jefferson, senior editor at GOOD, <a href="http://www.good.is/posts/we-were-offered-10-minutes-with-bono-why-we-didn-t-care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">once interviewed</a> Bono—you know, the lead singer of mega-band U2 and the face of the advocacy work of ONE. Jefferson was offered 15 minutes to talk with the star. By the day of the interview, it was cut to nine or 10. Then, while talking to the ever-sunglassed singer, he was told by the publicist to wrap it up at about the five-minute mark.</p>

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5 Mar

Radio-Canada and Quebecor announce agreement on advertising, broadcasting distribution

<p>Have they called a truce, or will this prove to be just a momentary cease-fire in <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/cbc-vs-quebecor-all-out-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the feud</a> between the two broadcasters?</p>

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5 Mar

Breaking the ‘robocalls’ story: Maher and McGregor

<p>Unlike most recipients of name amalgamations, McMaher are not headline-making, Hollywood A-listers.</p><p>But when it comes to Canadian journalists, Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher might be the most talked about as of late.</p>

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4 Mar

Time to give up on newspapers, says MacPhail

<p>By Wayne MacPhail</p>

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3 Mar

Legally-blind sportswriter in Peterborough, ON, covers hockey and manages department

<p>Last month, Mike Davies told Peterborough Examiner readers that a rare disease had been robbing him of sight and that he was covering the city's OHL team, the Petes, while legally blind. The Globe and Mail's Steve Ladurantaye <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/seeing-isnt-believing-for-blind-hockey-reporter/article2357407/">reports</a> on how he does it.</p>

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2 Mar

Getting the story in Ghana: A Canadian journalist’s perspective

<p><em><strong>Gwyneth Dunsford</strong>, a Canadian journalist living in Ghana as a JHR Rights Media Radio intern, wrote this account of her frustration with gaining access to sources, re-published here with permission from <a href="http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/03/hacks-versus-flacks-ghana-edition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JHR's Field Notes</a>.</em></p><p>“You want me to do what? You want a copy of all my questions?”</p><p>It’s the third time today I have spoken with Gabriel Nii Otu Ankrah, the public relations officer at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.</p>

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2 Mar

Nouveau Projet: en route vers le second numéro

<p><em>Voir aussi: <a href="http://projetj.ca/node/add/article">Nicolas Langelier présente son magazine: Nouveau Projet</a> et <a href="http://projetj.ca/node/add/article">Nouveau Projet dépasse son objectif de financement</a></em></p>

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2 Mar

Guardian’s Open Journalism approach to collaboration goes beyond Canadian experience

<p>By Robert Washburn</p><p>The Guardian’s launch of its <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/open-journalism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Open Journalism</a> approach this week with the innovative, witty <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2012/feb/29/open-journalism-at-the-guardian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Three Pigs advertisement</a> also ushers in a powerful endorsement of the collaborative approach to producing news.</p>

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