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1 Mar

CBC’s the fifth estate wins 2012 Canadian Hillman Prize

<p>Diana Swain begins a documentary aired Oct. 21, 2011 on <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2011-2012/scoutshonour/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBC’s <em>the fifth estate</em></a> with the following:</p><blockquote><p>For a century it’s been seen as the perfect marriage between childhood and the outdoors: Boy Scouts. But for years, scouting executives have struggled with a sickening problem in their ranks. A problem documented in confidential files.</p>

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1 Mar

Le journalisme en région est-il snobé?

<p><span style="line-height: 0.5cm; ">Par Mickaël Bergeron, originellement paru sur </span><a href="http://www.labarbe.ca/" style="line-height: 0.5cm; ">labarbe.ca</a></p>

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1 Mar

VIDEO: The story of The Three Little Pigs, as told in modern news: The Guardian

<p>Have you ever wondered how<em> The Guardian</em> covers a story from many angles and mediums while incorporating user engagement? Well, they've created this advertisement promoting its open journalism that traces the development of a story through traditional and new media.</p><p>The story? Well, it’s a familiar one: The Three Little Pigs. </p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vDGrfhJH1P4?rel=0" width="640"></iframe></p>

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29 Feb

Google for journalists: tips and techniques

<p>By Paul Weinberg</p><p>A Google global communications and public affairs (Canada) representative offered useful research tips on the ubiquitous search engine at a recent seminar in downtown Toronto, sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting.</p>

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29 Feb

Journalism on homelessness: Expert driven

<p><em>Canadian study investigates sourcing practices and framing of homelessness in the news. <strong>Elyse Amend </strong>and<strong> David Secko</strong><em> </em>write about the study which considers the power of expert quotes in three Canadian newspapers to frame homelessness.</em><br /> </p><p>Homelessness, as a word, is not that old. A <a href="http://jou.sagepub.com/content/13/1/71.abstract">recent study</a> on the sources journalists chose in writing about homelessness suggests Canadian journalism on the topic is still young as well. </p>

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29 Feb

RueMasson.com souffle sa deuxième bougie

<p>Il y a deux ans, cinq journalistes indépendants créaient un site d'information dédié à leur quartier: <a href="http://ruemasson.com/?page_id=13633">RueMasson.com</a>. Quelques milliers d'articles et de tweets plus tard, le site accueille aujourd'hui 25 000 visiteurs par mois en moyenne. Il compte plus de 3700 fans sur Facebook et plus de 2000 abonnés sur Twitter. Mais tous ces clics ne se transforment toujours pas en dollars.</p>

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29 Feb

BBC World Service goes live with daily news meeting

<p>BBC World Service has been in the business of delivering news for 80 years, but today marked the first time they <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pcj5x" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opened up their daily news meeting</a> to be broadcast live.</p><p>If Canadians want to watch the editorial meeting where the BBC plans its news out for the day for World Service, they’ll have to be early risers—or extreme nightowls. The meeting takes place at 4 a.m. EST, or 0900 GMT.</p>

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29 Feb

“People don’t have any right to information”

<p>By the end of the Second World War, Canadian press censors themselves had come to believe censorship did not work, according to Mark Bourrie, author of <a href="http://www.dmpibooks.com/author/mark-bourrie" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Fog of War: Censorship of Canada’s Media in World War Two</em></a>.</p>

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29 Feb

Lloyd Robertson, Andy Walsh to be inducted to the Canadian News Hall of Fame

<p> </p><p>Lloyd Robertson and Andy Walsh are set to be the <a href="http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/canadian-news-hall-of-fame-to-induct-broadcast-veterans/1000942558/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">newest inductees</a> to the Canadian News Hall of Fame at a gala in Toronto on May 16.</p>

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29 Feb

How I got the story: Tim Bousquet on Halifax mayor Peter Kelly and Mary Thibeault

<p><em>Mary Thibeault’s estate has yet to be settled seven years after her death, and the blame lies with the executor of her will: Halifax mayor Peter Kelly. <strong>Rhiannon Russell</strong> reports on how Tim Bousquet investigated this story for Halifax alt-weekly </em>The Coast<em> and effectively ended the political career of the mayor of the largest city in Atlantic Canada.</em></p><p> </p>

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