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20 Jan

Journalists get in on meme: Shit news reporters say

<p>This now-familiar Internet meme seems to have started with the "<a href="http://j-source.ca/node/add/article" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shit Girls Say</a>" videos, which drew criticism for simply perpetuating <a href="http://j-source.ca/node/add/article" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gender-based stereotypes</a>. But then all sorts of groups <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/comedy-1/juliette-lewis-in-shit-girls-say.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined in</a>. There was the inevitable "Shit Guys Say," the "Shit White Girls Say ...

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20 Jan

20 free journalism e-books

<p>The Online Journalism Blog has listed <a href="http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2012/01/09/19-free-ebooks-on-journalism-for-your-xmas-kindle/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20 free ebooks on journalism</a> that you can download to your e-reader.</p>

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20 Jan

The Costa Concordia wreck and the unfortunate page layouts that followed

<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 7.5pt; background-color: white; ">Well, this is awkward.</span></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">There have been some interesting juxtapositions of images, editorial and advertising since the Costa Concordia ran aground last Friday off the coast of Italy. One of which includes the <em>Belfast Telegraph</em>’s front page on Monday. A dream holiday, indeed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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19 Jan

Taupe au SPVM: les journalistes auraient-ils dû se taire?

<p>Hier, l'ex-policier Ian Davidson, soupçonné d'être la taupe du Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), a été trouvé mort dans un hôtel de Laval. Les médias avaient auparavant révélé qu'il aurait tenté de vendre à la mafia la liste secrète des informateurs de la police. Alors que les enquêteurs passaient le lieu du drame au peigne fin, le porte-parole de la police, Ian Lafrenière, a déploré la médiatisation de l'affaire.</p>

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19 Jan

Ryerson to host conference on press freedom

<p>Law and journalism will come together at a <a href="http://www.ryerson.ca/lawcentre/events/pfc.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conference</a> on press freedom in Canada at Ryerson University on March 8 and 9, which roughly coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.</p><p>Topics at the conference, organized by Ryerson’s Law Research Center and its Journalism Research Centre, will include issues arising from regulating new media, anti-terrorism measures and government secrecy.</p>

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19 Jan

Book Review: Feeling Canadian by Marusya Bociurkiw

<p> </p><p>Review by Kayley Viteo and Nadine Desrochers</p><p><strong><em>Feeling Canadian: Television, Nationalism and Affect</em> by Marusya Bociurkiw</strong></p><p> </p>

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19 Jan

Muhammad Lila leaves CBC, begins as ABC foreign correspondent

<p>Canadian journalist Muhammad Lila had been anchoring newscasts and reporting for CBC since 2008, and in that time has covered local, national and international stories. Now, he begins a new role as ABC’s foreign correspondent to Pakistan, Afghanistan and the region.</p><p>While Lila has reported from Haiti, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the Himalayas in the past, this is the first time he will be living overseas as a correspondent. Prior to joining CBC, he anchored and reported for CityTV and CP24 in Toronto.</p>

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18 Jan

The Globe and Mail shakes up management, adds first public editor

<p><em>In moves that editor-in-chief John Stackhouse say reflect the shifts in the industry, The Globe and Mail is shaking up its management. J-Source’s <strong>Belinda Alzner</strong> reports on Sylvia Stead’s appointment as The Globe’s first public editor as well as the other newly created positions and changed roles that reflect a move toward greater accountability and a more digital focus.</em></p>

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18 Jan

Mommy bloggers and journalistic standards

<p><em>Mommy blogs have become monetized and it's not hard to see why: Brands embrace bloggers who promote their products, and many bloggers are only too happy to accept compensation to promote brands they were going to be writing about anyway. <strong>Ira Basen</strong> looks into issues of transparency, ethics and reader expectation that come with accepting payment or products in exchange for words. </em></p><div style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; "><p> </p>

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18 Jan

Le milieu journalistique se mobilise contre SOPA

<p>Une partie du web s'est éteinte aujourd'hui pour protester contre le projet de loi américain Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) et son projet de loi compagnon, le Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). Plusieurs regroupements journalistiques joignent le mouvement et dénoncent le risque d'une censure d'Internet à grande échelle.</p>

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