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21 Jan

New Editor for Canadian Medical Association Journal Announced Two Days After Interim Editor Posts Controversial OP-ED

<p><strong>New Editor for Canadian Medical Association Journal Announced Two Days After Interim Editor Posts Controversial OP-ED</strong></p>

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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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