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21 Dec

The media and Aboriginal issues in Canada: Is Attawapiskat different?

<p>By now, the mainstream media has made Attawapiskat a household name. But will the media eventually forget about the remote First Nation reserve in Northern Ontario as they have so many Aboriginal communities in the past, or will this one be different?</p>

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21 Dec

Iconic Jack Layton shot among CP’s best photos of 2011

<p>News photography brings life to stories that may be otherwise devoid of imagery. It captures moments and feelings, and can articulate them in a way that a print reporter could only dream of.</p>

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21 Dec

Rue89 passe dans le giron du Nouvel Observateur

<p>Créé sans investisseurs ni groupe de presse, <em>Rue89</em> cède 100% de son capital au fondateur et patron du groupe Nouvel Observateur, Claude Perdiel, qui chapeaute également les magazines <em>Challenges</em> et <em>Sciences & Avenir</em>. Après quatre an de lutte, les cofondateurs du site se disent «usés». Ils ont choisi de faire «le deuil d'un rêve entreprenarial».

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21 Dec

How I got the story: Selena Ross on Montreal’s dirty snow removal contracts

<p><em>Selena Ross set out to discover what was behind a number of pedestrians who had been killed by snowplows in Montreal. What she found was a snow removal industry that is entrenched in a culture of collusion, bid-rigging and violence. <strong>Rhiannon Russell</strong> spoke to Ross to find out how she got the story that has exposed the dirty money behind yet another Montreal industry.</em></p><p> </p>

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21 Dec

Pourquoi ouvre-t-on des dizaines de blogues sur un site privé? Pour vendre de la publicité…

<p><span style="line-height: 0.48cm; ">Par Nadia Seraiocco, texte originellement paru sur son blogue </span><a href="http://www.cheznadia.com/" style="line-height: 0.48cm; ">Chez Nadia</a></p>

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21 Dec

J-Source Canadian Newsperson of the Year: Nominations open

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/IMG_6637 copy_0.jpg" title="" /></p><p>While other media organizations are naming their news <em>makers</em> of the year, here at J-Source <a href="http://j-source.ca/j-source-canadian-newsperson-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener">we're looking at the journalists</a> who cover the stories that make a difference and the editors, producers, managers and owners who make sure journalism's best is out there for Canadianss.</p>

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21 Dec

Makin’ a list, checkin’ it twice

<p>Looking back on these<a href="http://worldnews.about.com/od/topstories/tp/Top-10-News-Stories-To-Watch-In-2011.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> top story predictions</a> for 2011, there were some hits and misses. The year held some surprises, with Jack Layton topping cbc.ca’s list of <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/12/13/mostviewed-top-2011.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most-viewed stories</a>.

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21 Dec

Fighting for the soul of journalism amid imposters

<p><em>As journalists, we ask tough questions of our sources. But it turns out we may need to ask such questions of fellow journalists as well. <strong>Stephen Ward</strong> writes about an alarming trend he is seeing south of the border: partisan groups passing off their work as journalism. Partisan journalism simply can’t provide the value that public journalism ideally does. The U.S. cases should serve as a warning to Canadians. Foreword by J-Source Ideas editor and </em>Media<em> magazine editor <strong>David McKie</strong>.</em></p><p> </p>

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21 Dec

#Twitterfight or: How journalists manage their online presence

<p><em>Childish sniping, iffy ethics and the sheer lunacy of public feuds expose the human side of journalists. Is that wrong? <strong>Raeanne Quinton</strong> looked into the emerging trend of newsrooms issuing social media guidelines to reporters for the </em>Ryerson Review of Journalism<em> and recounts some infamous Twitter-battles between Toronto’s Jonathan Goldsbie and Sue Ann Levy.</em></p><p> </p>

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21 Dec

Statscan to make yet more data available at no cost

<p>Updated Dec. 21</p><p>Statistics Canada is going to make more of its data available to the public without charge, though the exact shape of the new free-data policy has yet to emerge.</p>

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