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2 Jun

Why the Hamilton Spectator revised its code of conduct on anonymous sources

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Hamilton Spectator_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p><strong>By Jim Poling</strong></p><p>At the <em>Hamilton Spectator</em>, our newsroom, like many across the country, has had much discussion about the use of anonymous sources.</p>

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2 Jun

Star public editor: Do we need more transparency in corrections?

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Kathy English_27.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>Corrections published in the Toronto Star never tell you the whole story about how an error occurred and who caused the mistake.</p>

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2 Jun

«Le journalisme de données ne vit pas un boom au Québec»

<p><strong>C’est l’avis de Steve Proulx, journaliste indépendant et fondateur de 37<sup>e</sup> Avenue, agence de presse spécialisée dans le journalisme de données, qui a décidé d’élargir les contenus qu’il propose à ses clients. Encore persuadé que cette nouvelle approche du métier fait partie des solutions qui permettront peut-être de sauver l’industrie, il a mis sur pied une formation, qu’il donnera samedi aux pigistes, à la demande de l’Association des journalistes indépendants (AJIQ). </strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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30 May

24 heures: le poste de directeur de l’information est aboli

<p><strong>Voilà qui vient clore ce que l’on peut appeler un maudit mois de mai pour l’industrie des médias au Québec. 24 heures, Gesca, la Presse Canadienne… les mauvaises nouvelles se sont en effet succédé ces dernières semaines. Un tableau sombre que la perspective d’un accord entre les salariés et la direction de Radio-Canada sur le renouvellement de la convention collective et la fin de la saga judiciaire des ex-employés de la chaine TQS, viennent éclairer d’une toute petite lueur d’espoir.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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30 May

Should journalists use anonymous secret-sharing apps?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Whisper_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo illustration by Skye Anderson</em></p><p><strong>By Skye Anderson</strong></p><p>There’s a big difference between gossip mongering and journalism. But where there is smoke, there is often a fire and it’s imperative journalists check.</p><p>Enter the popular anonymous secret-sharing app <a href="http://whisper.sh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whisper</a>.</p>

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30 May

CBC ombudsman: Balancing Kevin O’Leary

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Esther Enkin_8.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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29 May

Some kittens, boobs and Anna Kournikova got into a story meeting: what happened next will bring you to tears

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Anna K_0.JPG" title="" /><em>Photo courtesy of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/">Wikimedia Commons</a></em></p><p><strong>By Paul Benedetti, Editor-at-large</strong></p>

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29 May

Globe public editor: It’s not marriage, it’s slavery

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10"" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Sylvia Stead_7.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>One of the more shocking things happening in the world today is the abduction of more than 100 Nigerian girls by Boko Haram Islamists. The students, aged 12 to 17, were forced onto a convoy of trucks and while some have escaped, others have been either held hostage or sold into slavery.</p>

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29 May

Public editor: Why the Star uses accents only on French words and names

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Kathy English_25.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>Fernando Gonçalves wants to know what the Toronto Star has against the tilde.</p>

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28 May

L’Itinéraire, récompensé au Gala Lys de la diversité

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/Capture_16.JPG" title="" />Après la bourse Arthur-Prévost, décernée par la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes (FPJQ) lors de son dernier congrès en novembre, Marie-Lise Rousseau, jeune journaliste à <em>l’Itinéraire</em>, reçoit une nouvelle fois les honneurs.

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