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26 Oct

Vancouver Sun EIC Patricia Graham leaves top spot; becomes VP of digital at PNG

<p>Patricia Graham is exiting the editor's desk at <em>The Vancouver Sun</em>, a spot she's had for eight years, to become vice-president of digital at the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia which publishes <em>The Sun</em>.<br /><br />The position is newly-created. Under Graham,<em> The Sun</em> was the most successful website among the Postmedia metro newsrooms.<br /><br />As Graham puts it in a <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/editor+moves+vice+president+digital+Pacific+Newspaper+Group/5591722/story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Vancouver Sun</em> article</a>:</p>

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26 Oct

Was Ford telling the truth about 22 minutes ambush?

<p>Now that the clip of Mary Walsh playing Marg Delahunty has been released some are wondering if Toronto mayor Rob Ford <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/ford-and-22-minutes-joke-was-it-funny" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the truth about the stunt</a>.<br /><br />For starters, Ford told media yesterday that it was dark out and he didn’t recognize her; it looks fairly light in the clip. He also said she never identified herself; she did. Also, Ford's young daughter, who ford said was frightened by the incident, was nowhere to be seen.<br />

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26 Oct

Press freedom in Canada

<p><em>Yes, there are threats: government secrecy, terrorism, regulation of new media. <strong>Nakita Singh Hans</strong> gives us a sneak peak at next year's Press Freedom in Canada conference.</em></p><p>Government secrecy, terrorism laws and the regulation of new media are among the threats to press freedom that will be explored at a Ryerson University conference early next year.</p>

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26 Oct

What’s in a union?

<p><em><strong>Rhiannon Russell </strong>listens in as journalists from the </em>Hamilton Spectator<em>, </em>Toronto Star<em>, </em>London Free Press<em> and CTV discuss unions in the newsroom, publisher influence and working for free.</em></p>

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26 Oct

Occupiers, big media wants your help!

<p><em>In a sea of inept coverage on the Occupy protests, news corporations are now out to make more cash by doing less journalism. <strong>Shannon Rupp</strong> on the grab for free content -- and the persistent myth that newspapers' raison d’être is to inform citizens. The article originally appeared on <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2011/10/25/Occupy-Big-Media/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Tyee</a>, and is reprinted with permission.</em></p>

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26 Oct

Ottawa Public Health, the media, and the latest infection scare

<p><em>In a hastily organized media conference mid-October, Ottawa’s chief medical officer of health announced a local, privately owned “non-hospital” clinic flunked proper infection control measures, resulting in the potential exposure of thousands to Hepatitis and HIV. Carleton University's<strong> Josh Greenberg </strong>on the resulting brouhaha.

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26 Oct

Call for submissions: Speak Magazine

<p>It's that time of year again: Speak magazine's annual call for submissions. This year Speak is being headed by the University of Regina's jhr Chapter, with support from faculty and students from the University of Regina's School of Journalism and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.</p>

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25 Oct

Le plan iPad de l’Acadie Nouvelle

<p>L'Acadie Nouvelle offre un iPad2 version Wi-Fi 16 go à ses abonnés numériques pour 29 dollars par mois pendant 36 mois. Le groupe Acadie Média en a fait l'annonce officielle ce matin, lors d'une conférence de presse à l'hôtel de ville de Dieppe, au Nouveau-Brunswick.</p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 0.48cm; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-style: normal">Le reportage de <a href="http://www.capacadie.com/">CapAcadie.com</a>:</span></font></p>

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25 Oct

Ford and the 22 Minutes joke: Was it funny?

<p>Well, Toronto mayor Rob Ford didn't think so. He called the police shortly after <em>This Hour has 22 Minutes </em>comedian/actor Mary Walsh showed up at his house this morning dressed as the infamous Marg Delahunty.</p>

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25 Oct

Rolling blogs

<p>“He's captured. He's wounded in both legs ... He's been taken away by ambulance.” That’s just one quote among a flurry of electronic comments that pinged around the globe as Moammar Gadhafi met his fate.

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