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19 Oct

ScribbleLive launches paid internship for digital journalist

<p>ScribbleLive is looking for an engaged, curious, and self-starting j-student to help out with its recently launched j-school donation program, in which the company gifts ScribbleLive to j-schools across the country. The Toronto-based startup needs an intern to help train professors and j-students to cover events in real time. Other duties include: creating instructional videos, offering newsrooms real-time coverage tips and best practices, as well as answering questions and providing support to journalists. The position offers a $1,000 honourarium each month; the internship is four months.

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19 Oct

“It’s beyond just any broadcast”

<p><em>Canada's Indo-Canadian population is fuming over CBC's quiet cancellation of the Punjabi-language broadcast of </em>Hockey Night in Canada<em>. <strong>Ishani Nath </strong>on the controversy, the fight, and the whys behind the show's overwhelming popularity.</em></p>

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19 Oct

Live coverage: The law and ethics of investigative journalism

<p>Dominique Payette's first Ontario talk about her controversial report; Julian Assange's lawyer on keeping the media accountable; the consequences of promising to keep sources confidential. <em>J-Source</em> associate editor <strong>Lauren McKeon</strong> liveblogged it all -- and more -- at the packed all-day panel series. Missed the event? <a href="http://live.j-source.ca/Event/The_Law_and_Ethics_of_Investigative_Journalism?Page=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Check it out here</a>. </p>

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19 Oct

Blame it on neoliberalism: the fix

<p><em>In the final installment of this two-part series, <strong>Nick Fillmore</strong> argues that journalists and community groups must develop larger independent and alternative Canadian media outlets if we want to preserve freedom of expression.</em></p>

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19 Oct

Future of News: Speak your mind

<p><em>Long before candidates hit the trail, the </em>Toronto Star<em> knew it wanted to do something big, and interactive, for Ontario's provincial election. <strong>Rhiannon Russell</strong> goes behind the scenes of the </em>Star<em>'s mega Speak Your Mind project.</em></p>

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19 Oct

Hackgate: c’est possible chez nous, selon 40% des Canadiens

<p>Un canadien sur quatre est d'avis que les médias d'ici ne sont pas à l'abri d'un scandale similaire à celui qui a mené à la fermeture du tabloïd <em>News of the World</em> (<em>NOW</em>), selon un sondage Ipsos Reid commandé par la Fondation pour le journalisme canadien, éditrice de <em>ProjetJ.ca</em> et <em>J-Source.ca</em>. Dans ce contexte, la majorité des canadiens estiment qu'il est nécessaire d'encadrer la profession journalistique.</p>

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19 Oct

Canadians believe journalists pay for tips, hack phones

<p>About 40 per cent of Canadians believe phone hacking and paying for story tips are tactics used by media here, according to a <a href="http://www.ipsos-na.com/news-polls/pressrelease.aspx?id=5378" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently-released Ipsos Reid poll</a> conducted on behalf of the Canadian Journalism Foundation.<br />

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19 Oct

Top court protects online links from libel claims

<p>Internet users who post hyperlinks to libellous material posted on other websites cannot be sued for repeating the libel, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The Oct. 19 ruling in <em>Crookes v. Newton</em> protects one of the most basic functions of the Internet -- the ability of users to share links to material posted online, even material they have not fully reviewed and they may not agree with.

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18 Oct

Quebecor lance un nouvel hebdo en Montérégie

<p><em><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>Après L'Écho de Trois-Rivières et </span></span></font></font></font></em><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><em><span style="font-style: normal"><span>L'Écho de Shawinigan</span></span></em> lancés fin août, Quebecor Media récidive.

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18 Oct

Oh, dear…

<p>Whether it’s the National Post apologizing for a<a href="http://j-source.ca/article/want-know-how-transphobic-ad-made-it-national-post" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> nasty ad</a>, or the Globe and Mail placing a<a href="http://j-source.ca/article/globe-tries-occupy-wall-street-humour-celeb-pages-issues-disclaimer" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> disclaimer on humour</a>, there’s been more than one report datelined Land O' Gaffes in recent weeks.

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