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28 Sep

Five questions for Paul Schneidereit

<p><em>We talk to Canadian Association of Journalists past president <strong>Paul Schneidereit</strong> about the association's response to the professionalization issue in Quebec, its vote against creating the title, and why the issue's not dead yet.</em></p>

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28 Sep

Covering Ontario’s election

<p>Toronto Star<em> staff tackled the polling controversy, the ethics of voting, and the plethora of sports cliches in political writing at a panel at Toronto's Word on the Street.</em> J-Source<em>'s <strong>Rhiannon Russell</strong> reports.</em></p>

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27 Sep

Delays and obstacles: Newspaper Canada’s Freedom of Information Audit

<p>Freedom of information requests by journalists and “interest groups” tend to take longer to process than other requests. Governments are still responding to many requests for data with printouts or image files that can’t be manipulated with spreadsheets or other software. City contracts are confidential in Winnipeg.</p>

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27 Sep

Newspapers Canada releases FOI performance audit

<p>Results for the annual Newspapers Canada FOI performance audit are in, and, as usual, they aren't pretty.<br /><br />Only a few provincial governments received As for speedy disclosure: Nova Scotia, PEI, Quebec, and the Yukon. Even less received the top grade for completeness of disclosure: Manitoba and Nova Scotia. Municipal governments did better, but there is still plenty of room for improvement.<br /><br />Indeed, the report makes 10 recommendations to improve access to information and government openness.<br /><br />Among them:</p>

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27 Sep

Les Québécois font-ils confiance aux journalistes?

<p>Le directeur de l'Unité anticollusion (UAC), Jacques Duchesneau, a profité de son passage à <em>Tout le monde en parle</em> pour accuser des journalistes de servir l'intérêt du crime organisé.

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27 Sep

Putting the story above the storytelling

<p><em>Web producer <strong>Heather Loney</strong> describes how digital journalists need to stay focused on the story, not contribute to the "noise" of digital content.</em></p><p class="MsoNormal">It's a liberating feeling to work in online news, realizing the endless number of stories you can cover, and the many ways you can cover them.</p>

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27 Sep

CBC celebrates 75th anniversary with open house

<p>CBC is opening its doors to the public on October 1 as part of the network's ongoing 75th anniversary bash.</p><p>Anniversary celebrations began in August, and will end on the official November 2 anniversary date. CBC is describing the country-wide open house as a "high point" in the continued celebrations.</p><p>Check out <a href="http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/cbc-plans-open-house-event-for-75th-anniversary/1000599547/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this article in <em>Broadcaster </em></a>magazine for a full list of all 32 open house locations.</p>

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27 Sep

Robert Hurst joins Fanshawe College as visiting professor

<p>Robert Hurst has joined Fanshawe College's broadcast faculty as a visiting professor.<br />

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26 Sep

Duchesneau et l’intimidation médiatique

<p>Dans une entrevue présentée hier soir à l'émission <a href="http://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/tout_le_monde_en_parle/saison8/">Tout le monde en parle</a>, le directeur de l'Unité anticollusion (UAC), Jacques Duchesneau, a affirmé avoir été victime de tentatives d'intimidation y compris de la part des médias. Il a accusé des journalistes de servir l'intérêt des corrompus en tentant de le discréditer.</p>

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26 Sep

CBC comes to Kitchener-Waterloo, London; weekend news programming added across Canada

<p>Next year is gonna be big. The CBC continues its five-year strategic plan "Everyone, Every way" next fall by bringing radio and internet services to London and Kitchener-Waterloo. It will also extend its news programming to seven days a week in Edmonton, Ottawa, St. John's, and the Maritimes.<br />

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