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23 Mar

U.S. court acknowledges journalists’ spying fears

A New York appeals court has ruled that it is reasonable to assume that private phone and e-mail conversations with journalists are being monitored. The Globe and Mail reports: “The […]

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23 Mar

“None of us thought we were going to live”: kidnapped NYT journos

Four New York Times journalists were kidnapped and held for six days while on assignment in Libya. The paper has published a story all four — Anthony Shadid, Lynsey Addario, […]

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22 Mar

When investigative journalism turns into breaking news

Long-form investigative journalism faces the problem frequently: An investigation encourages one of the players in the story to go public, forcing the media outlet to break some or all of […]

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22 Mar

Nouvelle victoire journalistique pour le secret des sources

La journaliste Nancy Thomson de CBC à Whitehorse pourra continuer de protéger l’anonymat de ses sources. Le journal Yukon News ne l’obligera finalement pas à dévoiler l’identité des personnes qui […]

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22 Mar

Paywalls: backwards or forward?

The New York times has finally begun constructing its new Internet paywall, starting in Canada. J-Source asks: will others follow? The move, announced almost a year ago, has been declared […]

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22 Mar

Wikileaks: source ou partenaire

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Le <i>New York Times</i> a remporté le prix Payne d'éthique journalistique (<a href="http://journalism.uoregon.edu/features-1/announcing-the-2011-payne-awards-for-ethics-in-journalism">Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism</a>) pour sa couverture des révélations de Wikileaks en 2010. Le jury a salué le fait que le journal ait traité le porte-parole de Wikileaks, Julian Assange, comme une source plutôt qu'un associé, ait consulté le gouvernement américain avant la publication et expliqué sa démarche au public.</p>

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21 Mar

NNA nominations: Toronto Star leads, followed by Globe and Mail, Montreal Gazette, CP

The nomination shortlists for the The National Newspaper Awards have been announced: The Toronto Star leads all newspapers in Canada with 16 finalists, followed by The Globe and Mail with […]

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21 Mar

EyeWeekly calls out media, Maclean’s for “escort v. hooker” article

In an article for EyeWeekly, Kate Carraway calls out Maclean’s humour columnist Scott Feschuk for an listicle he wrote earlier today titled “Escort v. Hooker: How do they compare?” (The […]

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21 Mar

Transcontinental hires Andrew Osmak as vp, business development

Transcontinental Media has hired Andrew Osmak, most recently Lavalife’s senior vice president of business development, as its vp of business development in the new media and digital solutions group, Masthead […]

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21 Mar

Maisonneuve editor-in-chief moves to Reader’s Digest

Montreal-based magazine Maisonneuve‘s co-founder and editor-in-chief Carmine Starnino has left his position after nine years to join Reader’s Digest as senior editor (in 2009 Maisonneuve publisher and co-founder Derek Webster […]

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