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27 Jan

Maclean’s “Too Asian” article inspires parody video, debate

UBC students have produced a short video, a Maclean’s-inspired spoof on “We are the world”, in response to the magazine’s controversial “Too Asian?” article. Meanwhile, J-Source‘s Alexandra Bosanac covered a […]

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27 Jan

New scholarship for medical TV and radio news stories

The Radio Television News Directors Foundation has announced a new national scholarship to recognize the vital role journalists play in informing the public about health issues and holding policy makers […]

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27 Jan

Prix d’excellence en journalisme

(communiqué de presse) La Fondation pour le journalisme canadien (éditeur de ProjetJ) invite les sociétés de nouvelles de l’ensemble du pays à poser leur candidature en vue de l’attribution de […]

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27 Jan

Le Soleil serait menacé de fermeture

Les négociations pour le renouvellement de la convention collective s’enlisent au Soleil. Dans l’impasse, les quelque 250 syndiqués du quotidien de la capitale croient que Gesca envisage de fermer le […]

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27 Jan

CBSC rules news interview breached privacy rights

A TV news report that used an interview clip against the source’s wishes was a breach of privacy, The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has ruled. A story about a […]

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26 Jan

Predictions for investigative reporting in 2011

Here is an interesting collection of insights into future directions of investigative reporting, albeit from an American perspective.

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26 Jan

Essential reading for journalists

Dean Jobb’s newly-revised book on media law is an invaluable tool for every investigative reporter,  and indeed for anyone practising journalism in Canada. Jobb, of course, is editor of the […]

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26 Jan

Le rapport Payette appelle une aide publique à l’information

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">«L'information d'intérêt public ne trouve plus de financement bien qu'elle soit le fondement de nos compétences civiques comme citoyens», a expliqué la professeure Dominique Payette, en présentant ce matin <a href="http://www.etatdelinfo.qc.ca/nouvelle/divers/linformation-au-quebec-un-interet-public">le rapport</a> du Groupe de travail sur le journalisme et l'avenir de l'information. Elle recommande donc que le gouvernement du Québec intervienne financièrement pour soutenir la mission d'informer des médias.</p>

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26 Jan

Journalist crowdsources his news column pitch

Canadian journalist Bill Dunphy is applying for a job as a newspaper news columnist — and he wants your help getting the gig. In a tweet, Dunphy wrote: “What’s a […]

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26 Jan

Canadians just became world’s biggest internet losers

Only here, big telecoms get to say you use ‘too much’ internet and whack on more charges, the CRTC affirmed yesterday. The Tyee’s David Beers reports. YouTube, Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, […]

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