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14 Jan

Surdose d’information

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>Par Josée Guillemette et Jérôme Soucy, étudiants à l'Université Laval</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">La grippe H1N1 sévit. Trente-trois mineurs sont emprisonnés sous terre au Chili. Lindsay Lohan est incarcérée. Toutes ces nouvelles ont été grandement médiatisées au Québec. Il est toutefois possible de douter de leur valeur informative. Pour plusieurs, ces nouvelles ont été surmédiatisées. Portrait de ce phénomène dans une industrie de l’information en crise.</p>

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14 Jan

Arizona shooting: news orgs compete for source on Twitter

In the wake of the Arizona shooting, a woman named Caitie Parker announced via Twitter that “I went to high school, college, & was in a band with the gunman.” […]

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13 Jan

CJFE concerned that Vancouver journalist may be forced to reveal her source

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is troubled by a British Columbia judge’s ruling ordering a reporter with the Vancouver newspaper The Province to identify a confidential source. The ruling, […]

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12 Jan

Wakefield coverage called a journalistic failure

An article in the Montreal Gazette condemns journalism for failing to show assertions by a British doctor that vaccinations could cause autism. Freelancer Neil Cameron notes: “The widespread fears about […]

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12 Jan

Haïti: Les médias ont oublié la reconstruction

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>Collaboration spéciale: Ali Dostie et Joannie Pelletier Marion </i></p>

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12 Jan

New position at Ryerson: Journalism assistant professor

Ryerson University’s school of journalism is hiring an assistant professor. See the job posting here. 

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12 Jan

Media lessons learned in Haiti

From testing out new tools (SMS, crowdsourcing) to relying on older ones, Nieman Journalism Lab shows us what the media should learn from Haiti’s earthquake response, one year later. Nieman‘s […]

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11 Jan

CBSC rules reporting crash victim would “likely die” not misleading

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has published its decision about a story about a fatal highway head-on collision broadcast by CTV British Columbia. The CBSC ruled that the reporter […]

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11 Jan

Andrew Phillips to be Toronto Star’s new editorial page editor

Andrew Phillips, the Toronto Star‘s business editor and former editor of the Montreal Gazette, will become the Toronto Star’s editorial page editor, effective Jan. 10, 2011. Longtime ed page editor […]

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11 Jan

Extended deadline: J-Source second annual Journalism Integrity Award

Do you know someone who has inspired working journalists, educators or audiences with their work? The Journalism Integrity Award recognizes a person or organization that has had a positive impact […]

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