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7 Dec

Éthique: Dupont le midi de CHOI-FM blâmé

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Le Conseil canadien des normes de la radiotélévision (CCNR) juge que divers épisodes de l'émission Dupont le midi, diffusés sur les ondes de CHOI-FM (Radio X, 98,1FM, Québec), ont violé les normes de la radiodiffusion. L'organisme juge que les coanimateurs ont diffusé des informations inexactes sur l’assistance sociale et des représentations indûment négatives des Haïtiens.</p>

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7 Dec

Talk radio show violated broadcast standards: CBSC

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) released three decisions about Quebecois weekday talk radio show Dupont le midi. The CBSC received numerous complaints from 2008-2010 about a range of issues, […]

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7 Dec

Canadian self-censorship vs fearless Indian journalism

Fresh from a trip to India, Howard Bernstein writes about the fearlessness of Indian TV and why Canadian media has lost its mojo. On his blog, Medium Close Up, Bernstein […]

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7 Dec

North Korea leaves us guessing

Big Issue’s weekly task is to highlight what’s on the radar – but once in a while we need to look at what’s off the radar. The shelling of Yeonpyeong […]

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7 Dec

UBC j-students, Globe and Mail investigate hidden cost of shrimp

By Alfred Hermida Twenty-something university students usually head to Thailand in search of exotic adventures. But when a group of 10 University of British Columbia journalism students went almost a […]

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7 Dec

Est-on responsable des contenus en hyperlien?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">La Cour suprême du Canada entend aujourd'hui le cas Wayne Crookes, et al. contre Jon Newton. L'issue de cette poursuite pourrait avoir des répercussions importantes sur les responsabilités légales des propriétaires d'un site web à l'égard des contenus en hyperlien.</p>

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7 Dec

“Serial killers don’t sue you”: Stevie Cameron on writing about Pickton

When investigative journalist Stevie Cameron stepped into a BC courthouse to cover the trail of convicted serial killer Robert Pickton in 2003, she didn’t know much about court reporting. Eight […]

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7 Dec

“If you don’t think you’re a freelancer, think again”: Kim Pittaway

Technology: we can’t ignore it, but we can’t let it replace quality journalism, either. Ira Basen, Kim Pittaway and Claire Brownell talk about social media branding, the challenge of work […]

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7 Dec

The terror beat

Michelle Shephard, who has spent nearly a decade on the Toronto Star’s national security and terrorism beat, talks about Guantanamo detainees, the fall of foreign bureaus and the consequences of […]

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6 Dec

JdeM: la maladresse du syndicat des journalistes

Le lock-out au Journal de Montréal dure depuis maintenant 682 jours. Il a été déclenché le 24 janvier 2009. Pourtant, un mois plus tôt, le 24 décembre 2008, la direction […]

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