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7 Sep

A Canadian editor in the Congo

Toronto Star editor Michael Cooke visits DR Congo with Journalists for Human Rights’ Rachel Pulfer – and discovers just how tough journalists there have to be. The streets of Kinshasa […]

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7 Sep

Grievance journalism: restricted access inspires series

Three Victoria Times-Colonist journalists, frustrated by repeated delays in accessing public court documents, decided to conduct an experiment with the BC court system. What they found – that the public […]

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7 Sep

Covering the “Tamil ghost ship”: a laurel to the Globe

When Canadians heard that a boatload of Tamil refugees was headed our way, reactions quickly divided between “Keep the queue-jumpers out” and “Welcome the huddled masses.” It was a good […]

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7 Sep

Back to school

<p><img align="Right" alt="" border="0" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/taking%20notes.jpg" style="width: 176px; height: 106px;" title="" vspace="5" />This week, teachers and students in <a href="/category/education-research/j-schools-and-programs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canada’s journalism programs</a> are gearing up for a new year of learning, debating, chasing stories and sweating deadlines. <span style="font-style: italic;">J-Source</span> is a good place to jump-start the year.

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7 Sep

Andy Barrie is Ryerson’s new scholar in residence

CBC radio personality Andy Barrie will join Ryerson University as scholar in residence for the Faculty of Communication & Design (FCAD). A press release says that Barrie, the former host […]

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7 Sep

Afghanistan: journalistes otages depuis 252 jours

Le journaliste japonais Kosuke Tsuneoka a été libéré samedi soir après cinq mois de captivité en Afghanistan. Par contre, deux journalistes français de la chaîne France 3, Hervé Ghesquière et […]

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3 Sep

Reports of layoffs and buyouts at Postmedia newspapers

Newspaper employees in Victoria, Vancouver and Calgary offered voluntary buyouts and some may already be laid off, according to a report in The Globe and Mail.

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3 Sep

Rue Frontenac prépare un hebdo papier

Forts du succès de leur site d’information RueFrontenac.com, les journalistes en lock-out du Journal de Montréal lanceront un hebdomadaire imprimé à la fin du mois d’octobre. Ce tabloïd de 48 […]

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3 Sep

Former Metro editor joins Toronto Star in shuffle in sports, multimedia, training, and visuals

Toronto Star’s deputy city editor, Jon Filson, takes over sports in an editorial shuffle announced today that also sees former Metro editor Dianne Rinehart join as editor of the weekend […]

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2 Sep

Covering Afghanistan

Journalism.co.uk is publishing extracts from Afghanistan, War and the Media: Deadlines and Frontlines by Vaughan Smith. It’s an interesting read.

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