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28 Jun

Journos overheard mocking Palin on live mic

A group of journalists covering Sarah Palin’s speech in Turlock, California didn’t realize the mic was still live when the mocking began. Hear the results below. Our favourite quip: “I […]

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28 Jun

New journalism fellowship aimed at adult literacy

ABC Life Literacy Canada has launched a new $2000 fellowship aimed at providing financial assistance to a journalist interested in researching and producing a story (print or broadcast) related to […]

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28 Jun

Digital journalist survival guide

From API to cloud computing to XML, PoynterOnline has created an extensive glossary of tech terms every journalist should know. Here’s a selection (but check out the full list for […]

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28 Jun

G20: At least one reporter beaten, several arrested

Toronto journalist Jesse Rosenfeld was arrested and beaten outside the G20 security fence near Toronto’s downtown Novotel hotel on Saturday night. According to his own account of events and that […]

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28 Jun

CTV field producer arrested during G20

CTV field producer Farzad Fatholahzadeh was covering the G20 protests at Queen’s Park when he was tackled by plainclothes police officers. Police put him in handcuffs and took him to […]

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28 Jun

National Post photographers arrested during G20

National Post photographers Brett Gundlock and Colin O’Connor were arrested while covering the G20 Summit. Check out the Post’s photo of police officers tackling Gundlock. The pair were taken into […]

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28 Jun

Time’s best blogs of 2010

Time Magazine‘s annual list of  ‘best blogs’ includes a few journalism blogs, but not many–and certainly no Canadian journalism blogs. Which makes us at J-Source wonder: was it an oversight […]

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28 Jun

Stuff for summer

Summer is officially upon us! For j-school students, it’s been going on for a couple of months now, and for our younger compatriots, the j-school students to-be (i.e., the newly […]

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28 Jun

Interview with journalist arrested and beaten covering G20

In a Rabble Radio podcast, journalist Jesse Rosenfeld speaks about covering the G20, his violent arrest, and the conditions in the holding cell. Rosenfeld was on assignment for The Guardian, […]

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27 Jun

Canadian journalist arrested, possibly beaten

By Anna Mehler Paperny Jesse Rosenfeld, a Canadian journalist reporting on the G20 for the Guardian newspaper, has been arrested and possibly beaten, his friends and father say.His girlfriend, Carmelle […]

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