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9 Feb

All about paywalls

It looks like paywalls are going to be a fact of life, writes Ira Basen, after The New York Times announced plans to raise a “metered paywall” on its website.  […]

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9 Feb

Olympic cheerleading stains journalists’ credibility

The Winter Olympic Games are more about marketing  and corporations than athletes — and journalists should not become part of all the hype and hoopla, argues Jim Van Horne. In […]

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9 Feb

No medals for Canada

If freedom of expression were an Olympic event, Canada’s medal hopes would not be looking so good, according to this J-Source post. The post is a response to the detaining […]

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9 Feb

J-school faculty out of date

Are J-schools bad for the news business? A visiting professor at Ryerson University, Jeffrey Dvorkin asks the question this week on his blog. Dvorkin, a former chief journalist at CBC […]

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9 Feb

B.C. series probes court file access

NewsThe Victoria Times Colonist has published a four-day series exposing glaring inconsistencies in public access to court records at British Columbia courthouses. Some court officials cited a legally flawed, 16-year-old […]

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8 Feb

Anti-Olympic activist stopped at border

If free expression were an Olympic event, Canada’s medal hopes would not be looking good. The latest in a string of disturbing incidents: Chicago activist, Olympics critic and part-time reporter […]

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8 Feb

Media consultant Frank Magid dies at 78

Television news consultant Frank N. Magid died in hospital in California, The Washington Post reports. Magid worked with CBC News, most recently on its 2009 relaunch. Magid had worked with […]

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8 Feb

Avoiding real and perceived conflicts of interest

Avoiding conflicts of interest — both real and perceived — has always been important in journalism ethics because they can cause readers to “question the integrity of the journalists work,” […]

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8 Feb

Galloway to host Toronto’s Metro Morning

Beginning March 1, Matt Galloway will take over as host of CBC’s Toronto morning show Metro Morning, CBC News reports. Galloway spoke with Andy Barrie briefly after his appointment was […]

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7 Feb

Censorship of a “journalist” — or routine border patrol?

Activists issued a press release about how 20-year-old Martin Macias Jr., an American on his way to join a protest planned against the 2010 Olympic Games this week, was refused […]

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