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12 Feb

Briarpatch takes legal action over access-to-information requests

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Briarpatch_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p> </p><p><strong>By Rachel Aiello</strong></p><p>Three Regina-based writers have filed a statement of claim against Northern Village of Pinehouse, a Saskatchewan community of fewer than 1,000 people, and its mayor who they say have refused to release documents requested under the access-to-information act, despite the urgings of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner.</p>

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12 Feb

Tow study finds single-subject news sites fill gaps in news coverage

<p><strong>By Angela MacKenzie</strong></p><p>In recent years, there has been a shift towards hypertopical news sites that cater to a niche micro audience. A new study out of the Tow Centre for Digital Journalism, <em><a href="http://towcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Seeking-The-Single-Subject-News-Model.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Seeking the Single-Subject News Model</a>, </em>explores how these sites are filling the gaps created when traditional newsrooms can no longer keep consistent coverage on more complex issues.</p>

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12 Feb

News Blackouts

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12 Feb

Greg Clark Award accepting applications

<p style="margin-left:2.25pt;">Early-career journalists looking to spend a week exploring their beat in greater depth are encouraged to apply for The Canadian Journalism Foundation's <a href="http://cjf-fjc.ca/content/greg-clark-award" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Clark Award</a>.</p><p>The award was created in memory of one of Canada's greatest journalists - a war correspondent, an avid outdoorsman, a humorist, but above all, a great reporter who excelled at storytelling. The deadline for applications is <strong>March 14, 2014.</strong></p>

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12 Feb

5 neat things about The Globe and Mail’s Olympics site

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>In a move that shows how <em>The Globe and Mail</em> is shifting from newspaper-first to mobile-first thinking, the paper built an <a href="http://on.theglobeandmail.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">entirely new website for its Olympics coverage</a> on the free WordPress platform. J-Source spoke with the site’s creators—mobile editor Matt Frehner and multimedia editor Stuart A. Thompson.</p>

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12 Feb

Classement RSF: le Canada gagne deux places

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/images_0.jpg" title="" />Après avoir dégringolé au vingtième rang l’an dernier, derrière le Costa Rica et la Namibie, le Canada grappille deux petits points cette année pour se classer au dix-huitième rang d’un classement marqué surtout par la chute vertigineuse des États-Unis, quarante-sixièmes.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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11 Feb

Mining.com hiring full-time business editor and reporter

<p>MINING.com, a leading news and blog site covering the resource sector, is looking for a full-time business editor and reporter.</p><p>Duties are the following:</p><ul><li>Researching and writing articles</li><li>Editing articles</li><li>Identifying, formatting and resizing appropriate graphics</li><li>Securing usage rights</li><li>Publishing newsletters</li><li>Soliciting news and blog submissions</li><li>Developing marketing strategies</li><li>Contributing to MINING.com’s social media presence</li></ul><p>The following skills and abilities are required:</p>

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11 Feb

Grassroots organization launches toolkit for reporting on sexual assault

<p><a href="http://femifesto.ca/home/media-toolkit/"><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/femifesto_0.JPG" title="" /></a></p><p><strong>By Mary-Katherine Boss, Student Lounge Editor                        </strong></p><p>A grassroots organization has developed a toolkit to help Canadian journalists do a better job of reporting on sexual assault.</p>

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11 Feb

CBC ombudsman: Polling pitfalls

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Enkin_13_1_29_1.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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11 Feb

Un nouveau départ pour ProjetJ

<p><strong>ProjetJ deviendra autonome grâce au soutien de ses donateurs.</strong></p><p><em>Par Colette Brin, membre du comité de direction de ProjetJ</em></p><p>En ce début d’année 2014, l’observatoire indépendant du journalisme, ProjetJ, a repris ses activités avec une organisation sensiblement modifiée.</p>

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