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3 Jun

2008 CAJ conference panels now online

CPAC recorded and aired two panels from the Canadian Association of Journalists national conference in Edmonton in May: “Talk Radio” and “Human Rights Commissions”. The panels can be viewed online […]

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3 Jun

“A quoi sert un journaliste ?” par Alain Girard

Premier Secrétaire général du Syndicat national des journalistes | A quoi sert un journaliste ? Les réponses ne manquent pas : décrypter le monde ; informer le citoyen et lui […]

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3 Jun

Le salut de TQS passe par la télévision parlée

Richard Therrien, Le Soleil | Le salut de TQS passe par la «télévision parlée». On ne cueillera plus la nouvelle, on se contentera de la commenter à partir d’Internet et […]

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3 Jun

TQS: le plan de Remstar reçoit un accueil froid au CRTC

Vincent Broussou-Pouliot, La Presse Affaires | Les frères Maxime et Julien Rémillard ont connu une première journée pénible devant le Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, qui a […]

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2 Jun

CAJ intervenes in BC human rights hearings

The CAJ has won intervenor status at the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal hearings on a complaint of religious and racial discrimination against Maclean’s magazine. The CAJ is intervening in defence […]

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2 Jun

Maclean’s human rights case not over

While the complaints against Maclean’s were dismissed in Ontario in April, the BC human rights commission will hear the case this week. The CAJ — who stepped in the first time around calling for amendments […]

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2 Jun

Whos to say what you can say?

The unfolding spat between Mark Steyn and Maclean‘s magazine and the Canadian Islamic Congress is symptomatic of a profound debate brewing in Canada. Two groups, both representing core democratic ideals, […]

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2 Jun

Offensive journalism fuels Facebook advocacy

When you’re shocked and appalled by what you read in the papers, you have a number of recourses. File a human rights complaint or a law suit. Write a letter […]

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2 Jun

International perspectives on offensive journalism

What offends you? The dead body of an Iraqi child? The irreverent use of a religious symbol? The boiling down of modern geopolitics into a simple formula of ‘us’ versus […]

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2 Jun

Journalism the worse for newspaper’s erosion

An Atlantic piece celebrating the Web suggests journalism will only benefit from online technology. Deb Jones in Town Hall thinks not.

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