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4 May

Conservatives Kill CAIRS

The federal Conservatives have quietly killed an access to information registry used by journalists, experts and the public that users say helped hold the government accountable. The Coordination of Access […]

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3 May

Death threats to Canadian journalists

Vancouver Sun reporter Kim Bolan writes on World Press Freedom Day about her first-hand knowledge of death threats to journalists in Canada: “I was still startled two months ago to […]

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2 May

How China censors the Internet

“How do (China’s) communist sentinels of cyberspace manage to control the information flow so precisely?” asks der Spiegel — and answers its own question, in depth. An excerpt from How […]

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2 May

Canada oasis of press rights in hostile world: Kothawala

Anne Kothawala, President and CEO of the Canadian Newspaper Association, has some thoughts about freedom of expression in Canada and the world, published in the Globe and Mail to mark […]

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2 May

Predators of press freedom

For World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Reporters Without Borders has issued its new list of the “predators of press freedom.” They are, says RSF, “men and women who […]

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2 May

Lauréats des Prix de la liberté de la presse

Association canadienne des journaux/CNW Telbec | Les journalistes Joel-Denis Bellavance et Gilles Toupin, du bureau d’Ottawa de La Presse, remportent le 10e Prix annuel de la liberté de la presse, décerné […]

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2 May

When citizen journalism becomes advocacy

This Poynter E-Media Tid-bit takes a quick look at the issue of citizen journalism being used for and against non-profits.

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2 May

Renewed purpose in Abu Dhabi

by Ray Beauchemin Last night we put to bed another issue of The National, the new English-language newspaper that has taken up residence in Abu Dhabi. We’ve only been publishing […]

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2 May

ABC: Le Québec fait bonne figure

Infopresse | L’analyse des données publiées par l’Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) pour les quotidiens de Montréal et du reste du Québec démontre une stabilité générale des tirages, alors que la tendance est à la […]

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1 May

Call for Justicia awards nominations

Nominations are being sought for the 9th annual Justicia Awards for Excellence in Journalism. The Justicia Awards celebrate outstanding broadcast and print news stories that foster public awareness and understanding […]

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