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10 Mar

Why I Write: Stanley Fish explains

“Every once in a while I feel that it might be helpful to readers if I explained what it is I am trying to do in these columns,” wrote Stanley […]

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10 Mar

Canadian Geographic Photo Club

Join the Canadian Geographic Photo Club for free and become a part of CG’s growing community of photographers. You can create your own personal gallery, upload your best photos, and enjoy the […]

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10 Mar

Improving accuracy: creating a newsroom system

Eduardo Lorea describes how eight newspapers in southern Brazil are working to identify and avoid their most common errors, using a common process and database application.

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10 Mar

Las Vegas Sun more wrong than right?

A lengthy correction in the March 4 Las Vegas Sun has drawn both praise and suspicion from the media industry. On the one hand, it’s very brave of the Sun to […]

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10 Mar

J-Source is hiring

Canadian Journalism FoundationJob Posting for Associate Editor, Canadian Journalism Project (J-Source.ca)   Full-time contract positionStart Date: April/May, 2008 (negotiable)Term of Contract: 1 year contractLocation: TorontoSalary: $30,000 – $40,000 / year, commensurate […]

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10 Mar

Cheese maker suing Quebec papers for defamation

(CP) Cheese maker Saputo Inc. is suing several Quebec newspapers and journalists who work for them for defamation over stories linking founder and chairman Lino Saputo to the Italian Mafia.

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10 Mar

Post appeals ruling that curbs source protection

NewsOntario’s highest court has overturned a ruling — the first of its kind in Canada — that granted a journalist the right to protect a confidential source. The Feb. 29, […]

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10 Mar

Keeping a sane distance: trauma, tragedy, and the reporter

Ethan Baron, J-source.ca | I had a dream about Willie Pickton the night after he was sentenced to life in prison. I’d already had nightmares after gruesome days in court, […]

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10 Mar

Manitoba: Décès d’un pionnier de la radiodiffusion francophone

Radio-Canada.ca | L’un des premiers artisans de la radio et de la télévision en français au Manitoba, Léo Rémillard, est mort à l’âge de 89 ans le samedi 8 mars. […]

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10 Mar

Magazine apologizes for Harry story

An Australian magazine that reported Prince Harry was serving with British troops in Afghanistan has apologized for the story, the Associated Press reports. In an unsigned item in the magazine, […]

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