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18 Dec

Ombudsman de Radio-Canada | Cas Gilles Mercier

Pour votre information, voici la nouvelle révision de l’ombudsman adressée à monsieur Gilles Mercier, le 14 décembre, concernant l’utilisation du raccourci *Haïtien* pour désigner les Québécois d’origine haïtienne.

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17 Dec

Radler gets 29-month jail term

David Radler, Conrad Black’s one-time employee, was sentenced to less than half the prison time Black is facing, Canoe.ca reports. Radler, who testified against the former media mogul on fraud […]

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17 Dec

Depending on Iraqi journalists

The New York Times looks at the dependence of Western news organizations on freelancers in Iraq. The focus is the case of photographer Bilal Hussein,who had a hand in The […]

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17 Dec

J-Source editors’ picks 2007

Town Hall edited by Deb Jones“On suing Maclean’s” — the Canadian Islamic Congress has complained to Ontario, British Columbia and the Federal Human Rights Commissions that Maclean’s published an “Islamophobic […]

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17 Dec

Quebecor has new CEO

(CP) Wes Lucas has quit as chief executive of struggling commercial printer Quebecor World Inc. “to pursue other opportunities” in the United States and will be replaced by CFO Jacques […]

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17 Dec

Crunks 2007: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections

Craig Silverman, the Canadian mastermind behind Regret The Error, has compiled his annual roundup of “oops”es. Headings include “Apology of the Year” (Sunday Times UK, for clumsily retracting statements about Lord […]

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17 Dec

CAJ extends fellowship deadline

The Canadian Association of Journalists is extending the closing date of the CAJ/CIDA Fellowship call for entries to December 30, 2007. All applications should be postmarked that date or before. […]

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14 Dec

What to do when peace breaks out – advice for journalists

The Media Diversity Institute has a resource section on its website that provides a selection of articles on the theory and practice of the media’s role in reporting peace, including […]

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14 Dec

War journalism and peace journalism

The ongoing Middle East crisis has clearly been exacerbated by much of the reporting, with frequent and furious claims of bias from both sides. In practical terms, how else might […]

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14 Dec

February 9-10, 2008: Journalism in a Violent World

The Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence & Trauma’s inaugural conference – Journalism in a Violent World – will bring together journalists, health care professionals, media analysts and journalism educators from across […]

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