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11 Apr

Why did Peter Mansbridge choose to go into journalism?

<p>Nearing his 45th anniversary at The CBC, Peter Mansbridge explains how he came to be a journalist. </p>

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11 Apr

Willfully blind: A closer look at the Margaret Wente plagiarism scandal and what it says about The Globe and Mail’s institutional arrogance

<p><strong>By Brittany Devenyi, Gianluca Inglesi, and Rhiannon Russell</strong></p><p><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/RRJ-small_1.PNG" title="" /></p>

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11 Apr

What to expect in RRJ’s final summer issue

<p><strong>By Rhiannon Russell</strong></p><p><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/RRJ-small.PNG" title="" />When I walked into the school as a green, wannabe reporter and set eyes on the <em>Ryerson Review of Journalism</em>, I was already planning to be on that masthead.</p>

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11 Apr

Ryerson Review of Journalism defends its Wentegate analysis

<p><strong>By Brittany Devenyi and Rhiannon Russell</strong></p>

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9 Apr

The Lance gets temporary reprieve; must submit new operating plan by month’s end

<p><em>The Lance, </em>the University of Windsor campus paper, received a temporary reprieve from the student government to print the final edition of the semester.   </p>

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8 Apr

University of Windsor Student Alliance calls emergency meeting after outcry over decision to end print publication of campus paper The Lance

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>The University of Windsor Student Alliance has pulled the plug on the print publication of the campus paper <em>The Lance</em>.</p><p>The 85-year-old newspaper was ordered to end all its print productions immediately, following a decision made last Wednesday. But following student outcry and a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/canadianuniversitypress/posts/185926254891995">Facebook compaign</a> to save the newspaper, the board of directors called an emergency open meeting Monday at 4:30 p.m.</p>

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8 Apr

Double Standard for Reporting Rape?

<p>A Toronto man reported to police that he was sexually assaulted by four women Sunday, and the reaction on social media was something to take note of. <strong>Eric Mark Do</strong> documented some of it here. </p>

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4 Apr

Twitter tips for journalism students from Mark Luckie, Twitter’s manager of journalism and news

<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dmFi8-Fcm7Y" width="560"></iframe></p><p> </p><p>Twitter's manager of journalism and news, Mark Luckie, gives tips for getting the most out of the social media platform. This was part of a joint venture "to develop social media training in the newsroom and classroom." </p><p><em>via</em> <em>SPJ DePaul</em></p><p><strong>Related links on J-Source:</strong></p>

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4 Apr

Peter Mansbridge’s advice for young journalists

<p>Here is Peter Mansbridge's advice for young journalists, following a question from a CBC viewer. </p>

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20 Mar

Exposing Canada’s back door: How a King’s journalism class got an NNA nomination for their investigation into P.E.I’s cash-for-residency immigration policy

<p><em>J-Source goes behind the story of the National Newspaper Award-nominated story <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/05/09/pei-immigrant-provincial-nominee-program_n_1499502.html">“Cashing In: Inside PEI’s Controversial Immigrant Partner Programs.”</a> Laura Armstrong, a graduate of University of King’s College journalism program and deputy editor for “Cashing In,” explains how their student investigative workshop exposed the inner workings of the province's immigration program.</em></p>

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