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2 Mar

Register now for Winnipeg investigative journalism conference

<p>Dozens of speakers from around the world have confirmed their attendance at an international conference on investigative journalism in Winnipeg, and more are expected in the coming weeks.</p><p>Holding Power to Account: Investigative Journalism, Democracy and Human Rights will be held June 13-15 this year. It is being jointly organized by the University of Winnipeg and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.</p>

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10 Feb

The Unknowable Country: What Postmedia’s torching of its parliamentary bureau means for the future of investigative reporting on the Hill

<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/Postmedia newspapers_3.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sean Holman</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.postmedia.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Postmedia Network Inc.</a>'s decision to <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/postmedia-eliminates-parliamentary-bureau">torch</a> its parliamentary bureau last week will inevitably compromise the newspaper chain's ability to produce investigative public affairs reporting.</p>

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29 Jan

Getting at the truth: Organic answers or misleading information?

<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/Fruits_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Cecil Rosner</strong></p><p>In the delicate dialogue which media conduct daily with various levels of government, reporters sometimes come away with a feeling they are being misled.</p><p>It's not every day that proof of this suspicion surfaces. But that's exactly what happened in a recent story CBC reported on the testing of organic fruits and vegetables.</p>

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6 Dec

Why journalists should practise safe data hygiene

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Doig_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" />At the Investigative Reporters and Editors workshop in Toronto last month, Steve Doig talked to journalists about <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/ire-toronto-watchdog-workshop-day-1">protecting themselves and sources from government surveillance</a>.</p>

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29 Nov

Why the fifth estate created an animated documentary

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26 Nov

Fatal Care: Fighting for records in Alberta

<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/EJ Fatal Care_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Karen Kleiss, for the <a href="http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/children-in-care/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Edmonton Journal</em></a></strong></p><p>This project started in 2009 with a single question: How many children have died in provincial care?</p>

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9 Nov

IRE Toronto Watchdog Workshop Day 2

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9 Nov

IRE Toronto Watchdog Workshop Day 1

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23 Oct

Global investigative journalism conference draws record numbers

<p><strong>By Cecil Rosner, Investigative Journalism editor</strong></p><p>Journalists from nearly 90 countries traded stories and techniques at this year’s Global Investigative Journalism Conference, discussing everything from corruption scandals in Ukraine to an undercover expose of child murders in Ghana.</p>

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16 Oct

Crossing the 49th: Investigative journalism wisdom from both sides of the border

<p><strong>By Rob Cribb</strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px;">The best journalism has scope.</span></p><p>Same goes for the best journalism training.</p><p>A unique convergence of some of the best investigative minds from across the continent is coming to Toronto Nov. 9 and 10 for a cross-border event co-hosted by the CAJ Educational Foundation and the U.S.-based Investigative Reporters and Editors.</p>

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