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10 Sep

The Unknowable Country: Why journalists need more access to BC’s mining data

<p><strong>By Sean Holman</strong></p><p>British Columbia is one of the country's biggest mineral producers. But compared to Americans, British Columbians have very little information about the safety and regulation of that activity.</p><p>And that means journalists, activists and citizens have very little power to stop mining problems before they become mining disasters.</p>

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4 Sep

Media Musings: Does a journalism education still matter?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/University class_5.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons</em></p><p><strong>By Joe Banks</strong></p><p>My students may be shocked to know we’ve posed the question in the headline, since in the asking, there is a suggestion that it doesn’t. So I will confidently and quickly answer in the affirmative before explaining: of course it matters, and it will continue to matter.</p>

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22 Jul

Media Musings: Don’t tell me there aren’t jobs in journalism

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Newsroom.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Jimmy Thomson</em></p><p><strong>By Joe Banks</strong></p><p>It has become a well-worn refrain: there are no jobs in journalism. It’s untrue, but never let truth, as the cliché goes, stand in the way of a good story.</p>

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22 Jul

Joe Banks joins J-Source with new column

<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/Joe Banks_0.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Bruce Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief</strong></p><p>I’m pleased to announce that long-time journalism educator and journalist Joe Banks will write a regular column for J-Source. Media Musings will cover a broad range of issues related to the journalism industry and journalism education, as befits someone with Banks’s experience.</p>

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27 May

The Unknowable Country: Why journalists and governments no longer know what Canadians value

<p><strong>By Sean Holman</strong></p><p>As a result of a lack of federal government funding, Canada wasn't included in the most recent <a href="http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/wvs.jsp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Values Survey</a>—one of the few means we have of knowing what our values are, how we differ from people in other countries and whether those values have changed over time.</p>

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2 May

Ward’s Words: An ethics reform must include the public

<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/Stephen Ward_0.PNG" title="" /> <strong>By Stephen J. A. Ward</strong></p><p>Professional news organizations and associations are seeking—or forced?— to rewrite their codes of ethics in the face of overwhelming change to journalism. </p>

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4 Apr

CBC ombdusman: Viewers can draw their own conclusions

<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/Esther Enkin_2.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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4 Apr

Globe public editor: Why endorsing Harper doesn’t mean not criticizing him

<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/Stead_16.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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3 Apr

CBC ombudsman: Senators’ travel expenses reported fairly

<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/Esther Enkin_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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3 Apr

Globe public editor: Excellent article, wrong photograph

<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/Stead_14.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor for <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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