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7 Jan

How to butcher your students’ writing…nicely

<p><strong>By Nicole Blanchett Neheli, Field Notes Editor</strong></p>

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9 Dec

My morning with Nelson Mandela

<p><em>Many journalists have worked on a Nelson Mandela story, far fewer are lucky enough to have met him. Michael Smith (left) shares his personal brush with greatness, and describes how Mandela left an impression that will last a lifetime.</em></p><p><img alt="Michael Smith with Nelson Mandela" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/michaelmandela_0.png" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Michael Smith</strong></p>

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9 Dec

Crowdsourcing broadcast tips on Canadian Broadcasters Facebook group

<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/simonpic_0.png" title="" /></p>

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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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21 Nov

Behind-the-scenes: How CBC’s David Common reported from the Philippines

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/David Common_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By David Common, for the CBC Editor's Blog</strong></p><p>Ever pack too much for a trip? Well, the prospect of your overweight plane crashing into the ocean certainly helps prioritize what's important.</p>

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12 Nov

Crossing the line? The controversy sparked by Carol Todd’s blog post

<p><em>The Vancouver Sun won the 2013 Jack Webster Award for Best Reporting of the Year in Print for its coverage of Amanda Todd—who committed suicide after posting a video detailing being bullied.</em> <em>But a blog post by Todd’s mother, Carol, that described how the Sun's stories came about raised eyebrows in the journalism community. Then the blog post was edited and later removed entirely. Mount Royal journalism professor </em><em><strong>Brad Clark </strong></em><em>spoke to J-Source reporter Eric Mark Do about the ethical concerns.</em></p>

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5 Nov

Catching a break in Nairobi: How two Canadian freelancers covered the Westgate mall shooting

<p><strong>By Adam Bemma</strong></p><p>Two recent Canadian journalism graduates, dreaming of careers as international journalists, caught the break of a lifetime while on <a href="http://www.akfc.ca/join-us/international-development.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fellowships with the Aga Khan Foundation Canada</a>.</p><p>Wanting to combine her passion for journalism and travel, French journalist Flavie Halais applied for, and was awarded, the international fellowship. "I dreamed of working abroad as a journalist covering international issues," she said.</p>

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24 Oct

SABAR introduces free terminology guidebook for reporting on Aboriginal issues

<p><strong>By Eric Mark Do </strong></p><p>Journalist Waubgeshig Rice is a First Nations member, but that doesn't automatically mean he can answer every question about Aboriginal issues.</p><p>“I have been asked how to pronounce the name of a community in Nunavut, whereas I'm Ojibway. I'm not Inuit. I don't know how to speak Inuktitut,” he said. “But a (former) coworker would assume that I had that knowledge just because I'm another Indian, I guess.”</p>

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8 Oct

20 years out of j-school: Comparing journalism past and present

<p><em>Twenty years ago, field notes editor Nicole Blanchett Neheli graduated from Ryerson's journalism program. News practice has changed remarkably between now and then. Here, she looks at the past, present and future of an industry trying to grapple with a rapidly changing media landscape and lots of uncharted territory.</em></p>

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24 Sep

How CBC covered the Ottawa train crash

<p> </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Ottawa_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Jane Anido, managing director of CBC Ottawa, for the CBC <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/community/editorsblog/2013/09/covering-the-ottawa-train-bus-crash.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Editor's Blog</em></a></strong></p>

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