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18 Dec

The Rob Ford fiasco contains many lessons for journalists

<p><strong>By David McKie, Ideas Editor</strong></p><p>Just when you think the Rob Ford story cannot produce any more news, another development comes along that turns into headline material, the latest development being his <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/12/17/toronto_councillors_say_reporter_daniel_dales_lawsuit_against_rob_ford_is_justified.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apology</a> to <em>Toronto Star</em> reporter Daniel Dale, which did little to stave off a libel suit.</p>

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1 Nov

Opinion: Canada’s access-to-information system is going downhill and fast

<p><strong>By David McKie, Ideas Editor</strong></p><p>As we continue to watch the Senate controversy swirl and highjack Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s agenda, it’s easy to overlook the criticism that seems to be the root cause of the problems besetting the Conservatives.</p><p>Excessive secrecy is the common denominator in many of the scandals that have side-swiped the government: the Afghan detainees, the F-35s, the in-and-out controversy, robocalls and now the Senate.</p>

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11 Sep

Back to school: A growing number of colleges and universities now offer data journalism courses

<p><strong>By David McKie, J-Source Ideas Editor</strong></p><p>Over the years, I’ve used this space and countless pages in <em>Media</em> magazine to explain, promote and then explain again the virtues of data journalism.</p>

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11 Sep

Back to school: How to crowdsource a data journalism course

<p><strong>By Chad Skelton</strong></p><p>One of the dirty secrets about data journalism—one you don’t hear very often in all the hype about how it’s going to revolutionize reporting—is that data journalism is hard. Especially for journalists who are more comfortable with words than spreadsheets and who got into journalism in the first place because they didn’t like math.</p>

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20 Aug

The challenges of investigative reporting as a freelancer

<div> </div><div><em>In this <a href="http://caj.ca//wp-content/uploads/2010/mediamag/Summer%202013/Media_Summer2013_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">special edition of </a></em><a href="http://caj.ca//wp-content/uploads/2010/mediamag/Summer%202013/Media_Summer2013_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Media</a><em><a href="http://caj.ca//wp-content/uploads/2010/mediamag/Summer%202013/Media_Summer2013_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> magazine</a>, journalists take us behind the scenes of their award-winning work, explaining how they got their stories, the obstacles they faced, and perhaps most important, valua

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31 Jul

The story behind The Ottawa Citizen’s coverage of the Nortel criminal trial

<p><em>James Bagnall changed his view of Nortel’s accounting in advance of the yearlong trial involving Frank Dunn, Douglas Beatty and Michael Gollogly. The trick was being open-minded enough to go where the facts led him.</em></p><p><strong>By James Bagnall for <a href="http://www.caj.ca/?p=391"><em>Media</em> magazine</a></strong></p>

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31 Jul

Media magazine editor says 2012 awards edition is the ‘best ever’

<p><strong>By David McKie</strong></p><p>The robocalls <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/22/racknine-inc-fraudulent-election-calls-traced/">story</a> became a reality after Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher acted on those tips journalists love receving.  And then they kept digging. And digging. And digging.</p>

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4 Jun

Looking back, looking forward: The art of obituary writing

<p><strong>By Sandra Martin</strong></p>

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3 Jun

Demand for local television news coverage still strong despite abrupt closing of CityNews Channel

<p><strong>By Ellin Bessner</strong></p><p>The abrupt closing of <a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wzmR6QmJiH8J:www.rogersmedia.com/fr/node/616+citynews+channel&cd=37&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&client=safari">CityNews Channel</a> on May 30 came at an inopportune time for news consumers in the Greater Toronto Area, observers say, because it happened while appetite for local news coverage is stronger than usual, thanks to the continuing scandal surrounding Mayor Rob Ford and the alleged video showing him smoking crack cocaine. </p>

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5 May

J-Source live blog of CAJ Conference Day 3

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