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2 May

J-Source live blog of CAJ Conference Day 2

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2 May

J-Source live blog of CAJ Conference Day 1

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24 Apr

The emergence of the market for data-journalism skills

<p><strong style="font-size: 10px;">By David McKie</strong></p>

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23 Apr

Live blog: CJF J-Talk with Tyler Brûlé

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9 Apr

Pondering journalism’s future in a digital universe

<p><strong>By David McKie</strong></p><p>The increasing number of publications turning to the Internet for economic salvation has prompted a fundamental debate about where our business is heading and what kind of skills journalists will need. Newspapers like <em>The Globe and Mail</em> are shifting more of their content behind firewalls. The <em>Toronto Star</em> is using its digital platform to showcase some of its long-form, investigative journalism.</p>

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19 Dec

Why shouldn’t newsrooms work with the marketing department?

<p><em>No journalist would ever suggest that commercial interests should override editorial independence. But as Canadian Press editor-in-chief <strong>Scott White</strong> explains, some editorial managers are saying the time has come to reinvent and re-examine everything – including knocking some holes in the metaphorical wall between those who produce content and those who sell it.</em></p><p><strong>By Scott White, Editor-in-Chief, The Canadian Press</strong></p>

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13 Dec

The emotional commitment to objective journalism

<p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Impartiality and objectivity as bloodless norms is an absurd caricature, argues <strong>Stephen J.A. Ward</strong> in the latest issue of Media magazine. </em></p><p><strong>Intro by David McKie</strong></p>

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5 Dec

How they got the story: Kenneth Jackson on APTN’s Bruce Carson affair scoop

<p><em>‘Escort, pimp, senior policy advisor to Harper, native affairs and government contracts.’ Those were the words of a source that piqued<strong> Kenneth Jackson</strong>’s interest and began an investigation that would lead Jackson and APTN's <strong>Jorge Barrera</strong> to uncover the Bruce Carson affair. Jackson explains how they got the story. </em></p><p> </p><p><strong>Introduction by <em>Media </em>mag editor David McKie</strong></p>

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21 Nov

How I got the photo: NNA winner Rich Lam on the Vancouver riots’ kissing couple

<p><em>Once <strong>Rich Lam</strong>'s photo of a couple during the Stanley Cup riots in Vancouver in 2011 went viral, its authenticity was questioned. Lam discusses the impact unethical photographers and editors can have on photojournalism as a whole.</em></p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Picture 1_0.png" title="" /></p><p> </p><p><strong>Doubting the kiss</strong></p><p><strong>Introduction by David McKie</strong></p>

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13 Nov

How I got the story: CAJ award-winner Andrew Stobo Sniderman on residential schools

<p><em><strong>Andrew Stobo Sniderman </strong>explains how, on a whim, he ended up bearing witness to stories of pain and suffering of First Nations peoples who survived Canada’s residential schools.</em></p><p><strong>Reconciling with the past</strong></p><p><strong>Introduction by David McKie</strong></p>

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