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19 Oct

Blame it on neoliberalism: the fix

<p><em>In the final installment of this two-part series, <strong>Nick Fillmore</strong> argues that journalists and community groups must develop larger independent and alternative Canadian media outlets if we want to preserve freedom of expression.</em></p>

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12 Oct

Blame it on neoliberalism

<p><em>In the first of a two-part series, <strong>Nick Fillmore</strong> argues that freedom of expression is threatened because of the way corporate media cater to powerful neoliberals and that small-l liberal ideas that champion the public interest are missing.</em><br /><br /><br />"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."<br />               --  A.J. Liebling, American press critic 1904-1963<br /> <br />

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7 Sep

Coming up in Media magazine

<p><em>J-Source's new Ideas section editor <strong>David McKie</strong> introduces himself, plus gives you a preview of what you can expect from Media magazine's upcoming issue, a Canadian Association of Journalist's publication, and a J-Source content-sharing partner.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong>There will always be a place for journalism that makes a difference</strong></p>

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24 May

Distorted and disconnected: how election coverage “often missed the mark”

Two weeks after the federal election, there’s still lots to be said about how journalists covered the election. Elly Alboim offers a stinging reproach: that journalists missed crucial events and […]

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5 Apr

Sun TV head Luc Lavoie: “I don’t have a social mission”

Sun News lands on the Canadian media landscape in three weeks. Dubbed “Fox News North” in anticipation of its right-wing slant, the Quebec network will rely on the existing controversy […]

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2 Feb

Want to save the media? Give journalists status: report

<p>In the heart of the credit crisis, when it looked as though a handful of large U.S. banks were going to collapse, the government stepped in with a massive bailout and new regulations. In 2009, the Quebec government struck a task force to propose solutions to the province's "media crisis", in light of new technologies that have diluted the industry.<br /><br />The first report from the Working Group on Journalism and the Future of the News has just been published. Among the potential solutions: transforming journalism into a card-carrying profession.<br />

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25 Jan

Aussie academic journal to publish peer-reviewed journalism

By Julie Posetti An Australian journalism professor has started an online academic journal with a twist: It publishes journalism, rather than just studies of journalists and their work. The fledgling […]

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4 Jan

No pulse left at Citytv

In the latest issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, Lindsey Aubin takes a look at how “Toronto’s pioneering station went from everywhere to nowhere as good as it used […]

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10 Sep

Post uses Foursquare to cover TIFF

As the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off, the National Post is partnering with location-based recommendation service Foursquare to add content and context to its festival coverage. The Post‘s senior […]

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7 Sep

How to eliminate the need for paywalls

A paywall reduces readership while disabling the public’s ability to share, comment, link and recommend stories – it’s a philosophical shift from the way we’ve always consumed news. But there […]

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