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10 May

French investigative news site unique

<p>‪By Pierre Chauvin</p><p>‪Mediapart is rare publication because it publishes exclusively online, focusing on investigative journalism. It also has a paywall and doesn’t rely on traditional advertising.</p><p><img align="right" alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/image001.jpg" title="" />But, where this French news company is most unique is that it is profitable when so many others are struggling to make money. </p>

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8 May

Newspapers Canada considering a national press council

<p><strong style="font-size: 10px;">By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Newspapers Canada is considering a plan put forth by the Ontario Press Council to establish a national press council. The decision comes after a <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/139826701/Press-Councils-Report-Final">Ryerson University study</a> on the state of press councils in Canada, which concluded the press councils were ineffective in their present form and did not meet the geographical and digital realities of the publishing industry.</p>

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7 May

Crowd-funding journalism: A new financing model for freelancers?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CrowdfundTop (2).jpg" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do</strong></p><p>Toronto-based freelance reporter Naheed Mustafa always paid her own way when she reported from abroad. But that meant that about 70 to 80 per cent of what she earned went straight toward paying for the costs of travelling.</p>

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23 Apr

Live blog: CJF J-Talk with Tyler Brûlé

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8 Apr

Community curation website Newsana launches

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Newsana.PNG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>There are great pieces of journalism all over the Internet, but many are hard to find. Add to that Twitter’s shotgun blast, if you miss an interesting tweet, it’s gone.</p>

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4 Apr

CBC Hyperlocal project a first for Canada

<p><strong>By Rob Washburn </strong></p>

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13 Mar

Canadian startup Media Spot Me launches; helps journalists find experts

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>When <a href="https://twitter.com/StavrosRougas">Stavros Rougas</a> was a producer at "The Agenda" in Toronto, he says his biggest challenge was chasing down authorative experts to appear on the show. </p><p>"It was always a risk - you never knew whether they were the best in the field, if they were media-savvy," he says. </p>

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13 Mar

Toronto Star experiments with ebook subscription model

<p><em>This is part one of a two-part feature on ebooks in the newspaper industry. Read <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/newspapers-experimenting-ebook-content-subscription-models" target="_blank" rel="noopener">part two</a> for a look at the type of content that is being produced, and what the future holds for ebooks. </em></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do</strong></p><p><em>The Toronto Star </em>is testing the ebook market with a dedicated subscription model — something no other newspaper in Canada has tried yet.</p>

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28 Feb

Q&A with Newsana co-founder Ben Peterson

<p>Newsana wants to elevate the conversation and create a curation community that provides meaning to its members. The start-up is currently in private beta but will be going public in a few weeks. I have had the opportunity to check out the site over the last few weeks as a private beta tester and now, I caught up with co-founder Ben Peterson to ask about how Newsana hope to capture the Internet’s short attention span and who Newsana will be beneficial for. </p>

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6 Feb

Making room for innovation: CJF J-Talk on disruption in journalism

<p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CJF Innovation.JPG" title="" /></td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td><em>Panellists at the recent CJF J-Talk on media innovation. From left to right: David Skok, Zach Seward, Michael De Monte, Marissa Nelson (Photo: Belinda Alzner)</em></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Even as journalism changes, there are some things that will stand the test of time.</p>

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