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8 Apr

Why the parliamentary press gallery still matters

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/scrum at Parliament Hill_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Journalists listen to a statement by Pierre Poilievre at Parliament Hill. Photo courtesy of Laura Payton</em></p><p><strong>By Laura Payton                   </strong></p>

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4 Apr

The Golden Age of Journalism? You’ve got to be kidding!

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Newsroom_2.jpg" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons</em></p><p><strong>By Paul Benedetti and James R. Compton</strong></p>

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4 Apr

CBC ombdusman: Viewers can draw their own conclusions

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Esther Enkin_2.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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4 Apr

Globe public editor: Why endorsing Harper doesn’t mean not criticizing him

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Stead_16.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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3 Apr

Why context is crucial in photojournalism

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Brunson.jpg" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Screen grab of the Journal Star</em></p><p><strong>By Jesse Yardley</strong></p><p>Can a photo tell the “truth”?</p><p>It’s an old debate. Some say pictures represent objective truth, while others claim they can be misleading.</p>

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3 Apr

CBC ombudsman: Senators’ travel expenses reported fairly

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Esther Enkin_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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3 Apr

Globe public editor: Excellent article, wrong photograph

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Stead_14.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor for <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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3 Apr

Public editor: No place for secrecy in Ontario Press Council decision against the Star

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Kathy English_17.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>It is no secret that the Toronto Star opposes secrecy and demands openness of information about all matters of public interest.</p>

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2 Apr

Are unpaid internships worth it?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Intern_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Alison Garwood-Jones</strong></p><p>Every era has its hiring challenges. In the Dirty Thirties, when there was no work, men spent more time in soup lines than job lines.  <a href="http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/money_06.html" target="_blank" title="The lack of work in the 1930s" rel="noopener">“You couldn’t even buy a job,”</a> so went the popular catch phrase of the era.</p>

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2 Apr

My paper is expanding—and no, that isn’t a typo

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Kamloops This Week_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Dale Bass</strong></p><p>It's been about 10 weeks since the <em>Kamloops Daily News (KDN) </em>shut down—and this story was to have been written long ago for J-Source.</p>

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