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12 Apr

Reporting religion

Seems to me that covering religion is one of the most fraught beats in any news organization. That may be why is so often gets off-loaded to ex-nuns, secularists of […]

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9 Apr

Newspaper integrity: the game (seriously)

Forget the crossword, Sudoko, Tetris — you can now play the newspaper integrity game, voting (or not) as many times as you wish for the newspaper of your choice. At […]

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9 Apr

Dragons, seamonsters and old-school newshounds

Are old-school newshounds mythical creatures? wonders A.O. Scott in a New York Times review of a series on journalism films at Film Forum in New York. The series, suggests Scott, […]

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9 Apr

WikiLeaks: the new journalism?

The whistle-blower web site WikiLeaks — the self-styled “intelligence agency of the people” that’s listed as a security threat by the American Pentagon — increasingly resembles a form of investigative […]

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8 Apr

About the CAJ

The problems of the Canadian Association of Journalists have landed on J-Source. Given my role as editor of the Townhall blog and comments discussions, a disclosure: I am one of […]

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8 Apr

An open letter about the CAJ

Former board member Deborah Campbell, one of many supporters of the Canadian Association of Journalists who abandoned it in 2004-2005, explains why she left —  and why she thinks the […]

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6 Apr

Former Harper aide joines CBC political commentators

The CBC has added Harper’s former director of communications Kory Teneycke to their roster of political analysts, Broadcaster Magazine reports: “Teneycke will contribute to CBC News across all platforms. He […]

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6 Apr

“Dead bastards” — US gunmen kill Reuters workers

The video released by WikiLeaks of a killing by American gunmen in military helicopters, which included two Reuters employees, is grim watching. The New York Times story is almost as […]

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6 Apr

Reporters investigate paedophiles, called “stool pigeons”

“A French documentary sparked a media ethics controversy on Tuesday after journalists handed over the names of 22 suspected paedophiles to police in Canada and France,” reported Agence France-Presse.  “Reporters […]

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6 Apr

Investigative reporting: stronger south of the border?

Does the Civil War, conspiracy theories and hostility toward the elite make for better journalism? Jeffrey Dvorkin examines the shortfalls of Canada’s investigative reporting as it compares to the United […]

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