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30 Sep

U.S. bill fights “libel tourism”

An editorial in the New York Times urges the American Senate to support legislation to prevent American courts from enforcing libel judgments obtained in foreign countries if those countries provide […]

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30 Sep

Vote with media in mind

Steve Anderson, national coordinator of the Campaign For Democratic Media and the SaveOurNet.ca Coalition, wants Canadians to consider the media during the general election campaign. Anderson writes in British Columbia’s […]

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30 Sep

CAJ wants feedback on new awards

The Canadian Association of Journalists is considering adding three new awards to its current roster of honours. The idea behind the potential new awards is to celebrate daily as well […]

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29 Sep

Mallick column removed, CBC apologizes

You really cannot, in Canada, link a U.S. vice-presidential candidate like Republican running mate Sarah Palin with the phrases “white trash” and “porn-actress look” and get away with it. The […]

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26 Sep

Europe’s new bilingual newspaper

A bilingual newspaper has been established on the Dutch-German border. Reports Der Spiegel: “The first issue of Buren (Neighbors) has just landed on the doormats of 400,000 residents in the […]

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26 Sep

YouTube and Pulitzer team up for contest

Citizen journalists around the world are being given the chance to strut their journalistic stuff online, with Project: Report, a journalism contest that YouTube and the Pulitzer Center have cooked […]

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25 Sep

SCOC to hear case of brown envelope

News organizations are hoping for a landmark ruling, after the Supreme Court of Canada agreed to hear a case involving the confidentiality of journalistic sources. The case involves a supposed […]

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25 Sep

We’re chopped liver — is the RCMP the chopping block?

Is it within the RCMP’s mandate to stop the media from doing its job? That’s the question asked in a Canadian Press feature, with a news hook about Tory candidate […]

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24 Sep

Audio interview with Guy Amyot

ProjetJ is currently featuring an interview (in French) with the new secretary general of the Press Council of Quebec, Guy Amyot. In it, he describes his plans for reviving the council […]

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24 Sep

CTV’s Afghan “fixer” home

An Afghan journalist held in a U.S. military prison for nearly one year was reunited with his family in Kandahar City Wednesday. Excerpts from a CTV story: “U.S. officials released […]

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