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2 May

Opinion: On Brian Burke, journalism and Internet anonymity

<p><strong>By Thomas Rose</strong></p><p>Let’s face it; the reason most people are talking about Brian Burke right now is because he’s a well known powerful member of the hockey world who is defending himself against allegations of sexual impropriety involving a younger, attractive sportscaster who is not his wife.  If the case ever makes it to trial, and most cases involving defamation do not, the outcome will likely hinge on how the defence frames the issue. </p>

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1 May

Opinion: The CBC’s ‘no whites’ policy is a mistake, but no accident

<p><strong>By <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/index.html">Matt Gurney</a>, for the <a href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/04/30/matt-gurney-the-cbcs-no-whites-policy-is-a-mistake-but-no-accident/"><em>National Post</em></a></strong></p><p>On Monday, a job ad was posted seeking a new host for a CBC children’s program. They were seeking a male between 23 and 35 years of age who could carry a tune. Oh, and “Any race except Caucasian.”</p>

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26 Apr

Opinion: Gordon Fisher, Don’t blame reporters and editors for the problems of the newspaper industry

<p><strong>By John Gordon Miller</strong></p><p>It's official: Working as a reporter is the worst job you can get -- if you can get one, that is, and if you are lucky enough to keep it.</p><p>That's what the American-based career guidance website <em>CareerCast.com</em> says anyway. Thanks to shrinking newsrooms, dwindling budgets, the stress of deadlines, low pay and competition from online news organizations, newspaper reporter ranks last among 200 jobs -- behind enlisted soldier, lumberjack, dairy farmer, meter reader and roofer.</p>

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25 Apr

Why being a news reporter is NOT the worst job in the world

<p><em><a href="https://twitter.com/paulgknox">Paul Knox</a> is an associate professor of journalism at Ryerson University and collected his first pay cheque for newspaper reporting in May 1968. He writes a spirited defence of newspaper reporting, and that it ain't all that bad.</em></p><p>So being a news reporter is the worst job in the world?</p><p>Worse than cleaning toilets, collecting garbage or checking out groceries?</p>

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25 Apr

Ezra Levant commentary: Media party = Liberal war room

<p>Watch Sun News Network host Ezra Levant as he gives his analysis of media coverage of the Trudeau ad campaign and the Conservative's attack ads. </p>

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22 Apr

Is the media coverage of York University fair? Analyzing the many reports of sexual assaults on campus

<p><strong>By Josh Dehaas, Editor of <em>Maclean's On Campus</em></strong></p>

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19 Apr

Live blog: Women in Digital Journalism

<p>Join a panel of leading Vancouver news media journalists in an engaging discussion on the future of online journalism and women's role in the evolution of media. 1 p.m. PST.</p><p>Panellists: <em>Vancouver Sun</em> deputy managing editor Adrienne Tanner, CBC's Theresa Lalonde, <em>Vancouver Observer</em>'s editor-in-chief Linda Solomon and managing editor Jenny Uechi, public relations specialist Katharine Sawchuk</p><p>Moderator: Sacha DeVoretz </p>

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18 Apr

Happy Birthday Sun News Network (and why it might not get another one after the CRTC hearings)

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Sun News.PNG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Steve Faguy</strong></p><p>April 18 marks Sun News Network's second birthday. But unless it gets some help from government regulators, it might not see a third.</p>

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16 Apr

Matt Gurney: Boston attacks show traditional journalists that Twitter has come of age

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Boston.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong style="font-size: 10px;">By <a href="http://twitter.com/mattgurney">Matt Gurney</a>, for the <em><a href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/04/16/matt-gurney-boston-attacks-show-traditional-journalists-that-twitter-has-come-of-age/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter">National Post</a></em></strong></p>

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16 Apr

Why Global’s Mark McAllister broadcast his own story of epilepsy

<p><em>Journalists tell stories every day, but what happens when a journalist becomes the story? Here in J-source, Global Toronto's <strong>Mark McAllister</strong> describes the events leading up to his much publicized on-air seizure; how he dealt with the media scrutiny that followed; and why a medical condition doesn't stop a reporter from being a reporter.</em></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="377" src="http://globalnews.ca/video/embed/412316/" width="670"></iframe></p><p><em>*Video courtesy of Global News</em></p>

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