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27 Mar

The challenges of bringing diversity into a newsroom: SAJA panel examines how South Asian stories are covered in Canada

<p><strong>By Eric Mark Do</strong></p>

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26 Mar

Ford calls Toronto Star staff ‘pathological liars’

<p>The <em>Toronto Star</em> headlined Tuesday with a story of an "intoxicated" Mayor Rob Ford being asked to leave a gala event. Mayor Ford then accused <em>The Star</em> of continuing its vendetta against him, and called its staff "pathological liars." And so the acerbic battle between the mayor and the city's largest daily continues. J-Source has the round-up of videos, tweets and articles on this. </p>

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25 Mar

Is media coverage of B.C. Premier Clark sexist?

<p><strong>By Katie Hyslop, for <a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/03/22/Christy-Clark-Coverage-Sexist/"><em>The Tyee</em></a></strong></p><p>It's no surprise that Premier Christy Clark has been the centre of media attention and criticism in her short tenure in the province's top job. But how much of the criticism is fair comment and how much is sexism against a female premier?</p>

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22 Mar

J-Source liveblogged CJF J-Talk: How Social Media Is Changing Politics And Reporting

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22 Mar

Maisonneuve editor-in-chief resigning; mag launches new website

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><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/Nelles.jpg" title="" />After nearly five years at Montreal-based magazine<em> <a href="http://maisonneuve.org/">Maisonneuve</a></em>, editor-in-chief <a href="http://drewnelles.wordpress.com/">Drew Nelles </a>is resigning. </p>

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22 Mar

Q&A with Tom Gierasimczuk, editor-in-chief of newly revamped BCBusiness

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p><em>BCBusiness</em><em> </em>has completely revamped itself from a traditional magazine to online site with the launch of a redesigned print edition in March and new website. The magazine also offers a daily newsletter and will roll out an iPad edition soon.</p>

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21 Mar

Recap: SAJA Talk: How are South Asian Stories covered in the Newsroom

<p><strong>Eric Mark Do</strong> live blogged the talk "<a href="http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=13648">South Asian Stories in the Newsroom</a>" for J-Source on Thursday March 21. </p>

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20 Mar

Too revealing? The controversy over the Globe and Mail’s A1 photo of a figure skater

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>The Globe and Mail Monday A1 photo, which showed 17-year-old Kaetlyn Osmond lifting her leg in a revealing crotch shot position, sparked outrage amongst readers. J-Source has a round-up of the reaction from journalists and the public. </p><p> </p>

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20 Mar

Exposing Canada’s back door: How a King’s journalism class got an NNA nomination for their investigation into P.E.I’s cash-for-residency immigration policy

<p><em>J-Source goes behind the story of the National Newspaper Award-nominated story <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/05/09/pei-immigrant-provincial-nominee-program_n_1499502.html">“Cashing In: Inside PEI’s Controversial Immigrant Partner Programs.”</a> Laura Armstrong, a graduate of University of King’s College journalism program and deputy editor for “Cashing In,” explains how their student investigative workshop exposed the inner workings of the province's immigration program.</em></p>

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19 Mar

Robot reporters: The new frontier in journalism?

<p><strong>By Romayne Smith Fullerton</strong></p><p>The future of journalism lies in “robot reporting” and “cyber stringers.” </p><p>That was the cheery message <a href="https://twitter.com/palewire">Ben Welsh</a>, a database producer with the <em>Los Angeles Times</em>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/StevenLevy">Steven Levy</a>, senior writer for <em>Wired, </em><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2013/03/19/what-does-robot-journalism-mean-for-the-industry/">delivered</a> on CBC’s <em>The Current</em> on Tuesday.</p>

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