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19 Mar

Writers’ coalitions against TC Media, Toronto Star new freelance contracts

<p><strong>By Paula Last</strong></p><p>When freelance writer Ann Douglas received a new contract for her parenting column in the <em>Toronto Star</em>, she couldn’t sign it. The contract, <a href="http://www.thestoryboard.ca/why-i-am-no-longer-writing-the-column-i-loved-for-the-toronto-star/">Douglas said</a> gave permission to third parties to reuse her work without or editorial control and denied additional compensation. </p>

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18 Mar

Journalism cutbacks are driving audiences away: Pew State of Media report

<p>As media outlets get more desperate for advertising dollars, news stories shrink and consumers are tuning away, a <a href="http://stateofthemedia.org/2013/overview-5/press-alert/">new study</a> released Monday found.</p>

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15 Mar

Future of Media: Branded content?

<p><a href="http://digitaljournal.com/">Digital Journal</a> put together a <a href="http://digitaljournal.com/article/342318">Future of Media</a> panel on branded content and its role in the newsroom. <a href="http://storify.com/jsource/future-of-media-branded-content#publicize">Here</a> is J-Source's round-up of <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FOM2013&src=typd">#FOM2013</a> from March 14.</p><p> </p>

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13 Mar

Gallery: Global Maritimes opens new studio in Halifax

<p>Global Maritimes opened a new studio in Halifax in February. <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/50229/top-weather-stories/photogallerytopweather1/">Here</a> are some photos of the location. </p><p> </p>

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13 Mar

Canadian startup Media Spot Me launches; helps journalists find experts

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>When <a href="https://twitter.com/StavrosRougas">Stavros Rougas</a> was a producer at "The Agenda" in Toronto, he says his biggest challenge was chasing down authorative experts to appear on the show. </p><p>"It was always a risk - you never knew whether they were the best in the field, if they were media-savvy," he says. </p>

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12 Mar

Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom accepting award applications

<p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ccwpf-cclpm.ca/english">The Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom</a> is accepting nominations for a journalist who made a significant contribution to promoting free speech.</p><p>The $2,000 award is to acknowledge those contributions of journalists or media workers in Canadian print or electronic media during the past 15 months.</p><p>The winner will receive a certificate from the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and will be announced at the annual World Press Freedom Day Luncheon in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre on May 30.</p>

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12 Mar

CJFE Online Q&A: Digital Privacy and free expression

<p><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">On February 11, 2013, the federal government announced the end to Bill C-30, the proposed internet surveillance bill. </span></p>

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7 Mar

Layoffs, outsourcing and a byline strike: A roundup of news from the Toronto Star

<p>Under the same financial pressures as most North American newspapers, the Toronto Star announced Monday it will look to contract out its production and cut jobs, including radio room intern positions that have proven to be valuable in developing young journalism talent in Canada. On Wednesday, the journalists responded with a byline strike that saw the newspaper full of stories written by simply "Star Staff."</p><p><strong>Belinda Alzner</strong> has rounded up the coverage and the commentary surrounding the cuts, contracts and byline strikes. </p><p> </p>

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6 Mar

The amplification effect of social media in real-time reporting

<p><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8245/8527542695_1900e307ef.jpg" /></p><p><i>From left: Kathy English and Mathew Ingram listen to Andy Carvin speak at a recent CJF J-Talk. Also on the panel was Esther Enkin (not pictured). Photo: Chris Young/CJF</i></p><p> </p><p>Mistakes have always been made in journalism—especially in breaking situations. But perhaps more than ever before, social media allows for instant access to breaking stories while journalists are working on them, paving the way for those errors to be seen—and shared—by everyone.</p>

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6 Mar

The Last Post Files: Fighting subversion or protecting the government from embarrassment?

<p><em>The Last Post was one of the best alternative publications of the 1970s. While the small team of journalists was creating solid investigative journalism, the RCMP Security Service was keeping a close watch. One of its aims? Protect the government from embarrassment. </em></p><p><strong>By Paul Weinberg</strong></p><p> </p>

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