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13 Feb

Toronto weekly The Grid named one of the best-designed newspapers in the world

<p><a href="http://www.thegridto.com"><em>The Grid</em></a> has been named one of the best-designed newspapers in the world by the Society for News Design in its 34<sup>th</sup> annual The Best of Newspaper Design Creative Contest.</p><p>The Torstar-owned weekly paper joins the following papers on SND’s World’s Best-Designed Newspaper list:</p>

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6 Feb

Making room for innovation: CJF J-Talk on disruption in journalism

<p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CJF Innovation.JPG" title="" /></td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td><em>Panellists at the recent CJF J-Talk on media innovation. From left to right: David Skok, Zach Seward, Michael De Monte, Marissa Nelson (Photo: Belinda Alzner)</em></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Even as journalism changes, there are some things that will stand the test of time.</p>

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6 Feb

Digital First Media live chat with Homicide Watch’s Laura and Chris Amico

<p>Join us from 2 to 3 p.m. EST today for a syndicated Digital First Media live chat with Laura and Chris Amico, the founder/editor and developer behind <a href="http://homicidewatch.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Homicide Watch</a>.</p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="800" src="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v5.aspx?Id=82177&ThemeId=4601" style="border: 1px solid #000" width="400"></iframe></p>

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5 Feb

Chronicle Herald restaurant reviewer request raises controversy

<p> </p><p><strong>By David Swick</strong></p><p>Journalism controversies rarely involve a newspaper restaurant reviewer. But then not many restaurant reviewers call up restaurants and request $200.</p>

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4 Feb

Are ebooks the new journalism frontier?

<p><em>On Wednesday January 30 ONA Toronto hosted a panel discussion about the role of ebooks in the future of journalism from the point of view of news outlets, freelancers and staff journalists.</em></p><p> </p><script src="//storify.com/ericmarkdo/ebooks-the-new-journalism-frontier.js?header=false&border=false"></script><noscript>[<a href="//storify.com/ericmarkdo/ebooks-the-new-journalism-frontier" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View the story "\"eBooks: The new journalism frontier?\"" on Storify</a>]</noscript>

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30 Jan

Digital First Media live chat with Twitter’s Mark Luckie on social media storytelling

<p>Join us from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. EST today as we syndicate Digital First Media's live chat with Mark Luckie, manager of journalism and news for Twitter on using social media for storytelling. </p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="600" src="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v5.aspx?Id=80886&ThemeId=4601" style="border: 1px solid #000" width="500"></iframe></p>

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29 Jan

What we learned from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s #dayinthelife

<p>On Monday—Parliament's first day back in session after the holidays—Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave the public a rare glimpse inside his routines with his #dayinthelife tweets, photos and video. For a politician who is <a href="http://www.caj.ca/?p=2657" target="_blank" rel="noopener">so often accused of being secretive</a>, it was a way for him to get his message out unfiltered by the media and <a href="http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/29/harper-humanizes-scores-points/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">humanize himself</a> at the same time.</p>

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29 Jan

RECAP: CJF J-Talk on media innovation

<p>What, exactly, does media innovation look like and why do newsrooms need it now?</p><p>Check out this recap of the CJF J-Talk on media innovation where moderator Marissa Nelson (CBC News) spoke with some of the industry's brightest minds in Zach Seward (Quartz), Michael DeMonte (ScribbleLive) and David Skok (GlobalNews.ca/Nieman Fellow) to find out what traditional media can learn from tech start-ups. </p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="700" src="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v5.aspx?Id=80654&ThemeId=4601" style="border: 1px solid #000" width="500"></iframe></p>

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24 Jan

Finding a way forward for Canadian press accountability

<p>There are four people hunting in the woods for their next meal. If they catch a deer, it will provide enough meat to feed all four of them. However, they must work together to catch the deer; if even one person doesn’t contribute, the deer will get away, and they will go hungry.</p><p>A rabbit, however, is much easier to catch. It only takes one person to do that, and it will provide enough meat for that one person.</p>

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23 Jan

Would mandatory carriage of Sun News Network be a victory for intolerance or for media diversity?

<p><em>Sun News Network has applied to the CRTC for mandatory carriage on basic cable and announced it expects to run a $17-million loss in 2012. Critics have spoken against it and supporters have spoken for it. Does the network still have some growing up to do? Yes. But <strong>Justin Ling</strong> says it can't do that unless we give it a chance.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ezra Levant is getting excited. He's going to take you through some information that the liberal media elite doesn't want you to see.</p>

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