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27 Nov

Roundup: Rob Ford, the morning after

<p>Yesterday, we brought you <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/roundup-reporting-rob-ford-decision" target="_blank" rel="noopener">what the Rob Ford decision looked like as it was covered live</a>. Today, the front pages of the morning after.</p>

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27 Nov

Recap: A Samara Q&A with Sasha Issenberg on political campaigns and journalism

<p>Starting at 7 p.m. on November 27, join us as we liveblog a Samara public talk and Q&A with American journalist Sasha Issenberg, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/030795479X" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns</a>. </p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="500" src="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v5.aspx?Id=70058&ThemeId=5518" style="border: 1px solid #000" width="450"></iframe></p>

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24 Nov

TV news is here to stay: J-Talk with Canadian broadcast executives

<p>The <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/move-over-twitter-poll-finds-canadians-still-watching-reading-and-listening-old-media">traditional television newscast is here to stay</a> for a long time, according to a panel of broadcast executives, but like much else of the journalism industry, it faces a number of challenges.</p>

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23 Nov

The Grid’s Sue-Ann Levy profile: Twitter fights, hashtag mistakes and the controversial columnist’s less-public side

<p><em>The Grid</em>'s cover story this week is<i> </i><a href="http://www.thegridto.com/city/people/sue-ann-levy/">a profile</a> of controversial <em>Toronto Sun </em>columnist Sue-Ann Levy comes a month after she made what at least one journalist called an <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkay/statuses/260595133626589184?tw_i=260595133626589184&tw_e=details&tw_p=tweetembed">attempt to “self-destruct”</a>  on Twitter.

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23 Nov

Sun Media cuts: Former editor laments, current editor responds

<p><em>Sun Media is restructuring in a big way – a 500-jobs-cut kind of big way. Former editorial page editor <strong>Rob Granatstein</strong> says the cuts have “crushed local newsrooms,” but Toronto Sun editor-in-chief <strong>James Wallace</strong> disagrees, responding that the cuts to editorial are hardly “gutting,” though they aren’t made without pain. </em></p><p> </p>

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23 Nov

Sun Media cuts: Toronto Sun editor James Wallace responds

<p><em>Toronto Sun editor-in-chief <strong>James Wallace</strong> responds to <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/job-cuts-sun-media-gut-local-news-argues-former-editor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rob Granatstein’s lament</a> on Sun Media’s 500 job cuts, saying that that the cuts to editorial are hardly “gutting,” (though they aren’t made without pain) and that Sun’s restructuring comes in response to “an industry caught mid-evolution between old traditions and new realities.”</em></p>

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22 Nov

Recap: CJF J-Talk with broadcast executives

<p>How can broadcast news best deliver quality journalism while keeping ever-fragmenting audiences? That's one question among many that <strong>Steve Paikin</strong>, anchor and senior editor of TVO's <em>The Agenda</em> posed to a panel of broadcast executives at Thursday night's CJF J-Talk: "Keeping You on the Tube: The Mission of Broadcast News."</p>

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21 Nov

Job cuts at Sun Media gut local news, argues former editor

<p><em>Former Toronto Sun editorial page editor <strong>Rob Granatstein</strong> laments Sun Media’s 500 job cuts, saying they have “crushed local newsrooms.” The </em>Sun<em>, he argues, seems to be “ceding any advantage” it had as a local newspaper to its competitors.   </em></p>

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21 Nov

Building democracy: the relationship between media and elections

<p><em>On Nov. 13, a group of election coverage experts gathered in Toronto to discuss how media coverage affects election results. <strong>Eric Mark Do</strong> attended and recaps here the highlights of the evening.</em></p><p>In the wake of a U.S. presidential election that saw the media checking politicians’ facts and claims, one Canadian journalist hopes the media here adopt these practices.</p>

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16 Nov

The Globe and Mail acknowledges humour of #GlobeEditorial

<p>When <em>The Globe and Mail </em>ran <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/editorials/assassins-creed-iii-video-game-distorts-history/article5295618/">an editorial</a> online Wednesday criticizing the video game Assassin's Creed III for not accurately portraying history, tweeters across Canada poked fun at the newspaper using the hashtag #GlobeEditorial.</p><p>The <em>Globe</em> responded to the humour Thursday afternoon by creating a Storify of the tweets under the headline: "Pac-Man causes obesity and other lessons The Globe can learn from video games."</p>

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