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14 Nov

When your recording isn’t yours

<p>In 2010, <em>Toronto Sun</em> editorial page editor and columnist Rob Granatstein recorded <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/08/11/14993426.html"><u>an editorial board meeting with Rob Ford</u></a>, who was a Toronto city councillor at the time.</p><p>Now Toronto mayor, Ford is the subject of <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2010/12/08/ford_fires_back_at_boardwalk_libel_suit.html"><u>a libel suit</u></a> for comments he allegedly made during this meeting.</p>

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12 Nov

From the Joseph Howe Symposium: The importance of trust and transparency in online journalism

<p> </p><p><strong>By</strong> <strong>Martha Troian</strong></p><p>In the world of online journalism there are many new opportunities for transparency and building audience trust, but sometimes taking the steps to achieve these things can prove to be difficult.</p><p>Noted experts in their field, Mathew Ingram and Craig Silverman recently spoke about the issues of trust and transparency in a new media world to a crowd of students and media-interested Haligonians at the University of King's College in Halifax, NS at the 9th annual Joseph Howe Symposium.</p>

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9 Nov

CBC Ombudsman decision notes ‘growing pain’ of multimedia journalism, concern about use of anonymous statements

<p>CBC’s Ombudsman ruled that a <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/10/04/bc-non-christian-prison-chaplains-cancelled.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBC story on the elimination of non-Christian prison chaplains</a> violated its <a href="http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/reporting-to-canadians/acts-and-policies/programming/journalism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Journalistic Standards and Practices policy</a>—specifically the section that “calls for accurate presentation of information and the clearest possible production of content”—in its quoting of a gov

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7 Nov

Roundup: Canadian coverage of the U.S. election

<p>Canadian newsrooms fervently covered the U.S. election last night, in which Barack Obama claimed victory to lead the country for a second term. Here's a quick roundup of what Canadian media websites looked like last night after Obama's win was called, and what newspaper front pages from across the country looked like this morning.</p>

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30 Oct

Ira Glass on the allure of radio and the search for ‘the universal something’

<p><em>On Saturday, an audience at Toronto’s Massey Hall was able to put a face to the familiar voice of This American Life’s Ira Glass. <strong>Rhiannon Russell</strong> was there, and describes Glass’ unique ideas and radio storytelling techniques that put his show apart from a news media world that is so full of dark stories.</em></p>

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30 Oct

On labelling advertorials

<p><strong>By Jonathan Sas, <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2012/10/22/Globe-Oil-Sands-Advertorial/">for The Tyee</a></strong></p><p><img src="http://thetyee.cachefly.net/Mediacheck/2012/10/21/GlobeAdvertorial600px.jpg" /><br /><em><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.116666793823242px; ">Special Information Section folded into Oct. 2 print edition of the Globe and Mail, atop other Special Information Sections published on other dates. (Photo: Jonathan Sas)</span></em></p>

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26 Oct

Halifax event: Discussion on trust in social media with Mathew Ingram and Craig Silverman

<p>The University of King’s College’s <a href="http://josephhowe.kingsjournalism.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">9<sup>th</sup> annual Joseph Howe Symposium</a> on Saturday Nov. 3 will host Craig Silverman and Mathew Ingram in talk about truth and new media.</p>

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25 Oct

The case for local publishers in local newspapers

<p>Yesterday, <strong>Steve Ladurantaye</strong> <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/sun-media-dismisses-regional-publishers-in-reorganization/article4637645/">reported in <em>The Globe and Mail</em></a> that Sun Media had fired a number of regional publishers in Ontario and replaced them with advertising managers “whose sole focus will be on selling advertisements across broad geographic areas.” He reported that five publishers had been let go, including those at the <em>Kingston Whig-Standard</em>, <em>Peterborough Examiner</em> and <em>St.

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24 Oct

Internships and the intersection of class struggle and opportunity

<p><em>If there is one thing that many young journalists can bond over, it’s the common experience of having worked in unpaid internships to gain experience. The downside to this is obvious and well-documented. But as <strong>Belinda Alzner</strong> explains, panelists at a recent conference on precarious workers demonstrated the topic of unpaid internships still prompts a complicated conversation<b>.</b></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In no way did I ever think my experience was unique. In fact, I know it wasn’t. And that is the troubling part.</p>

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23 Oct

On Jeremy Paxman’s interview with Conrad Black: What do you think?

<p>Conrad Black is proud that he has emerged from his conviction and imprisonment in a manner that allowed him to “endure a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20036674">discussion like this</a> without getting up and smashing your face in.”</p><p>The discussion in question is one he had with BBC <em>Newsnight</em>’s Jeremy Paxman, broadcast yesterday, in which Black slammed the U.S. justice system and then Paxman, who repeatedly referred to Black as a “convicted criminal.”</p>

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