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18 Sep

Katie DeRosa’s Travers Fellowship reporting progress

<p>Earlier this year, Victoria <em>Times Colonist</em> reporter Katie DeRosa was named the <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/katie-derosa-named-first-james-travers-fellowship-recipient">inaugural Travers Fellowship recipient</a>. She is currently in Australia, working on her fellowship-funded project, which is an investigation into the impact of Canada’s proposed tougher human smuggling laws on refugee claimants.</p><p>Here’s an update from Katie via Carleton's YouTube channel on the progress of her project:</p>

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17 Sep

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford challenges media to a debate, The Grid’s senior editor obliges

<p>Mayor Rob Ford <a href="http://www.newstalk1010.com/Episodes.aspx?PID=2443">returned to his Newstalk1010 radio show</a> with brother Councillor Doug Ford after their summer hiatus on Sunday, challenging reporters to a debate in light of the media's coverage of them over the last week. And within 24 hours, Edward Keenan, The Grid’s senior editor, had taken him up on it.</p>

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14 Sep

J-Source goes to the Newseum

<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); ">A few weeks ago, J-Source's associate editor Belinda Alzner was in Washington D.C. While there, she visited the Newseum, taking in news history, exhibits and contemporary coverage. Take a look: </span></p>

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14 Sep

David Carr’s golden age of journalism

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Carr Enright.PNG" title="" /></p><p>A golden age of journalism? It’s not how some would describe newspaper closures, reduced print schedules and job cuts in the thousands. But to David Carr, it makes sense.</p>

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13 Sep

Fords make foe with another journalist and media outlet

<script src="http://storify.com/jsource/ford-family-makes-foe-with-another-journalist-and.js"></script><noscript>[<a href="http://storify.com/jsource/ford-family-makes-foe-with-another-journalist-and" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View the story "Fords make foe with another journalist and media outlet" on Storify</a>]<h1>Fords make foe with another journalist and media outlet</h1><h2>A Toronto media outlet runs a story about Rob Ford’s involvement with his football team and subsequently finds the mayor’s brother “going after” it because of its treatment of the story.</h2><p>Storified by J-Source · Th

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12 Sep

Pouring gasoline on the debate over Quebec separation

<p> </p><p><em>The mainstream media's reaction to the <a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCcQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpq.org%2F&ei=pJxQUODMGcbJyAH7k4CQDA&usg=AFQjCNF2fz82R4EQywulSI9ApD5dOqt3cg&sig2=scR1E9qCQ_M1y_Qwzlxj7Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Parti Québécois</a> victory may have been predictable, but <strong>Justin Ling</strong> says it risks fanning the flames of intolerance.</em></p><p><strong>By Justin Ling</strong></p>

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30 Aug

Simon Houpt’s list of news stories that were a product of summertime

<p>Yesterday we brought you the <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/end-summer-roundup-biggest-j-stories-you-might-have-missed">important stories of the summer</a> in Canadian media. Now, here's <em>The Globe and Mail </em>senior media reporter Simon Houpt's list of <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/simon-houpts-guide-to-journalisms-silly-season/article4506564/">the silly news stories that were a product of summertime</a>. </p><p>Some highlights include:</p>

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27 Aug

Applications are open for $5,000 Tyee reporting fellowships

<p> </p><p><a href="http://thetyee.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Tyee</a> is once again offering five $5,000 fellowships for independent journalists interested in tackling an in-depth reporting project on a topic that will "educate and engage" citizens of British Columbia.</p>

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21 Aug

Five questions for Sam Eifling on UBC-New York Times reporting on Brazil land claims

<p>It’s a problem that has resulted in violence and bloodshed: Indigenous people in Brazil who exercise their right to return to ancestral land are finding that the land has been used for farming for some time. Journalism students from the University of British Columbia traveled to Brazil to document the conflict between indigenous people and farmers that much of mainstream media has ignored until now.

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15 Aug

Media coverage of Danzig Street shooting: the opinion of a journalist from Scarborough

<p><strong>By Priya Ramanujam</strong></p>

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