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9 Aug

Journalists sans j-school

<p>"<a href="http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/straighttalk/archives/2012/08/20120802-124614.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">You're conscripted!</a>" read a Sun News Network post that was soliciting applicants for a number of job vacancies at the network.</p><p>In Sun News Network fashion, the posting blasted both the CBC and the Lamestream Media Party, but also picked a relatively new foe: journalism schools.</p>

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9 Aug

‘We wuz robbed’ journalism and the more even-handed examples

<p> </p><p><strong>By Ivor Shapiro</strong></p><p><strong>As an update to his earlier post: <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/%E2%80%98we-wuz-robbed%E2%80%99-journalism-not-good-enough-after-olympic-soccer-drama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'We wuz robbed' journalism not enough after Olympic soccer drama</a></strong></p>

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8 Aug

Melanie Coulson’s open cover letter for the Sun News Network job

<p><strong style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22.100000381469727px; ">By Melanie Coulson</strong></p><p style="margin: 14px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.100000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.871094); "><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/sun news cover letter.PNG" title="" /></p>

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7 Aug

‘We wuz robbed’ journalism not good enough after Olympic soccer drama

<p><strong><em>Ivor Shapiro</em></strong><em> may not know </em><em><span new="" times="">much about soccer</span></em><em><span new="" times="">, but he knows</span></em><em><span new="" times=""> that some coverage of yesterday's Canada-U.S. women’s semifinal match </span>fell short of the rigour and autonomy that, he believes, should define journalism.</em></p><p><strong>By Ivor Shapiro</strong></p>

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2 Aug

On the intersection of journalism and public relations

<p>CBC Radio veteran, J-Source contributing editor and new CanWest Fellow Ira Basen recently <a href="http://www.prconversations.com/index.php/2012/07/the-intersection-of-public-relations-and-journalism-in-the-digital-age/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sat down with public relations pro Judy Gombita</a> to talk about the relationship between journalism and PR.</p>

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2 Aug

His Girl Friday: Adapting journalistic issues of the 1930s for 2012

<p>With public opinion polls showing that the public’s estimation of journalists is at an all-time low and our ethical practices are being aired like dirty laundry again with this week’s expose of Jonah Leher’s quote fabrications you could imagine that a comedy about journalism would be simple: just turn all this negativity on its ear and depict journalists as squeaky clean, virtuous, truth-seeking heroes who pursue stories to upend evil and renew the public’s faith in democracy. Comedy is all about inverting our beliefs to see how they look upside down.</p>

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31 Jul

The Huffington Post’s Canadian ambitions

<p><strong>By Jonathan Sas, for <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2012/07/30/Huffington-Post-Ambitions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Tyee</a></strong></p>

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30 Jul

#NBCfail at the ‘social media games’ indicative of big media’s struggle in new landscape

<p>Before the London 2012 Olympic Games began, it was said that they were to be <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18889406" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the social media games</a> – that is, the first time that Twitter and Facebook would play a pivotal role in the coverage of Olympic events.</p>

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26 Jul

On the Toronto Star’s now-infamous Danzig St. shooting cartoon

<p><strong>Related: <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/week-review-social-media-and-danzig-st-shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Week in review: Social media and the Danzig St. shooting</a></strong></p>

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25 Jul

What does a photographer need to cover the Olympics?

<p> </p><p>While surely many spectators will attempt to capture a visual piece of the 2012 London Olympics with their mobile phones, Olympic photojournalists need a few more pieces of equipment.</p><p>Steve Russell, a staff photographer with the <em>Toronto Star</em>, <a href="http://thestar.blogs.com/photoblog/2012/07/olympic-prep-take-a-peek-inside-my-camera-bag.html">has laid out all of the equipment he will be packing</a> inside his camera bag to bring to London, where he will cover his third Olympic games.</p>

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