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27 Oct

The share factor: Should journalists voice personal opinions?

<p>The share question is starring on the j-controversy stage once again after NPR dumped Lisa Simeone’s “World of Opera” after she became an Occupy Wall Street spokesperson.</p>

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26 Oct

Was Ford telling the truth about 22 minutes ambush?

<p>Now that the clip of Mary Walsh playing Marg Delahunty has been released some are wondering if Toronto mayor Rob Ford <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/ford-and-22-minutes-joke-was-it-funny" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the truth about the stunt</a>.<br /><br />For starters, Ford told media yesterday that it was dark out and he didn’t recognize her; it looks fairly light in the clip. He also said she never identified herself; she did. Also, Ford's young daughter, who ford said was frightened by the incident, was nowhere to be seen.<br />

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25 Oct

Ford and the 22 Minutes joke: Was it funny?

<p>Well, Toronto mayor Rob Ford didn't think so. He called the police shortly after <em>This Hour has 22 Minutes </em>comedian/actor Mary Walsh showed up at his house this morning dressed as the infamous Marg Delahunty.</p>

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25 Oct

Ezra Levant reports on Occupy Toronto; protestors release unedited video

<p>Ezra Levant's report on Occupy Toronto was, perhaps unsurprisingly, pretty negative.<br />

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24 Oct

Why not occupy newsrooms?: David Carr

<p><em>New York Times</em> journalist David Carr has a question for us: Why not occupy newsrooms? If bonuses are out of control on Wall Street, he writes, they're certainly off the charts for most mega media companies.</p><p>He writes:</p>

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24 Oct

Online video journalism: 10 common mistakes

<p>UK film maker and new media journalism Adam Westbrook has some advice for online video journalists: don't make your film boring, technically poor, and amateurish. "Online video -- done well -- has the power to be an art form, to touch people, to make them understand something, to make them care," he writes. Want to do it well? <a href="http://adamwestbrook.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/10-common-video-storytelling-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them-adam-westbrook-online-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Check out Westbrook's list of top 10 mistakes</a>, and how to avoid them.

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21 Oct

Has the ethics committee given Quebecor a bully pulpit?

<p><a href="http://www.cmg.ca/newsresults.asp?ID=1705&SubjectID=12&BranchID=10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Canadian Media Guild certainly thinks so.</a> In a recent release, the Guild, which counts CBC and six other media organizations as its members, accused the parliamentary ethics committee of giving Sun News head Karl Peladeau a public forum to slam one of its biggest competitors, the CBC. And that's not all, says the Guild: The committee isn't asking the right questions, either.<br />

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21 Oct

Ad Age asks top U.S. media folk: Got hope?

<p>Earlier this month, <a href="http://adage.com/article/media/hope-folks-upbeat-media-tumult/230164/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Ad Age</em></a> asked top media editors, owners, and thinkers in the U.S. why we should be hopeful for the industry. Chris Anderson, David Remnick, Emily Bell and others answered, all saying the pessimists out there have it wrong. Remnick said it opened doors to new audiences; Anderson said it was an opportunity, not a curse; and Tina Brown called it an innovative and exciting time.

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21 Oct

Redefining Radio

<p>What is the future of radio? That was the question asked at a <a href="http://www.homad.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HOMAD</a> conference of college educators, students, and radio professionals. The upshot: radio is alive and kicking. What needs to be fine-tuned is its definition.<br />

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20 Oct

A newspaper with a revenge plot?

<p>A journalism student in Tennessee has created a weekly campus paper, narrowly focusing on a student-professor relationship that resulted in marriage. Here’s where it gets interesting. The female student involved is the ex-wife of the newspaper’s creator and editor-in-chief Mustapha Moussa.<br /><br /> She and Moussa divorced in April, after her affair became public. It certainly seems the intentions behind the newspaper are vengeful, but Moussa denies this, saying he’s trying to publicize inappropriate relations between students and their professors.<br />

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