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26 Apr

London Free Press call for citizen journos “concerning”: Canadian Freelance Union

On April 15, the London Free Press launched an initiative to help the community better interact with the paper. Or, at least, that was the idea. According to EIC Joe […]

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26 Apr

More on professionalizing journalism

Disclosure: This radio clip link is for a show done by my friend, Sean Holman, and includes my husband, Alan Bass, who has been researching and speaking on professionalizing journalism […]

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26 Apr

What Jay Rosen knows about journalism

Jay Rosen’s been teaching journalism for a quarter-century and, recognizing the milestone, he’s written about what he thinks he knows about it. Given the changes that have occurred in the […]

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24 Apr

The Bang-Bang Club

Salon has an interesting article on war-zone journalism, one that is unfortunately apropos today.

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20 Apr

NOW files integrity complaint over nearly-naked Ford cover

Just when you thought you could finally get NOW Magazine‘s nearly-naked picture of Rob Ford out of your head, it’s back. A couple weeks ago, NOW Magazine received national and […]

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19 Apr

Comment Sections: A Blessing or a Curse?

What was once the Internet’s most attractive feature has become the most repulsive thing about it. From derogatory slurs to unfounded “facts”, the comment sections on news websites have become, […]

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18 Apr

Q&A with the Toronto Star’s Sarah Millar: When video tells it better

We at J-Source are always on the look-out for new and interesting ways of covering big stories and events. Thanks to the increasing social media storm surrounding the so-crowned Twitter […]

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18 Apr

When it comes to Sun TV are the media reports biased?

With less than five hours left until launch time, Sun Media’s David Akin is none too happy about some of the coverage surrounding this evening’s Sun News Network debut. Considering […]

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18 Apr

New Yorker ‘likes’ Facebook potential

The New Yorker posted a long article by Jonathan Franzen that could only be accessed on its Facebook page by hitting the “like” button. That move led to a substantial […]

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18 Apr

Computer writes sports story

Here’s the lead in a story the software creators Narrative Science have released in response to a challenge by the website Deadspin. Apparently the folks at Deadspin cast some aspersions […]

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