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15 Jun

When enough is enough

Press gallery journalists across the nation are calling for an end to Harper’s history of information control. Photojournalists, documentary filmmakers and scientists are among those suffering the chill. Even the […]

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8 Jun

We love the internet. If only it made us money.

Canadians continue to celebrate excellence in journalism by awarding the country’s best print, radio and television stories – and now, for the first time, many awards panels are considering digital […]

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1 Jun

Yes, Virginia, the medium is the message

This week, after a J-Source tweet-based post earned a swift rebuttal from editor in chief John Stackhouse, we were reminded that 140 characters misses some important nuances and that real-time […]

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23 May

CAJ conference: finding relevancy in troubled times

On May 28 the Canadian Association of Journalists opens its national conference amid trying times. The Winter 2010 issue of Media Magazine – the CAJ’s house journal – contains a […]

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18 May

Canwest sale buzz

The media biz was abuzz when the bankruptcy court gave Canwest the go-ahead to sell the chain’s newspapers to bond-holders, led by former tabloid publisher and Blue Jay exec Paul […]

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11 May

McIntosh decision: cork the champagne, but uncap a beer

After nine years in court, the National Post has been ordered to hand over its Shawinigate document in a Supreme Court ruling that offers mixed results for the protection of […]

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5 May

World press freedom day

Monday was World Press Freedom Day, and the news was bleak. For one, journalists are dying in record numbers. A short Amnesty video depicts photos of journalists with their current […]

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27 Apr

Abuse scandals – reviewing the coverage

In light of abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church, how well is the media covering this issue? This was one of the questions behind a Sunday Edition panel discussion, […]

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20 Apr

Facebook or face time?

It’s Digital Detox Week – so it’s timely that one of questions surfacing on J-Source is whether today’s multi-tasking journalists spend too much time chattering, and not enough time investigating. […]

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13 Apr

Project Hero frenzy

The Project Hero scholarship program was rolling out smoothly across the country until it hit the University of Regina. In a letter to university administrators, 16 U of R professors […]

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