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22 Feb

The vaccine-autism link controversy

UK investigative journalist Brian Deer was in Toronto last week to lead a panel discussion about the autism-vaccine link controversy, hosted by The Canadian Journalism Foundation (J-Source covered it live). […]

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8 Feb

What’s up with the CRTC and the PMO?

Two recent CRTC decisions smell of business interests trumping the public interest – allowing usage-based Internet billing and relaxing truth in broadcasting requirements. In this context, news that the prime […]

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1 Feb

Egypt media coverage

As turmoil deepens in Egypt, media critics accuse U.S. broadcasters of serving up “blather and confusion” from the mouths of “unqualified panellists.” Most columnists agree that Al Jazeera continues to […]

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25 Jan

Taking back our journalism

On a frigid January night in Saskatchewan, the CBC’s Anna Maria Tremonti announced to a packed lecture hall that enough is enough. “It’s time to take our journalism back,” said […]

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11 Jan

FOI: Keep digging

Last year, the number of access to information requests journalists made to government dropped 23 per cent. Maybe it has something to do with the sad fact that Canada ranks […]

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4 Jan

Let’s be better journalists in 2011

Coming up with New Year’s resolutions for journalists isn’t difficult. After all, the basic principles are clear cut. However, sticking to simple principles requires perseverance, integrity and commitment year round. […]

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21 Dec

2010 tally: what went wrong, what went right

2010 began with journalists hitting the ground in Haiti, and ended with an unfolding WikiLeaks circus – with a whole lot of media ownership horse-trading in between. Globally, journalism remained […]

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7 Dec

North Korea leaves us guessing

Big Issue’s weekly task is to highlight what’s on the radar – but once in a while we need to look at what’s off the radar. The shelling of Yeonpyeong […]

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30 Nov

WikiLeaks turns on the taps

WikiLeaks has placed the first batch of 251,287 U.S. embassy cables in the public domain, and government reactions range from outrage to an offer of asylum for Julian Assange. Meanwhile, […]

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23 Nov

Can’t we all just get along?

In Canada, culture clashes are part of landscape – so it’s no surprise when journalism gets drawn into the dance. This past week, Maclean’s magazine stood accused of fueling Asian […]

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