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27 Apr

The ethics of non-profit investigative reporting

A new roundtable ethics report addresses the ethics of nonprofit investigative newsrooms, which have risen (and even gained prestige) in recent years as traditional newsrooms continue to cut their investigative […]

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27 Apr

Alternative journalism: from slur to Pulitzer

Alternative journalism used to be a kind of slur in mainstream media circles, a phrase describing journalists who couldn’t or wouldn’t adhere to conventional norms. In truth, alternative journalists have […]

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21 Apr

War-zone ethics

AP war correspondent Christopher Torchia, in Afghanistan, writes about fears, thrills and the ethics of embedded reporting. From AP: In this Feb. 24, 2010 photo, Associated Press reporter Chris Torchia […]

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21 Apr

Outsourcing the I-Team

As newsroom budgets slash expenses, investigative reporting is increasingly going private. Some news giants are catching on. ProPublica is just two year old, but the Manhattan-based organization already boasts industry […]

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16 Apr

Talking to Americans: dishonest or funny?

It’s been years since Rick Mercer famously duped former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee in an episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes‘ popular segment ‘Talking to Americans’. Now Steve Brawner, […]

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16 Apr

Anonymous no more

A Halifax newspaper has been ordered to hand over information that could identity seven anonymous online commenters. The Nova Scotia Supreme court has approved a request by Halifax firefighters to […]

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16 Apr

Multitasking: chatter or investigation?

Lise Bissonnette is at the center of a small controversy among the journalistic/blogging community in Quebec because of a recent talk she gave on political journalism, ProjetJ reports. Bissonnette, former […]

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13 Apr

An open letter from the CAJ

Like many news-based organizations, the Canadian Association of Journalists is in crisis, writes Mary Agnes Welch. Faced with dwindling funds, drooping media sponsorship and a dearth of journalist interest, the […]

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8 Apr

An open letter about the CAJ

Former board member Deborah Campbell, one of many supporters of the Canadian Association of Journalists who abandoned it in 2004-2005, explains why she left —  and why she thinks the […]

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6 Apr

Not worth a life, but…

<p dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"><em><img align="Left" alt="Christine Dobby" border="0" height="73" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/Christine_Dobby.JPG" title="Christine Dobby" width="73" />A CAJ ethics report on news blackouts has spotlighted mixed feelings about the idea and practice of holding back information about kidnappings. But, as <strong>Christine Dobby</strong> reports, the report offers guidance on factors to consider when a blackout request comes along.</em><br />

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