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[ Date›  09  / 03  / 10
THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Canwest sale to Shaw likely positive for journalists
Kelly Toughill Jim Shaw's purchase of Izzy Asper's old media empire should mark the start of better things for Canwest journalists, writes Kelly Toughill. More»  Comments (1) »
FIELD NOTES
What I learned in five days working for a citizen reporting website
Claude AdamsI’m a freelancer. I’m driven by hunger, boredom and ego and I’ll do anything, writes Claude Adams. So he signed up to write Olympics pieces (paid-for...sort of) for Allvoices , a Los Angeles-based citizen journalism website. Here’s how it went. More»  Comments (3) »
2010 OLYMPICS COVERAGE
Covering stories outside the spectacle
David BeersDavid Beers, editor of The Tyee, sees the Olympics as a "giant performance piece" that heightens awareness of the insider/outsider relationship. Beers explains the The Tyee’s choice to cover the "outsiders" in relation to the Games. More»
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Trial by media?
“Can the colonial get a fair trial?” asks the Law Times. Intense media coverage of the arrest of Russell Williams – including reports of a confession that may or may not have been leaked by police – has threatened the possibility of a fair jury trial, according to a prominent defence lawyer. At the very least, the trial is likely to move.

Retired Major General Lewis MacKenzie has weighed in, slamming the media. What does the press corp think? When an Ottawa Citizen op-ed accused journalists of trial by media, it raised some reaction in J-Source’s Town Hall – especially because the author was a journalism professor.

The debate over freedom of the press versus presumption of innocence certainly isn’t new in Canada’s newsrooms and classrooms. A 2002 Ryerson Review of Journalism article, "Trial by Journalist," examines the issue through the lens of Christie Blatchford’s work.
Poste à combler à ProjetJ
ProjetJ.ca, the French-language sister site of J-Source.ca, is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief. The deadline for applications is March 15. Full details available in French at ProjetJ.
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Six Chatelaine staffers let go
Six editorial staffers at Chatelaine have been let go, the Financial Post ... More»
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Did Carleton j-prof argue against freedom of the press?
"It was strange reading the recent Citizen column by Klaus Pohle ("Presumptions ... More»
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