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    Census debates

    The Canadian Association of Journalists has waded into the census debate, telling the government, “Don’t slash our census.” Indeed, Statistics Canada data has long occupied a spot in J-Source’s resource section as an important journalism tool. As well, journalism.net features a guide to Canadians statistics that highlights census data. Journalists have long relied on Stats…

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    WikiLeaks challenges news practices

    As military officials, world leaders and politicians debate the impact of the release of  tens of thousands of raw classified field reports on the Afghan war, journalists and those who study the media are debating the impact of the release on the news business. The records released were included in a classified archive obtained by…

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    Conrad Black: A trending topic

          He no longer owns any newspapers but Conrad Black managed to inspire a lot of writers this week.  His early release from a Florida prison prompted a flood of tweets, blog postings and opinion columns in Canada and around the world.            

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    G20 reports of media repression keep coming in

    After the G20 folded its tent, first-hand accounts of media repression have continued being posted on J-Source.  In ‘Access Denied,’ reporter Jesse Freeston describes being beaten by police. In the Student’s Lounge, there’s an account of a student journalist having to hand over his notes and camera, and in J-News, a story of cameras being…

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    UBC J-Students nominated for an Emmy

    It’s a video journalist’s dream to be nominated for an Emmy. Now, it’s a dream come true for a group of students studying to be journalists at the University of British Columbia. Ten students studying international reporting have been nominated for two Emmy Awards for a documentary which tracked electronic waste around the globe called Ghana:…

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    Thai community radio sector under pressure

    Using the emergency decree, Thai authorities have recently shut down 26 community-radio stations in nine provinces and pressured six others to discontinue their services. As many as 84 community-radio stations have been blacklisted and their activities closely monitored in the latest round of political unrest, reports The Nation. 

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    Doctoring the image

    Last week The Economist admitted to doctoring a photo of Obama, using the argument that it’s all part of the art of the cover. It’s another puzzler in the debate over ethics in the age of digital photography. Obama’s treatment is nothing new: a look at photo tampering through history shows even Honest Abe’s image…