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    Haïti: Les médias ont oublié la reconstruction

    Un an après le séisme qui a secoué Haïti, l’attention médiatique consacrée au sort des Haïtiens a beaucoup diminué. Pourtant, la catastrophe a attiré une multitude de journalistes de partout dans le monde, prêts à capter l’ampleur du drame. À…
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    New wiki proposes elements of “responsible” journalism

    What is “responsible” journalism? Celebrating the first anniversary of an epochal Canadian libel judgment that will see this question litigated for years to come, a group of graduate students has launched a wiki to help journalists themselves define their profession’s…
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    More on covering tragedy

    Here’s another good article that perhaps we should all print and keep handy for the next time we find ourselves covering unspeakable tragedy. With thanks to Jane Hawkes of the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma for pointing me…
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    Did the media blow it?

    Interesting piece in the New York Times about how the media was quick to blame the shootings in Arizona on politics, the Tea Party, Sarah Palin and ramped-up rhetoric. I’m not sure I agree; it’s all too easy to just…
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    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 last in FOI effectiveness. At the federal level,…
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    Postmedia reporter ordered to reveal source

    Vancouver Province reporter Elaine O’Connor has been ordered by the B.C. Supreme Court to reveal her source on a story about a former Liberal MP. Province editor-in-chief Wayne Moriarty said they’ll appeal.…
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    “Look lives”: Eroding journalistic integrity one hit at a time?

    If you watch the news, you’ve probably seen a “look live”. That news-speak term means a reporter who appears to be live in the field, but was taped doing the introduction to their story, or sometimes their throw back to…
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    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. Below is a list of suggested New Year’s resolutions, with…
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    Hockey team bans sports editor

    Tom Gaglardi, owner of the Kamloops Blazers hockey team here in my hometown, has decided the sports editor of the Kamloops Daily News doesn’t get access to anyone on his team until he starts to write more favourably about them.…
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    Chine: les blogueurs bousculent l’ordre établi

    Par Anne-Julie Harvey et Christian Labarre-Dufresne, étudiantes à l'Université Laval Milieu des années 1990. Le monde fait face à l’émergence d’une nouvelle technologie: Internet. La Chine, comme la plupart des pays, s’ouvre alors à cet outil. Le gouvernement chinois estime…