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    J-Links for Aug. 2: Investigative journo hired by corruption inquiry; Age and social media in newsrooms; Female journos in southern Africa lack safety, freedom

    Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: Quebec investigative journalist André Noël leaves La Presse to join construction corruption inquiry, CBC and Sun News’ battle over a “private box” at Diamond Jubilee, Sylvia Stead on social media in the newsroom and female journalists in southern Africa continue to experience violence and sexual assault despite relative peace. And…

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    #NBCfail, Guy Adams and Twitter’s response

      The hashtag #NBCfail has been trending on Twitter worldwide all week, though the reasons for this have evolved as stories develop. It began with NBC’s decision to put marquee events on tape delay, showing them during prime time hours when advertisers are willing to pay more. This, coupled with what has been described as…

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    His Girl Friday: Adapting journalistic issues of the 1930s for 2012

    Journalism in 2012 is not as it was in 1930s: This was playwright John Guare's challenge in revising two popular treatments of journalism in The Front Page and His Girl Friday. Janice Neil looks at how Guare's production of His Girl Friday, which made its Canadian debut at the Shaw Festival this summer, responds to contemporary issues in…

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    Why Saskatchewan is a good place to be a journalist

    There is a place in Canada where three things are growing: the economy, the population and advertising dollars. Welcome to Saskatchewan, where, Angelina Irinci reports, journalism grads are in demand and media outlets are springing up to take advantage of ad dollars that are more free-flowing than elsewhere in the country.

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    Fellowship open for journalists who cover international peace and security

      The United States Institute of Peace Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship is open to journalists whose work covers topics of international peace and security challenges who wish to spend time researching and writing at the institute in Washington D.C. The fellowships are open to Canadian journalists, academics, policy makers and analysts. It is a fellowship…

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    The Huffington Post’s Canadian ambitions

    Depending on who's talking, The Huffington Post is either a partner for homegrown media or a threat to it. Now that it is launching regional editions in B.C. and Alberta, Jonathan Sas looks at the U.S. media firm's international expansion and its effect on the Canadian media ecosystem.

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    Élections : le « fact-checking » au service des citoyens?

    Lors d’une campagne électorale, les citoyens sont en droit de recevoir une information pertinente et de qualité sur les candidats, les partis politiques et les grands enjeux. Malheureusement, les stratégies de communication des partis exploitent souvent des sentiments peu nobles comme la peur, la colère, la convoitise -plus faciles à mobiliser dans l’esprit des électeurs…

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    J-Links for July 31: B.C. reporter faces possible charges; Farewell to Winnipeg Free Press’ editor; Jonah Lehrer resigns from The New Yorker

    Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: Kelowna reporter could face charges after alleged exposing drug operation, farewell to the Winnipeg Free Press’s first female editor Margo Goodhand, Storify shows Canadians happier with TV Olympics coverage than Americans and Irish journalist and author Maevis Binchy dies at 72. And today’s read: The New Yorker writer Jonah Lehrer resigns…