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Star public editor: Journalists embrace cause of human rights

When a then 25-year-old Ben Peterson launched a global media development organization called Journalists for Human Rights in 2002, he faced his share of critics, skeptics and naysayers for somehow tainting the notion of…
Globe public editor: Time to find a different word to describe Bernardo’s victims

A reader wondered: “Why does The Globe persist in using the sexist … and outdated term ‘schoolgirls’ in reference to the victims of Paul Bernardo? Public editor Sylvia Stead writes it may…
Canada’s position in a global ranking of right to information laws slips again

Canada’s position in a global ranking of right to information laws has slipped again, though only slightly, dropping to 56th in the annual ratings prepared by the Halifax-based Centre for Law and…
Journalistes indépendants: enfin la négociation collective?

Une centaine de participants a assisté hier aux états-généraux du journalisme indépendant à l’appel de l’AJIQ, qui célébrait en grande pompe son vingt-cinquième anniversaire. Une journée pour réfléchir à l’avenir de la…
27% des journalistes indépendants envisagent de changer de vie

Alors que les États-Généraux du journalisme indépendant battent leur plein, l’AJIQ dévoile à l’instant les résultats d’un vaste sondage sur les conditions de travail des pigistes. Un tableau bien sombre qui révèle…
Y a-t-il un avenir pour le journalisme indépendant?

Dans quelques heures, les grandes lignes de ce qui se dégage de la tournée organisée par le média coopératif Ensemble à travers tout le Québec seront dévoilées au participants des États-Généraux du…
CBC Saskatoon debuts its morning show on-air after five-month delay

After discovering just three days shy of its launch date that it did not have the necessary CRTC regulatory licence to broadcast from Saskatoon, the CBC’s new morning show has finally made…
York University gives libel notice to Toronto Life for article alleging campus is “hunting ground for sexual predators”

York University says it has given a notice for libel earlier this week to the Toronto magazine and Katherine Laidlaw, the writer of the article alleging that its campus has become a…
Tech review: Editorially makes online editing and collaboration easier

Officially launched on September 10, Editorially is the latest web-based platform to hit the collaborative writing and editing game. Developed by a team of experts, its ambition is “making it as easy…
Beyond The Headlines: Have The Media Treated Mayor Ford Fairly?

A video that allegedly shows the Mayor of Canada’s largest city smoking crack cocaine has generated headlines around the world. News of the video, which was not produced by the journalists, has…

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