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The heartwrenching images of Annette Funicello’s illness: How CTV’s W5 covered the story

How much information should journalists tell the public about the gritty existence of once-public people who now face a long disability or death? How carefully do you examine the motivations of a…
Stephanie Nolen to head Globe’s new Latin American bureau

The Globe and Mail is opening a new Latin American bureau with NNA-winning journalist Stephanie Nolen as bureau chief. She is currently The Globe’s South Asian correspondent.
CTV British Columbia garners 7 wins at RTNDA B.C. Regional Awards; CBC Edmonton leads with 6 wins in Prairie Awards

The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada announced the B.C. and Prairie Regional Award recipients last week.
Ian Haysom, Bill Good, Ed Mason among recipients of 2013 RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Awards

The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada has announced this year’s Lifetime Achievement Awards. The recipients will be honoured at their respective regional conferences.
Pondering journalism’s future in a digital universe

Kelly Toughill, J-Source business of journalism editor and director of the University King’s College’s School of Journalism, has been thinking a lot about the future of journalism in an increasingly digital universe.…
Enjeux éthiques du journalisme spécialisé en tourisme

Le plus souvent, les journalistes parlent de leur expérience comme voyageur, une perspective qui permet aux lecteurs de s’y identifier. Les journalistes encouragent ainsi des voyages à caractère égocentriques plutôt que de favoriser l’ouverture à d’autres cultures.
Community curation website Newsana launches

Newsana has drawn many comparisons to the social media site Reddit, but its co-founder Ben Peterson argued Newsana will be maintain a higher standard than Reddit and will focus on quality journalism.
Penashue accuses CBC reporter of treating him “unfairly;” adds CBC and Liberals are “like family”

Former Tory Labrador MP Peter Penashue says a CBC reporter treated him unfairly and accused the CBC of being like “family” with the Liberals. CBC reporter Peter Cowan has been nominated as…
University of Windsor Student Alliance calls emergency meeting after outcry over decision to end print publication of campus paper The Lance

The University of Windsor Student Alliance has pulled the plug on the print publication of the campus paper The Lance. But following student outcry and a Facebook compaign to save the newspaper,…
Beyond Borders accepting media award submissions

Beyond Borders is accepting award submissions that highlight the work of Canadian journalists covering issues related to the sexual exploitation of children. Deadline for submission is September 15, 2013.

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