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Journalism’s struggle with infographics: The facts and figures behind omnipresent images

Infographics are in high demand, so why are newsrooms slow to follow? Katrina Pyne reports on the financial and editorial challenges of producing infographics.
Does credibility take a hit when media companies both own teams and employ sports journalists?

When media companies write the paycheques for sports journalists and own the teams the journalists cover, what does this mean for journalistic integrity, independence and credibility?
Honour among thieves: Putting the story before your ego

What's more important: exclusivity or a great story? A new model of cooperative journalism being developed at the Toronto Star is helping to break news, and the traditional practice of keeping information…
Le terrain reste précaire pour les journalistes en milieu minoritaire

Le quotidien Le Droit fêtait son 100e anniversaire le 27 mars. Dans la foulée des célébrations, le Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française (CRCCF) de l’Université d’Ottawa a décidé de traiter de la situation du…
City integrity commissioner sides with Rob Ford in dispute against Toronto Star

The Integrity Commissioner writes that while “there is no question that there was evidence of differential treatment towards reporters for the Toronto Star,” there was no breach of conduct on the part…
J-Source live blogged “Notes From A Changing China,” a talk by Globe And Mail’s Mark MacKinnon

Melanie Coulson live blogged "Notes From A Changing China," a talk by Globe And Mail's Mark MacKinnon.
Portage Daily Graphic will no longer print daily: Sun Media announces

Manitoba-based newspaper Portage Daily Graphic is moving from a daily to a weekly publication. The Sun Media newspaper will begin distributing its weekly print edition, The Graphic, starting next week on Tuesdays while maintaining daily online…
Yukon News wins five Community Newspaper Awards; Ubyssey leads in campus paper categories

The Yukon News won five first-place awards in its circulation category at the 2013 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards, while Ubyssey, the UBC student publication, swept all four first-place awards in the campus…
Nanaimo Daily News apologizes for running ‘racist’ letter to the editor

The publication sparked an online protest against the newspaper and the writer Don Olsen, and the mayor of Nanaimo joined about 100 people protesting outside the offices of the Nanaimo Daily News…
NDP drops price for media to join B.C. leader’s election tour

The NDP have dropped their price from the $5,000 to $1,500 for journalists accompanying party leader Adrian Dix during the B.C. election campaign.

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