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Exposing Canada’s back door: How a King’s journalism class got an NNA nomination for their investigation into P.E.I’s cash-for-residency immigration policy

J-Source goes behind the story of the National Newspaper Award-nominated story “Cashing In: Inside PEI’s Controversial Immigrant Partner Programs.” Laura Armstrong, a graduate of University of King’s College journalism program and deputy…
Robot reporters: The new frontier in journalism?

Can robot reporters replace human journalists? Just because the technology potential is there, doesn't mean that it should be used, writes J-Source Ethics editor Romayne Smith Fullerton. Technology, she argues, cannot assign values…
Writers’ coalitions against TC Media, Toronto Star new freelance contracts

The Toronto Star and Transcontinental Media are getting push back from Canadian writers’ organizations over new contracts that writers say removes copyright as well as moral rights from the creator. Toronto writer Paula Last reports.
Sun News wants five-year digital basic cable deal

Sun News is seeking a five-year mandatory coverage digital basic deal from Canada’s broadcast regulator in an attempt to mitigate its nearly $17-million a year losses. The channel, which is nearing its two year…
Ezra Levant apologizes for Roma ‘slurs’ six months later

More than six months after Ezra Levant ranted on his show, The Source, about the Roma community — sparking outcries and an ongoing hate crime investigation — he and Sun News Network…
Journalism cutbacks are driving audiences away: Pew State of Media report

About 61 per cent of Americans remain unaware of the financial struggles that have led to cutbacks in newsroom, the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. But that doesn’t mean they’re…
La Presse : la révolution numérique est en marche

C’est maintenant officiel, dans un mois jour pour jour, le journal La Presse lancera sa toute nouvelle application pour tablette numérique baptisée LaPresse+. Un premier pas vers l’abandon total du papier, probablement…
Eighteen Bridges wins big at Alberta Magazine Awards

Eighteen Bridges won big at the Alberta Magazine Awards gala in Calgary, taking home three golds and three silvers last week. Swerve magazine, a weekly arts and culture publication, also won five times,…
Ottawa Citizen, Postmedia News awarded Canadian Hillman Prize for robocalls investigation

Ottawa Citizen’s Glen McGregor and Postmedia News’ Stephen Maher have won the 2013 Canadian Hillman Prize for their investigative reporting on the use of robocalls to disrupt and suppress voting during the 2011 federal…
Future of Media: Branded content?

Digital Journal put together a Future of Media panel on branded content and its role in the newsroom. Here is J-Source's round-up of #FOM2013 from March 14.

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