Year / 2016
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![The Independent reports on journalist and editor Justin Brake being named in an arrest order. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
What led to a journalist covering Muskrat Falls being named in a court order?
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor When a group of protesters in Muskrat Falls in Labrador cut the locks on the gate of a controversial hydroelectric project and marched in, journalist Justin Brake…
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A Disappearance in Damascus grapples with some of journalism’s toughest ethical questions
Deborah Campbell, A Disappearance in Damascus: A Story of Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War. Knopf, 2016. 352 pages. $28.32. By Jane Gerster “Do you think anything you write will make a…
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![Éric Grenier works on updating the CBC’s Presidential Poll Tracker, following the ups and downs of the U.S. election and counting down the days until Nov. 8. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Éric Grenier explains why political polls are more important than ever
By Kate Skelly Polling has never been more important than throughout the 2016 U.S. election, according to CBC’s poll analyst Éric Grenier. “Polling does have some caveats. It does have some caution…
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![The new Black Press paper, the Vancouver Island Free Daily, launched Sept. 27 across Vancouver Island. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Black Press launches a new Vancouver Island wide daily newspaper
By Mitchell Thompson Black Press, the British Columbia-based news company with a near monopoly on Vancouver Island, has launched a free daily after a string of newspaper closures. The new paper, the…
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![Muskrat Falls hydroelectric dam construction site. CC BY | Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.]()
Court order threatening arrest of journalist covering Muskrat Falls must be rescinded
By Duncan Pike for Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) strongly condemns the court order threatening journalist Justin Brake with arrest for covering the peaceful occupation of Muskrat Falls… -
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Journalism Jobs: October 26
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![Taproot co-founders Karen Unland and Mack Male want stories to answers to questions “planted” by community members and developed by paid freelancers. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Edmonton media outlet Taproot is working on an innovative model for paid reporting work
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Trish Audette-Longo Taproot Edmonton’s very first story wouldn’t normally crack a newspaper’s front page or the 6 o’clock news. Posted online in September,… -
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Toronto Star Public Editor: More discussion about demeaning team names needed
By Kathy English for the Toronto Star Can we talk, please, about that baseball team from Cleveland that dare not speak its name on this particular page of the Toronto Star. It’s…
