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The mainstream media's reaction to the Parti Québécois victory may have been predictable, but Justin Ling says it risks fanning the flames of intolerance.

Yesterday we brought you the important stories of the summer in Canadian media. Now, here's The Globe and Mail's Simon Houpt's list of the silly news stories that were a product of summertime. 

The Tyee is once again offering five $5,000 fellowships for independent journalists interested in tackling an in-depth reporting project on a topic that will "educate and engage" citizens of British Columbia.

Last month's Danzig Street shooting in Scarborough, Ont. left two dead, 23 wounded and the media in a frenzy. Reporters flooded the neighbourhood, used social media to track down sources and wrote endlessly about the event. Priya Ramanujam, a journalist and resident of Scarborough, finds some media coverage lacked an understanding of the neighbourhood and its residents. …

Ivor Shapiro provoked an online furor of discussion over his column on 'we wuz robbed' journalism that he felt occurred after Canada's loss to the U.S. in the semifinals at the London Olympics. Here, he responds to his critics and gives some examples of journalism that went beyond rah-rah in the wake of the game. 

CBC Radio veteran, J-Source contributing editor and new CanWest Fellow Ira Basen recently sat down with public relations pro Judy Gombita to talk about the relationship between journalism and PR.

Journalism in 2012 is not as it was in 1930s: This was playwright John Guare's challenge in revising two popular treatments of journalism in The Front Page and His Girl Friday. Janice Neil looks at how Guare's production of His Girl Friday, which made its Canadian debut at the Shaw Festival this summer, responds to contemporary issues in…

Depending on who's talking, The Huffington Post is either a partner for homegrown media or a threat to it. Now that it is launching regional editions in B.C. and Alberta, Jonathan Sas looks at the U.S. media firm's international expansion and its effect on the Canadian media ecosystem.

The fact that news consumers – both readers and viewers alike – don’t need to be told what to consume anymore is not news. The fact that they want to be part of the process is not news. But the fact that at least one journalist has had his Twitter account disabled after criticizing NBC’s…

Next to his illustration of a female black toddler, Michael de Adder penned the words: “Injuries to expect before they are two.” Arrows pointed to various spots on the little girl’s body, describing various bumps and bruises that children normally get, such as a “boo boo from a high chair” and a “mark from a tricycle.”…