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    Polling post mortem

    Polling became a big issue for media in the recent Ontario campaign thanks to a highly critical letter sent out by Ipsos Reid executives in mid-September, which called other pollsters "hucksters selling methodological snake oil", adding journalists were "no mere dupes in this process." So, now that the results are in, how did pollsters do…

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    Welcome to Hell: Toronto Sun

    Earlier this week, the Toronto Sun raised some eyebrows when it didn't endorse Conservative candidate Tim Hudak in the Ontario provincial election.

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    Do young writers care if they get paid?

    Sarah Millar responds to Russell Smith's recent Globe and Mail piece, where he laments that young writers, unlike older writers, don’t seem to care if they get paid for their work. This post originally appeared on her blog, Through the Looking Glass.

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    Bringing the ha! to Hogtown

    J-Source’s Rhiannon Russell caught up with The Onion’s features editor Joe Garden, in town for the satirical paper’s Toronto launch, to chat about Canada, what makes it funny, and what’s in store for the Canuck edition.

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    Unnecessary journalism phrases

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    Journalism in the age of data: video

    Whether you have no idea what data visualization is, how it can be used a storytelling medium, or already love it and want to learn more, check out this video produced during the 2009/10 Knight Journalism Fellowship. And if you've already seen it, it's worth a refresher. The video is broken down into eight chapters:…