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We need to hold seasoned, high-profile journalists to the same standards that we expect future generations of journalists to uphold, Anne McNeilly argues. But how the industry has, at times, responded this year to…

No one said that breaking into the highly competitive sports media industry was easy. But, as Steph Rogers reports, if there’s anything that the panelists at Tuesday night’s Fast Break event could agree…

Earlier this year, Victoria Times Colonist reporter Katie DeRosa was named the inaugural Travers Fellowship recipient. She is currently in Australia, working on her fellowship-funded project, which is an investigation into the impact of Canada’s…

Mayor Rob Ford returned to his Newstalk1010 radio show with brother Councillor Doug Ford after their summer hiatus on Sunday, challenging reporters to a debate in light of their media coverage over the last…

J-Source associate editor Belinda Alzner travelled to Washington D.C., and while she was there, visited the Newseum. Here are some photos from the museum. 

A golden age of journalism? It’s not how some would describe newspaper closures, reduced print schedules and job cuts in the thousands. But to David Carr, it makes sense. Rhiannon Russell reports…

  A Toronto media outlet runs a story about Rob Ford’s involvement with his football teams and subsequently finds the mayor’s brother “going after” it. Sound familiar? 

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.