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    Book Review: “Out of the Blue”

    “Out of the Blue” is a gripping memoir of Jan Wong's struggle with depression and about the end of the love affair with her newspaper. It shines a light on ignorance about clinical depression and on the stigma that the illness brings with it. Her book is also a warning to journalists — obsession with…

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    Canadian media reviews of Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom

      You’d better believe that journalists, being obsessed with getting the facts right, will be the first to point out when facts about them are wrong. This may explain the lukewarm-at-best reviews that Aaron Sorkin’s latest drama series, The Newsroom, has garnered in the Canadian media over the last week. 

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    An update on the future of press councils study

    Are press councils the most effective way for readers to complain about newspapers' conduct? That's the question Lisa Taylor and Ivor Shapiro have been asking for months. Now, they're moving into the next stage of their study with the knowledge they've gained along the way. 

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    Declaring Canada’s climate columnist

    “Canada’s climate columnist” may not be a thing, in so much that it is determined by a vote, a panel or a jury, but environmental consultant Matt Price has passed his judgment and named what he thinks is the best columnist in the country when it comes to the discussion of climate change.

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    A big step backward for openness in Newfoundland

    New legislation in Newfoundland vastly expands the ways the government can say no to freedom-of-information requests. J-source contributing editor and access expert Fred Vallance-Jones argues the bill goes too far.