CUTV: A media player in the Montreal student movement
Beyond Twitter and Facebook, the mix of mediums wielded by strikers, protestors, and their allies on the streets of Montreal over the last four months includes CUTV.
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Another female journalist sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square
Men — men everywhere. Clawing, groping and raping with their hands. Others watching. Women averting their eyes. That is the story that independent journalist and student Natasha Smith described on her blog this week.
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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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Going in-depth: the relationship between broadcast and online news
A report from the BBC Trust that looks at the broadcasters coverage of the Arab Spring raises the question: How can broadcast and online news work best together?
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Jonah Lehrer and recycling previously published work: The roundup and reaction
Jeff Fraser rounds up the controversy over Jonah Lehrer's reuse of his own work that has grown throughout the week, raising questions about journalistic ethics surrounding plagiarism and recycling one's own words (without telling your bosses).
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Journos worldwide turn to social media for story ideas
A survey of more than 600 journalists worldwide reveals that more journalists are using social media to find story ideas or new angles on a story.
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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.
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Following the gunshots: HuffPost intern Brian Trinh on reporting from the Eaton Centre shooting
Brian Trinh was at the Eaton Centre on June 2 as a shopper, not a reporter. But when gunshots rang out in the Toronto mall's busy upscale food court, the Huffington Post Canada intern did what only journalists and emergency service employees do: He followed the sound of the shots and the screams to get…