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The Eastern Door is having a very, very good year. First, it was nominated for a 2011 Michener Award; then it was honoured by the Canadian Association of Journalists. Brittany LeBorgne tells…

There are plenty of questions that surround WikiLeaks, writes Joshua Noble in yesterday’s Toronto Star. Is anonymous leaking ethical? Does it endanger or protect? Is it democratic or anarchistic? But most of…

When it comes to religion-based broadcasts, it’s not uncommon for people to make bold — but tenuous — statements on air. But when it comes to religious opinions, how far is too…

The Committee to Protect Journalists is reporting 251 journalists have been killed in the past decade. The report comes within hours of Pakistani reporter Saleem Shahzad’s murder after he reported on Al-Quaeda’s …

Online news start-ups are collaborative, innovative, and full of great journalism — but where’s the money? Former J-Source associate editor Dana Lacey introduces you to the minds behind Canada’s online news start-ups,…

Globe and Mail columnnist Christie Blatchford is none too impressed with Bonnie Porter, the presiding coroner of the Ashley Smith Inquest. In an article published in Saturday’s Globe and Mail, Blatchford writes…

Posting this just because it speaks to the dedication of the profession: Eighteen of 26 reporters in Joplin lost their homes during the tornado — but kept on reporting. Now, folks are…

Arianna Huffington was in Toronto yesterday for the Canada launch of the Huffington Post. So what did she have to say?

Yesterday, we reported that Postmedia has started a metered paywall experiment with two of its papers, the Montreal Gazette and the Victoria Times Colonist. Today, Metro Morning‘s Matt Galloway talked with Postmedia…

J-Source caught up with GlobalNews.ca managing editor David Skok, who was recently named one of this year’s Nieman Fellowship winners. He is the first Canadian online journalist to win the prestigious year-long…