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A Waterloo-based startup Media Spot Me says it can help journalists find reliable sources and experts faster. 

The Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom is accepting nominations for a journalist who made a significant contribution to promoting free speech.

How does your right to privacy impact your right to free expression? What kinds of difficult decisions do journalists face in deciding what private information to hyperlink to, or publish? Join the…

This week, at Canada's largest-circulation daily newspaper: Layoffs; the possibility of print production and the young-journo developing radio room being contracted out; a reporters' byline strike; and a more definitive timeline on…

The Last Post was one of the best alternative publications of the 1970s. While the small team of journalists was creating solid investigative journalism, the RCMP Security Service was keeping a close…

News of the possible closure of the Star's radio room program sparked a slew of memories for Canadian journalists, many of whom spent countless hours with one ear on the scanner. Steve…

Douglas says in a post on The Story Board the “highly objectionable” freelance writing agreement states The Star can licence her freelance content to third party users without further compensation to her.

Toronto Star public editor Kathy English tackles the notion that Twitter is to blame for errors made in real-time reporting. Laying such fault on a medium is “too simplistic,” she writes. 

On Thursday, Leonard Asper, CEO of the now-defunct Canwest, stopped by the Winnipeg Free Press News Cafe to talk about the end of the company. 

Shauna Rempel's list of the recent, the new and the notable that came out of the third annual Social Media Weekend conference at Columbia University. Plus, a few industry predictions.