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Why local reporters should be investigating police surveillance
Local police forces might be low hanging fruit for freedom of information requests.… -
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How do cultural attitudes shape crime reporting?
Researchers to explore differences in European newsrooms in June conference.… -
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Two journalists arrested, one charged, at collision scene in Hamilton
Posts on social media show arrests actually taking place on May 16.… -
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Police practice of withholding crime victims’ names can pose challenges for journalistic credibility
One researcher calls this a “tremendous step back for press freedom” that could put the public at risk.… -
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Media ‘under threat’
Canada slips out of Top 20 in press freedom index.… -
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Police force’s demand for Toronto Star video interview flies under radar
Why the Toronto Star isn’t fighting a production order issued against them.… -
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Vice Media reporter must turn over materials to RCMP, appeal court rules
By The Canadian Press A Vice Media reporter must give the RCMP the background materials he used for stories on an accused terrorist, Ontario’s top court affirmed Wednesday. In a case that pitted freedom of the press against the ability… -
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Free expression organizations protest charges against reporter
By Grant Buckler Media and freedom of expression organizations are protesting after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police charged Justin Brake, a reporter for The Newfoundland and Labrador Independent, with mischief and disobeying a court order for entering the site… -
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Federal Court affirms “right to read” in paywall copyright case
By Teresa Scassa The Federal Court has just released a decision in a case that raised issues of fair dealing and copyright abuse. Blacklock’s, an Ottawa-based online news agency, had argued that officials at the Department of Finance breached its… -
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Canada’s criminal libel laws may threaten free speech
By Mitchell Thompson Criminal libel laws in Canada’s Criminal Code are being used increasingly to suppress speech that is critical of public officials and employees, Ryerson journalism professor Lisa Taylor said. Speaking at Ryerson University on Nov. 1, 2016, alongside…
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