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    CBC Ombudsman: Who said that? The use of paraphrase and direct quotes

    By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman The complainant, Greg Hunter, was suspicious of statements attributed to the Syrian government and to Vladimir Putin. He thought it unlikely they had actually said what Carol Off attributed to them in the course of an interview on As It Happens. He questioned the accuracy. There was no violation of…

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    CBC Ombudsman: Trump and the Republican Party

    By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman The complainant, Steve Cherry thought it inappropriate for Neil Macdonald to refer to creationism as superstition in a column he wrote about challenges facing the Republican policy in the face of a Trump candidacy for President. Expressing opinion is prohibited by CBC policy and even this passing reference did not…
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    What 12 months as a Nieman fellow taught journalist Stephen Maher

    By Stephen Maher In September, Joshua Benton, the director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, gave a talk about trends in the media business to the incoming Nieman fellows, 23 journalists from around the world spending a year at Harvard. He marked the first slide with an asterix: * Warning: May be depressing.…
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    Meet the Press: Marc Weisblott, Twelve Thirty Six

    By Nadine Tousignant for CNW Launched in June 2015 by St. Joseph Media, Twelve Thirty Six quickly became Toronto’s go-to lunchtime tabloid. We spoke with Marc Weisblott, editor of 12:36 about the eclectic e-newsletter, his typical workday and where PR fits in the mix. Follow the outlet @1236. What has inspired you to start 12:36 and what is its mission?…
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    National Observer goes behind a paywall

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor If you want to read National Observer stories, you’re going to have to start paying for them. On May 27, the online climate, energy and politics focused publication put up a paywall. Readers now get two free articles a month. After that, they can pay 27 cents a story, or…
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    A behind-the-scenes look at the NMA nominated work of Nicholas Hune-Brown

    By Chris Lowrey Nicholas Hune-Brown is a Toronto-based journalist who has been nominated more than a dozen times at the NMAs, which honour excellence in Canadian magazines. This year, he’s nominated for five, leading all individuals nominees—one in the Words and Pictures category, one in the Health and Medicine category, one in the Profile section…
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    Canada Periodical Fund changing with the times

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor The Canada Periodical Fund may broaden its horizons in the years to come. Luc Marchand, the director of the Canada Periodical Fund, told attendees at MagNet, the annual Canadian magazine conference, on June 8 that the results of federal government consultations on media may impact how the fund designs its…
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    There is journalism beyond journalism

    The following column was adapted from the opening address at Beyond Journalism on June 2, in Toronto, Ontario. By Errol Salamon, Work and Labour Editor Moving beyond journalism may seem just as scary to emerging journalists as it is to established journalists who haven’t lost their jobs yet, or to former journalists who have already…