PWAC Awards accepting submissions
The Professional Writers Association of Canada is accepting submissions for two award categories open to all Canadian writers: Features and Short Articles.
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2012 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards finalists announced
Newspapers Canada has announced the finalists for the 2012 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards, the winners of which will be presented at the Ink&Beyond conference on April 26 in Toronto.
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Courthouse culture, press freedom vs. privacy and ethics codes: #freepresscda Day 2
J-Source's Belinda Alzner and Rhiannon Russell spent Mar. 8 and 9 liveblogging and tweeting from a conference discussing the status of press freedom in Canada, hosted by Ryerson University's Journalism Research Centre in partnership with the Law Research Centre.
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Libel and intimidation: Regarding Twit-slips and SLAPPs
At a panel discussion part of Ryerson University's Press Freedom in Canada conference, Tim Currie discussed what happens when journalists mess up on Twitter and Normand Landry talked about the stifling of press freedom via strategic lawsuits.
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Call for submissions for the 2012 Dave Greber Freelance Writers Awards
The Dave Greber Freelance Writers Awards has put out a call for submissions. The separate book and magazine awards recognize excellence of writing and research in the area of social justice writing and also provide support for independent freelance writers during the publishing process.
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La liberté de presse: droit et devoir
«Les décisions les plus importantes sont prises en secret», a déclaré le professeur Fred Vallance-Jones de l'Université King's College de Halifax, vendredi, lors d'un colloque à l'Université Ryerson, à Toronto. Comme lui, tout au long de cet événement qui soulignait le trentième anniversaire de la Charte des droits et libertés, de nombreux journalistes, chercheurs et…
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The Canadian Press reaches tentative agreement with staff
The Canadian Media Guild, which represents workers at The Canadian Press, have announced that they have come to an agreement on a new deal with the company.
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How the media and the courts must work together: Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin
The full text from a speech given to Carleton University students by Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin discusses the relationship between the press and the courts, and how both are requisite to upholding a society built on the rule of law.
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Arab Spring conference calls for right to communicate
Tunis, March 12th, 2012 (AMARC REPORT). More than a hundred associative and community media representatives, freedom of expression activists and delegates from international organizations supporting media called for the institutionalization of the right to communicate for democracy in the region during the closing of the first AMARC Conference in Mashreq and Maghreb on "Community Media…
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#freepresscda lunch with Tony Burman
As part of the Press Freedom in Canada conference held last week at Ryerson University, Tony Burman gave a luncheon address on his experience working for Al Jazeera English, the importance of war reporting and its implications for freedom of the press. Rhiannon Russell was there, and reports on Burman's speech.