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    RCMP put on leash: Toronto Star

    Journalists may have a tough time getting RCMP to go off-message thanks to a new protocol that puts officers on a much tighter leash.

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    First years and the rush to publish

    When one lecturer’s department at East Tennessee State University introduced a content-management system that put j-students’ first-ever stories in the public spotlight, the fallout was, as she puts it, “enough to make me tear up my syllabus.”

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    The ethics of aggregation: Bert Archer

    Bert Archer has an interesting piece up on the Toronto Standard about the ethics of aggregation in light of the whole Romenesko-Poynter-attribution uproar.

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    Toronto Star introduces editorial board podcast

    Starting this week, the Toronto Star will air online podcasts featuring its editorial board members. The idea is to give reader’s insight into the discussion editorial board members have over what they’ll write about, and what they’ll say about the chosen topic.

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    Why every government hates the CBC: John Doyle

    It isn’t just the current Conservative government that has a hate-on for the CBC, writes The Globe and Mail’s John Doyle. Every government in power since the CBC’s creation has had a beef with the public broadcaster, and, well, it kind of makes sense.

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    Ron Haggart posthumously honoured with CJFE Vox Libera Award

    The Canadian Journalists for Free Expression’s (CJFE) special Vox Libera Award will be awarded posthumously to Canadian journalist Ron Haggart (1927–2011). The Vox Libera Award, along with the International Press Freedom Awards recognizing Khaled al-Hammadi (Yemen) and Mohamed Abdelfattah (Egypt), will be presented at the 14th annual CJFE Gala: A Night to Honour Courageous Reporting…

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    La FPJQ ébranle la ministre St-Pierre

    Au terme des deux jours d'audiences qui ont eu lieu à Montréal vendredi et lundi dans le cadre de la consultation publique sur l'avenir de l'information, ProjetJ a rencontré la ministre de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine, Christine St-Pierre, pour faire le point sur l'évolution du débat.