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    Police investigations cast net over media footage

    Vancouver police are serving warrants to collect hockey riot footage from media outlets. British media recently faced the same dilemma in the wake of the London riots. How things change: in 2008, a Quebec court ordered police to return Radio-Canada’s raw footage of a hockey riot. But that same year, the Hamilton Spectator lost its…

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    Six former journalists now running for office discuss the switch with Steve Paikin

    They've left their jobs as TV anchors or hosts – at least during the Ontario election campaign to stand on the other side of the microphone. [node:ad] TVO's Steve Paikin brought six provincial candidates together for a compelling discussion about the switch from journalism to politics, two days before they find out if their next…

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    City TV launches all-news TV channel in Toronto

    Toronto's latest all-news TV channel is now on the air and if you're a Rogers subscriber in Toronto you can't miss it as it pops up on channel 'one' when you turn on your cable box. But it's also livestreaming, as it claims to be the "only Toronto news station to be available live on…

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    Lapierre contre Sormany: l’aveuglement 2.0

    Le directeur des émissions d'affaires publiques de la Télévision de Radio-Canada, Pierre Sormany, est en train de payer cher une indiscrétion 2.0. La direction de Radio-Canada a émis hier en fin de journée un communiqué annonçant l'avoir suspendu dès vendredi, après que le chroniqueur politique du Groupe TVA et de Cogeco, Jean Lapierre, ait déposé…

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    Unnecessary journalism phrases

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    Journalism in the age of data: video

    Whether you have no idea what data visualization is, how it can be used a storytelling medium, or already love it and want to learn more, check out this video produced during the 2009/10 Knight Journalism Fellowship. And if you've already seen it, it's worth a refresher. The video is broken down into eight chapters:…

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    L’UdeM lorgne les études supérieures en journalisme

    Par Hugo Prévost Alors que la profession journalistique subit toujours les contrecoups de la crise des médias amorcée il y a déjà plusieurs années, l’Université de Montréal a décidé d’entrer dans le club sélect des universités québécoises offrant un programme de deuxième cycle en journalisme, rejoignant ainsi l'Université Concordia et l’Université Laval.