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    The future of news: LiveArticle

    The future of news — we bet you've heard that phrase a lot. With so many cool, new things happening in the journo world it can be hard to keep up with all the innovative — and constantly evolving — ways to tell stories. That's why J-Source is doing it for you. Each week, we'll…

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    Summer of angst

    Tim Knight’s stinging critique of The National continues to provoke comments on J-Source, echoing the buzz over Kai Nagata’s ‘why I quit’ statement. With the aroma of phone-hacking still in the air, it seems journalistic angst runs particularly deep this summer. In an editorial, the Globe and Mail called for greater public accountability. Yet a…

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    Rethinking journalism ethics, objectivity in the age of social media

    In today's rapidly changing media environment, many journalism schools are getting creative when it comes to teaching journalism — and no subject is more tricky than ethics. J-Source contributing editor Stephen J.A. Ward asks: Whither objectivity? This article originally appeared on PBS MediaShift.

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    The Economist se lance sur Android

    The Economist a lancé, la semaine dernière, sa première application spécifiquement adaptée au système d'exploitation mobile de Google, Android. Le prestigieux magazine économique tentera de reproduire sur les tablettes virtuelles du Android Market le succès qu'il connaît sur celles du App Store.

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    Journalism and hidden sources

    The scandal at News of the World links back to some very old abuses, writes The Globe and Mail's Neil Reynolds in a recent column. Namely, the risk of factual error when it comes to using anonymous sources. In his article, Reynolds spans the history of anonymous sources, as well as the use of pen…

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    Can journalism be saved?: One young journo comments on Kai Nagata

    By now, most of us have probably read Kai Nagata's manifesto against mainstream TV news — "Why I quit my job". We've also probably read (and perhaps contributed to) the dozens of comments praising and slamming the 24-year-old. Indeed, as Joëlle Pouliot writes in The Gazette, one group has been strangely silent: other journalists in…

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    Is Harper immune from Murdoch-style scandal?

    There is no way Stephen Harper will become embroiled in a Murdoch-style scandal à la British PM David Cameron, according to a series of analysts interviewed in a recent Canadian Press story.