Category / Policy
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Question Period Live: Maclean’s and J-Source dissect The House of Commons
Ever wanted to make sense of all the yelling and bickering in the House of Commons? Maclean's and J-Source team up to pick apart Question Period, the opposition's daily attempt to get…
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PressProgress: a new way of covering news from Parliament Hill
Under the direction of editor Sarah Schmidt, a veteran reporter of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, PressProgress is a new news site from Ottawa with the support of the Broadbent Institute. The site…
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Updated: Ontario Press Council rules Star, Globe Rob Ford stories ethical
The Ontario Press Council dismissed complaints about the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail’s stories on the Fords, saying the papers reported in a fair and ethical manner. Meanhwile, Toronto councillor Doug…
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Live Chat: Age of WikiLeaks
It was one of the most-talked-about films at the Toronto International Film Festival and now The Fifth Estate, the blockbuster movie about the controversial Julian Assange and the WikiLeaks saga is going…
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Live Chat: Best practices in live election coverage
Now more than ever before, readers are hungry for all the nitty-gritty details of politics and elections. With real-time content, you're guaranteed to keep them engaged. This week's ScribbleLive discussion is about…
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Political cover wraps disguised as articles may be the latest step in evolution of newspapers
Are the financial gains from selling cover wraps that look like newspaper articles worth it compared to the loss of credibility for newspapers? J-Source looks at how the publisher of the commuter…
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Live blog: Gawking, Gossip And Crowdfunding: Is This The New Journalism?
J-Source is live blogging the Canadian Journalism Foundation J-Talk with John Cook, editor-in-chief of Gawker, in conversation with Jeffrey Dvorkin, program director of the journalism program at the University of Toronto Scarborough…
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NDP buys front page of Halifax paper, much tut-tutting ensues
It’s not the first time that a commuter paper has sold its front page in the middle of an election campaign as a paid advertisement, writes Sun Media's national bureau chief David…
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Live Blog: Political Reporting In Real-Time
No longer is Parliamentary procedure or City Council restricted to those who can physically be in the room; no more is 24-hour television news your only option for tracking the latest on…
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CBC’s new parliamentary bureau chief Rob Russo explains what you can expect from him and his team
The unparalleled reach and impact of CBC News brings with it the sobering realization that a mistake could move markets and mar lives, writes CBC's newly appointed parliamentary bureau chief Rob Russo.…