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    Beam me up Scotty: The struggle to cover health and science in daily news

    CTV Health Reporter Karen Owen shares the challenges of covering highly complicated health and science stories within the confines of television news.…
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    A riot just broke out. Now what?

    When the Canucks lost the cup, reporters covering the game found themselves in the middle of a riot. Dana Lacey tells us how two Vancouver newsrooms, The Province and Global TV BC, pushed information out to readers, in real time,…
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    The bear facts: A local story goes viral, and speaks volumes about the state of broadcast news

    In 2009 the story of a bear sighting in Cleveland became world famous. Not because of the bear, but because of the way the story was covered. Field Notes editor Nicole Blanchett Neheli talks to FOX reporter Todd Meany about…
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    Global News liveblogs from frontlines of Afghanistan

    Global News pulled a first-ever last night when it liveblogged from the frontlines of Afghanistan for an hour.…
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    The bear facts: A local story goes viral, and speaks volumes about the state of broadcast news

    In 2009 the story of a bear sighting in Cleveland became world famous. Not because of the bear, but because of the way the story was covered. Field Notes editor Nicole Blanchett Neheli talks to FOX reporter Todd Meany about…
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    Five questions for Patrick Brown

    Patrick Brown is this year’s Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner. After being selected from more than 50 nominations, he’ll receive the award at tonight’s 14th annual awards gala. We caught up with the former CBC foreign correspondent to…
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    Five questions for Robert MacNeil

    Robert MacNeil’s four-decade long journalism career is full of well-deserved accolades. Now, the former NewsHour host will add another to the list. J-Source talks to tonight’s Canadian Journalism Annual Awards Gala Honorary Tribute winner about his return to reporting 15…
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    APTN sharpens its investigative chops

    From a tip about a former advisor in the PMO’s office to one of the juiciest political scandals of the year. David McKie talks with Paul Barnsley, executive producer of APTN Investigates about the Bruce Carson story. This Q&A is…
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    “Occasional screams reminded me of where I was”: Reuters journalist held in Syria

    Reuters journalist Suleiman al-Khalidi, a Jordanian citizen, was arrested and held in Syria for four days nearly two months ago. Today, Reuters published a story by Al-Khalidi describing his experience at the “Mukhabarat”, his treatment by Syrian intelligence services —…
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    Is content really king?

    Yesterday, we told J-Source readers to go check out Ira Basen‘s new article in Maisonneuve about algorithms and content farms. Today, Basen shares his thoughts on the top farm, Demand Media, and a little bit more of his experiences working…