Now on J-Source: Ezra Levant; On internships, class and opportunity; Digital Journal's brand newsroom

TORONTO, Oct. 25, 2012 /CNW/ -

FEATURES

J-News
Hate crime investigation launched surrounding Ezra Levant's Roma broadcast
The Roma Community Centre has reported a hate crime to the Toronto Police Service regarding comments made by Sun News Network's Ezra Levant in a recent broadcast on Roma immigration, Eric Mark Do reports.
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Town Hall
Internships and the intersection of class struggle and opportunity
If there is one thing that many young journalists can bond over, it's the common experience of having worked in unpaid internships to gain experience. The downside to this is obvious and well-documented. But as Belinda Alzner explains, panelists at a recent conference on precarious workers demonstrated the topic of unpaid internships still prompts a complicated conversation.
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J-News
Don't scrap the paper: J-Talk with Canadian newspaper editors
It's not time to kill print entirely, but the industry has a slew of competitors and challenges that it must address. Eric Mark Do reports from the recent CJF J-Talk with a panel of Canadian newspaper editors, where they talked paywalls, digital strategy and plans to remain relevant and viable in a new media landscape.
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The Future of News
Digital Journal launches new newsroom - for brands
Since its inception in 2006, Digital Journal has expanded to entail 42,000 contributors in over 200 countries and now, Ira Basen explains, the Canadian citizen journalism start-up is moving into brand journalism. Basen spoke with founder Chris Hogg about what this means for Digital Journal's journalists and how this project fits into the larger picture of branded content.
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Ideas
Media magazine to celebrate 2012 award winners
The challenge of pitching and telling the investigative, enterprise or explanatory story will always remain and even intensify, despite what news managers say about being committed to original content. In the upcoming issue of Media magazine, editor David McKie sought to tell the story behind 2012's award-winning stories, highlighting the challenges facing journalists in getting these important stories told.
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EVENTS CALENDAR

IN THE NEWS

» On Jeremy Paxman's interview with Conrad Black: What do you think?
» Winners of 2012 COPAs announced
» Maclean's crowd-directed coverage of Parliament Hill
» The Globe and Mail goes live with paywall and Globe Unlimited subscription service
» Recap: CJF J-Talk with editors on reinventing the modern newspaper
» Roundup: Newsweek to cease print publication, go digital-only in 2013
» J-Links: CRTC to rule on Bell-Astral merger; Canadian journos top social media list; #bindersfullofwomen

TOWN HALL

On Oct 16 at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, the Travers Debates raised about $50,000 for the Fellowship. This guarantees that the Fellowship can be awarded annually for the next 16 years. The goal is still to endow it in perpetuity...

Reader: Peter Calamai
Article: Katie DeRosa's Travers Fellowship reporting progress

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