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	<title>Manitoba Press Council</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Press councils in the Internet age</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Behind the scenes in newspapers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Newspaper editors are featured in the World Editors  Forum on the subject of integrated newsrooms. Here are some excerpts from their  comments.

Editor-in-Chief, Globe &#038; Mail,  Canada.
&#8220;Most journalists in our newsroom consider  themselves hybrids; they are story tellers who use different media and the  inherent strengths of each to convey their stories.&#8221;

Executive-Editor, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confusion exists with human rights commissions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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The Ontario Human Rights Commission has called for Parliament to form a national Press  Council. The chief commissioner, Barbara Hall, is quoted as saying it “would help bring about more consistency across all jurisdictions in Canada”. Also, she admitted that, “As we saw in the Maclean’s case, we had different responses from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario appeal court hears contempt case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First posted Jan 22, 2008
The case of Ken Peters, a Hamilton Spectator reporter who refused to reveal a source during a 2004 civil trial, is now before the Ontario Court of Appeal. What follows is a Canadian Press account of the proceedings.

The Canadian Press
TORONTO — Ontario’s highest court was urged Tuesday to seize upon the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RRC forum remarks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First posted on Nov. 6, 2007

On Nov. 1, the Manitoba Press  Council sponsored a forum for Red River  College journalism students.  The topic of the forum was a private MP&#8217;s bill to amend the Canada Evidence Act, and thereby create a limited shield law for journalists. What follows are excerpts from what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits of self regulation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First published Oct. 12, 2006
A Senate Report on Media, released in 2006, gave the opinion that Press Councils are an important element of Canada&#8217;s news and information system and that they can make a significant contribution to the quality of journalism in Canada.
They also stated that, since Press Councils are not affiliated with a particular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Check privacy commissioner&#8217;s blog</title>
		<link>http://www.mbpress.org/wordpress/?p=35</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ First published Oct. 3, 2007
Journalists&#8217; demands for access to information frequently are in collision with privacy rights, which various levels of bureaucracy cite as a reason for withholdling information.
Where do individual Canadians and media fit into this ongoing tug-of-war between privacy and access?
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has a blog, written by staffers, dealing with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CHRC commended for report</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian Human Rights Commission should be commended for its recently released report on the subject of hate speech and free speech.
The CHRC hired constitutional law expert Richard Moon to make recommendations concerning, &#8220;the appropriate mechanisms to address hate messages, and more particularly those on the internet, with specific emphasis on the role of section [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shield law debate at Red River College</title>
		<link>http://www.mbpress.org/wordpress/?p=15</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Manitoba Press Council is sponsoring a debate for journalism students at Red River College on Nov. 1 on the issue of legislative protection for journalists and their sources.  Veteran Winnipeg lawyer and newspaper columnist Harold Buchwald and Chair of the Manitoba Press Council, John Cochrane, will present the pros and cons of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News execs divided over airing killer&#8217;s video</title>
		<link>http://www.mbpress.org/wordpress/?p=12</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2007 03:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News executives across North America are divided over the decision by NBC News to air clips it received from 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui, who shot 32 people to death before committing suicide on the Virginia Tech campus this week.
The airing of the video, strictly speaking, isn&#8217;t a print media issue with which the press council deals, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking at the Australian press</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Media junkies should check out the Australian Press Council&#8217;s State of the News Print Media in Australia Report 2006.  The study was assembled by Australian J-school academics and industry members of the press council.
Newspapers in Australia, like Canada, are changing rapidly.
The report noted five major trends in Australia:

Newspaper companies are rapidly transforming into multi-media [...]]]></description>
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