Now on J-Source: Ontario Press Council to hold hearings for Ford stories; Paywalls more prevalent in Canada than in U.S.; No fewer journalists today than 10 years ago: Statistics Canada

TORONTO, Aug. 22, 2013 /CNW/ -

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Ontario Press Council to hold hearings on Star and Globe stories on Ford family
By Tamara Baluja
The Ontario Press Council will hold two separate hearings in September to investigate complaints that the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail reported on Mayor Rob Ford's family in an irresponsible, unethical manner.

Paywalls are more prevalent in Canada than in U.S. and U.K
By Kelly Toughill
An informal J-Source survey of 95 dailies found that about 80 per cent of newspapers in Canada charge readers for online content or plan to do so very soon. That's twice the rate of paywall adoption in the United States, writes the J-Source Business of Journalism editor.

No fewer journalists today than 10 years ago: Statistics Canada
By Chad Skelton, for the Vancouver Sun
There are just as many journalists working in Canada today as there were a decade ago, according to data from Statistics Canada. Given the difficulties newspapers have been having over the past decade, that journalists are even holding their own seems, frankly, amazing.

The challenges of investigative reporting as a freelancer
By Alison Motluk, for Media magazine
Even though her reporting on egg donors was subsidized, Alison Motluk says she lost money writing her Maisonneuve article. She doesn't regret it -- her piece did win the CAJ's magazine award, after all -- but she says there are many challenges to undertaking investigative reporting as a freelancer.

Opinion: J-schools should innovate by prioritizing research instead of waiting for industry to dictate its needs
As a recent Poynter study suggests, journalists and educators have always disagreed about the value and scope of journalism education. For real innovation, j-schools should look to other academic disciplines, not just the industry, for guidance, writes Maija Saari, the academic chair for the School of Communications, Media and Design at Centennial College.

                                                IN THE NEWS

• Breakfast Television Montreal unveils its new broadcast studio
• Toronto Star appoints new Travel and Homes editors
• Mike McCardell and Dave Gerry join CTV British Columbia
• Students worry about future of University of Ottawa's journalism program
• Michelle Lissel joins Global Winnipeg as weather anchor
• Canadian Jewish News returns to print
• Globe public editor: Just the facts … plus some analysis
• CBC ombudsman: The aftermath of the acquittal of George Zimmerman
• Globe public editor: How government tries to define the news agenda
• Globe public editor: Setting the record straight on an upside-down jet
• Mark Trueman named new executive producer of Global Toronto

                                                EVENTS CALENDAR

• Sept. 4: River Building Lecture: Nahlah Ayed
• Sept. 7: AMPA PitchFest
• Sept. 14: AMPA PitchFest 
• Sept. 19: CJF J-Talk with Gawker's John Cook
• Sept. 20-22: Fall ARCUP 2013
• Sept. 20: Chris Hedges All events

J-Source and ProjetJ are projects of The Canadian Journalism Foundation in collaboration with leading journalism schools and organizations.

Save the Date: Our season of CJF J-Talks kicks off with John Cook, editor-in-chief of Gawker, in conversation with Jeffrey Dvorkin, director of the journalism program at the University of Toronto Scarborough, on September 19 in Toronto. Tickets on sale soon at CJF J-Talks.

SOURCE: Canadian Journalism Foundation