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        <description>Reporting on cultures, religions, lifestyles and other aspects of diversity requires a fine balance of sensitivity and truthfulness. Here we explore the various issues associated with this beat.</description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Citytv reporter leaves Toronto due to lack of accessibility ]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Citytv reporter Tara Weber, who uses a wheelchair to get around, is leaving Toronto for Calgary, says the city makes it too hard to get around and do her job... ]]></description>
            <author>no@spam.com (Dana Lacey)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:12:21 MDT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[North Saskactchewan radio gets government support]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Federal government has announced funding for the Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation to produce radio programming in English, Cree and Dene for communities in Northern Saskatchewan... ]]></description>
            <author>no@spam.com (Dana Lacey)</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:08:11 MDT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Female filmmakers sweep JHR documentary awards]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<img style="width: 146px; height: 109px;" title="Nathaniel Laywine" alt="Nathaniel Laywine" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/en/content_images/nay%20laywine.jpg" align="Right" border="0" hspace="5"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nathaniel Laywine</span> writes about female documentary journalists, their subjects and their role in the 2nd annual Journalists for Human Rights documentary film festival. ]]></description>
            <author>no@spam.com (Dana Lacey)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:33:01 MDT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[To be or not to be “ethnic” media]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Panelists at a recent Toronto event weigh in on the use of the term "ethnic" to refer to the growing phenomenon that is multicultural media. Is it a label to be proud of, or an archaic term that's due to be cast aside? ]]></description>
            <author>no@spam.com (Melissa Wilson - Students&#039; Lounge Editor)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:07:39 MST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Some papers thrive]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[There's some good news for newspaper readership and advertising after all. Publishers of papers that serve Canada's burgeoning ethnocultural communities are reporting gains in readers and are starting to attract corporate advertisers. Some are making plans to expand, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.communitynews.ca/news/details.asp?contentID=2442">an article in the April 2009 edition of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Publisher. </span></a><br/>]]></description>
            <author>no@spam.com (John Miller)</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:32:25 MDT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethnic media thriving]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA["As the economic downturn triggers layoffs for many traditional media outlets across the country, several ethnic media groups in the Greater Toronto Area appear to be thriving, according to industry insiders and observers," <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/03/06/gta-ethnic-media.html?ref=rss">reported CBC</a>. The story quoted a source saying that unlike TorStar, CanWest and the CBC, "the ethnic publications aren't struggling to find advertising revenue."<br/><br/>A spokesperson with the <a target="_blank" href="http://canadianethnicmedia.com/">Canadian Ethnic Media Association</a> told CBC ethnic media survives because outlets keep minimum staff who regard their work as "a labour of love." ]]></description>
            <author>no@spam.com (Deborah Jones)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:00:26 MST</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama coverage fair?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Everyone from media critics to right-wing commentators like Rush Limbaugh are saying that coverage of Barack Obama during the presidential campaign was tantamount to a love-fest, and that the uncritical coverage means the U.S. will have a president whose background and decisions&nbsp;haven't been fully examined. That's not true, says a critical analysis done by author John K. Wilson for Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.]]></description>
            <author>no@spam.com (John Miller)</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[ White privilege and the presidential race]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[What does white privilege mean in the context of the race for the White House. Prominent anti-racism activist Tim Wise says in this essay it means a lot. One example: "White privilege is being able to be a gun enthusiast and not make people immediately scared of you." Take a bow, Sarah Palin.]]></description>
            <author>no@spam.com (John Miller)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:06:51 MDT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama gets more play]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Democratic candidate Barack Obama is three times more likely to get front page coverage in the Washington Post than his rival, Republican John McCain. The paper's ombudsman says this is consistent with an analysis of other news outlets by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, and is somewhat worrying. 
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            <author>no@spam.com (John Miller)</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Job cuts hurt diversity, black journalists say]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The organization representing Black journalists in the U.S. has&nbsp;lashed out at media companies, saying that job cuts caused by declining readership and viewership have jeopardized the push for diversity in newsrooms. In this article, published by Editor and Publisher, the organization says it is frustrated because no one seems to be listening.]]></description>
            <author>no@spam.com (John Miller)</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:45:06 MDT</pubDate>
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