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Refusing freebie gold medal hockey tickets just a part of the job
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March 3, 2010 - Posted by Regan Ray
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 Anyone who works in journalism for more than thirty minutes realizes that there are potential conflicts of interest every time a journalist walks out the door, writes Frances Bula. Did the Olympics provide a heightened version of that? Maybe, but Bula says in spite of the freebies, parties and tickets on offer, journalists have done the same kind of job they always do: sometimes brilliant, but mediocre to dreadful at other times.
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Covering stories outside the spectacle
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March 2, 2010 - Posted by Dale Bass
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 David Beers, editor of The Tyee, sees the Olympics as a "giant performance piece" that heightens awareness of the insider/outsider relationship. Beers explains the The Tyee’s choice to cover the "outsiders" in relation to the Games.
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European media's verdict: Olympics 2010
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March 1, 2010 - Posted by Deborah Jones
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The record number of Olympic gold medals won by Canada, and a jubilant post-games party that was largely problem-free -- left some media critics" red-faced," impressed, and startled, reported a Canwest writer ....
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The Current: Has "critical journalism gone missing in action?"
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February 26, 2010 - Posted by Regan Ray
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CBC's The Current looked at media coverage of the Games in Vancouver with a Feb. 26 segment that included a panel featuring CBC reporter Tom Harrington, Globe and Mail columnist Gary Mason and Vancouver freelance journalist Frances Bula.
The
panelists were asked to respond to concerns expressed by David Eby,
executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. Eby's
comments about the media coverage of the Games stemmed from a Feb. 16 J-Source column on the subject. After Eby spoke...
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Broadcasters criticized by gay rights group
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February 24, 2010 - Posted by Deborah Jones
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Broadcasters in Quebec and Australia are in hot water for on-air references to the sexual orientation of Olympic figure skaters.
In Canada, a gay rights group wants a public apology from French-language broadcaster over comments about figure skater Johnny Weir, reported AP. The story added that Australia's Channel Nine "reportedly received complaints from viewers after two of its hosts joked about the masculinity of Weir and other male skaters."
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Worst games ever?
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February 18, 2010 - Posted by Regan Ray
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When British newspaper The Guardian
published a
column
calling the Olympics in Vancouver "the worst Games ever," the Canadian
media certainly responded.
Here are just a few examples.
"The worst ever?" a
Toronto
Star editorial
questioned...
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A day at the Olympic press centre: a bar, free massages and 24/7 McDonalds
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February 18, 2010 - Posted by Regan Ray
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Tyee
reporter Geoff Dembicki
scored himself an temporary day pass for the Main Press Centre (MPC) for
the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. The MPC is where accredited
journalists work, hang out, eat and file stories from. Not able to pay
the "large sums of money" that media pay for access, Dembicki ends up
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Vancouver Olympics can help hyperlocal websites grow
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February 12, 2010 - Posted by Robert Washburn
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Online Journalism Review's David Chase argues hyperlocal news sites can benefit from national or international events taking place inside your community.
"Hyperlocal sites, by definition, are focused on their local community.
However, periodically something happens in your community that has
national significance that can draw some broader attention. More
important is how it can accelerate your reach within your community by
exposing your site to a new set of local people. This latter form of
traffic is the most sustainable."
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edited by J-Source Staff
The 2010 Winter Olympics are set to hit Vancouver on Feb. 12. J-Source has been following the coverage leading up to the Olympics and will continue to keep an eye on how journalists are covering the event and issues surrounding it. This section will feature articles and opinion columns from J-Source editors and guest contributors as well as links to relevant material about the journalism surrounding this year's Games.
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The city of Vancouver is flooded with journalists during the Games. 
Intrepid reporters who are willing to risk their pay cheques and their media accreditation to take on the IOC and VANOC are out of luck, writes 