Now on J-Source: Post buyouts; Top 10 j-conversations; BCE deal

TORONTO, Sept. 15 /CNW/ -

IN THE NEWS: http://www.j-source.ca/english_new/category.php?catid=4

***Entire National Post newsroom offered buyouts
***Jury uses new defence to dismiss libel suit against news site
***The top 100 journalists on Twitter
***Windsor Star and website in dispute over excerpts
***Bell to acquire 100% of CTV
***Mags receive $52.7 million in Periodical Grant funds
***Regional winners announced: enviornmental journalism awards
***Challenge seeks to stop police posing as reporters

FEATURES http://j-source.ca

BACK TO SCHOOL

***Top 10 conversations in journalism today
Summer's over, are you ready to talk shop and impress your peers?
Yeah, that's what we were afraid of. Our guide to the top 10 conversations in journalism today is a good place to start.

LAW

***Conrad Black case targets online defamation standards
An Ontario court will hear Conrad Black's defamatory allegations about content posted on a U.S. website, raising the question: Who has jurisdiction over the Internet? Michael Geist reports.

TEACHING JOURNALISM

***The new breed of programmer-journalist
Two U.S. J-schools are mixing computer science and journalism to create a new breed of programmer-journalists. Craig Silverman reports.

BOOK REVIEWS

***Journalism's heroines
Fearless Female Journalists, a new book by veteran journalist Joy Crysdale, chronicles the lives and careers of almost a dozen stand-out women journalists, reminding us how far we've come - and how far we've yet to go. Reviewed by Julianna McDermott.

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