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Oct. 22, 2013- Toronto
Linwood Barclay, the former Toronto Star humour columnist turned author of suspense novels, and Lisa Gabriele, the former showrunner at CBC’s Dragons’ Den who found success with an erotic novel first published under a pseudonym (now turned into a trilogy), talked about the journey from journalist to bestselling author in this discussion with The Globe and Mail's Books editor Jared Bland.

Sept. 19, 2013, Toronto - Gawker offers a blend of hard news, gossip and a cheeky tone. It’s also the site behind the controversial ‘Crackstarter’ campaign. John Cook, editor-in-chief, talks media ethics, coverage of Toronto mayor Rob Ford and crowdfunding in a conversation with Jeffrey Dvorkin, media ethics commentator and director of the journalism program at University of Toronto Scarborough.

Host Matt Galloway talks about the CJF Awards on CBC Radio One's Metro Morning.

Toronto, May 23, 2013 - Where does truth lie when pro players and reporters work for the one big company? When players and teams can communicate directly with fans on Twitter, what’s left for sports journalists? When sports reporting requires a detailed knowledge of economics, is the story still about the game? Steve Maich, publisher and editor-in-chief of Sportsnet magazine, Carly Agro, host and reporter with CBC Sports, Bruce Kidd, champion runner and University of Toronto sports expert, and moderator Bruce Dowbiggin, sports journalist and broadcaster, discussed the challenges facing sports journalism.

With armchair art and theatre critics proliferating online, with media cutbacks reducing the number of those who critique for a living, and with celebrity news trumping cultural coverage, are traditional art critics less--or more--relevant than they once were? Ben Brantley, chief theatre critic, The New York Times; Robert Cushman, theatre art critic, The National Post; Peter Schjeldahl, art critic, The New Yorker; and moderator Sara Angel, visual arts journalist and Trudeau Doctoral Scholar at the University of Toronto's Department of Art, explored the state of art criticism.

New tools, devices and technologies have proven to be powerful in reshaping journalism, whether in content distribution and consumption or in the newsroom structure itself. With the federal government committing $400 million to fund early-stage, venture capital start-ups, could this boost journalistic innovation? What, exactly, does media innovation look like? Zach Seward, senior editor at Atlantic Media's device-centric business news venture Quartz; Michael De Monte, CEO of ScribbleLive; David Skok, co-author of Breaking News: Mastering the Art of Disruptive Innovation in Journalism and director of digital for Global News; and moderator Marissa Nelson, acting director of digital media for CBC News and Centres, discussed what traditional media companies can learn from tech start-ups and how innovation can be fostered within newsrooms.

When audiences choose Bieber over Syria and Twitter over television, what's a news network to do? Are cutbacks in investigative and foreign reporting the price networks naturally have to pay? What is the role of the conventional news broadcast when the networks all have 24/7 news cable channels? Join Wendy Freeman, president of CTV News; Troy Reeb, senior vice-president of news and station operations at Global News; Jonathan Whitten, executive director of CBC News Content; and moderator Steve Paikin, anchor and senior editor of the TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin, as they discuss how best to deliver quality journalism while keeping ever-fragmenting audiences.

Newspapers came late – and somewhat reluctantly to the Web. Then they embraced "digital first," SEO and all things Internet as the way ahead. But, with digital dollars stalling, what’s next? Video, longreads, quick hits? Lou Clancy, vice-president of editorial and editor-in-chief of Postmedia News; Michael Cooke, editor of the Toronto Star; Charlotte Empey, editor-in-chief of Metro English Canada; and John Stackhouse, editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail discussed the latest challenges to journalism and strategies to save the news business. Scott White, editor-in-chief of The Canadian Press, moderated.

It's clear that between evaporating business models and dispersing audiences that legacy media is on the run. Would it be better to blow it all up and start over or can the dinosaurs dance to a new soundtrack? David Carr, business columnist and culture reporter for The New York Times, examines the value of traditional media in a very cluttered, confusing age. In conversation with Michael Enright, host of CBC Radio One's The Sunday Edition.

'The First Casualty' in the Age of High-Tech Warfare Under Fire: Journalists in Combat is a new Canadian documentary that explores post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and substance abuse among war correspondents. This CJF Forum examines the changing nature of covering war, the psychological costs of war reporting, and the need for change in newsroom culture to help detect and address the problems correspondents face. Join moderator Tony Burman, Toronto Star foreign affairs columnist and former managing director of Al Jazeera English in a roundtable discussion including: psychiatrist Dr. Anthony Feinstein, featured in the documentary, along with Murray Brewster, Parliamentary defence reporter and senior war correspondent for The Canadian Press; Matthew Fisher, foreign affairs columnist with Postmedia; and Lisa LaFlamme, chief anchor and senior editor of CTV National News.