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9 Nov

Create and share audio clips the free and easy way

<p> </p><p>Using audio to tell a story is a great device for journalists. SoundCloud makes doing that a little bit easier. The international journalists’ network has compiled a list of <a href="http://ijnet.org/stories/eight-ways-journalists-can-use-soundcloud">eight ways journalists can use SoundCloud</a> with examples for each.</p><p>Among them: posting news programming, reporting from the field, embedding audio onto websites, producing an audio roundup regularly, or even searching for sources.</p>

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24 Oct

Investigating private companies

<p>When it comes to investigating companies, it makes a huge difference whether the corporation is publicly-traded or privately-held.</p><p>Securities regulators ensure that public companies report certain types of information regularly. The best place online to find such information for Canadian companies is <a href="http://www.sedar.com">www.sedar.com</a></p><p>But it's a completely different story for private outfits. There are few mandatory reporting requirements. This means investigative journalists have to be more resourceful.</p>

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10 Oct

Who do you need to follow? 101+ Canadian Twitter accounts

<p>After <a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/100-twitter-accounts-every-journalism-student-should-follow/s2/a550471/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Journalism.co.uk released its recent who-to-follow</a> list for journalism students, <strong>Mary McGuire</strong> and<strong> Belinda Alzner </strong>compiled this starter list — now bolstered by your suggestions — of Canadian Twitter accounts for you to follow that includes, but is not limited to, journalism groups, resources, jobs, news, educators, emerging trends in media and technology and up-to-the-minute reporting on a number of beats.&n

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21 Sep

Tips on breaking into the sports journalism world from Fast Break event panellists

<p> </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Fastbreak.PNG" title="" /><em>Fast Break event panellists, from left to right: Chris Jones, Akil Augustine, Julie Scott, Tas Melas</em></p><p> </p><p><strong>By Steph Rogers</strong></p><p>No one said that breaking into the highly competitive sports media industry was easy.</p>

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22 Aug

Back to School: Instructors’ resources edition

<p><em>Updated August 20, 2013</em></p><p>J-Source has compiled this vast list of resources for journalism instructors to use in their classrooms. We’ve broken it down into three categories: <strong>The Basics</strong> (reporting, writing, interviewing and ethics), <strong>Broadcast/Visual Journalism</strong> (audio, video and photography) and <strong>New Media</strong> (social media, blogging, data visualization and multimedia storytelling).</p>

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22 Aug

Teaching resources for instructors: New Media

<p><em>Updated August 20, 2013</em></p>

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22 Aug

Teaching resources for instructors: Broadcast/visual journalism

<p><em>Updated August 20, 2013</em></p>

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22 Aug

Teaching resources for instructors: The Basics

<p><em>Updated August 20, 2013</em></p><p>Looking for resources to use in the classroom to help you teach the foundations of our craft? Here, <strong>Mary McGuire</strong> has curated a list of tools and resources for teaching the following:</p>

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8 Aug

Ensuring productive FOI requests often requires advance reporting

<p><strong>By Charles Rusnell</strong></p><p> </p><p>Within minutes of beginning to skim through the expense-claim records of a senior health services executive I had recently received through Freedom of Information, I knew I had an important story.</p><p>But then, I had a good idea of the newsworthiness of those records before I filed the request months earlier.</p>

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3 Jul

Canadian freelancers to benefit from safety training link

<p> </p><p>A Canadian charity is linking up with a British one to boost hazardous environment training for Canadian freelance journalists.</p>

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