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21 Nov

Behind-the-scenes: How CBC’s David Common reported from the Philippines

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/David Common_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By David Common, for the CBC Editor's Blog</strong></p><p>Ever pack too much for a trip? Well, the prospect of your overweight plane crashing into the ocean certainly helps prioritize what's important.</p>

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21 Nov

Globe public editor: How do you define the middle class?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_14.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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21 Nov

Toronto Star Master Glass: How to shoot sports with a long lens

<p>In the newsgathering business, photographers must shoot in all types of lighting conditions, and often have only moments to capture the best possible shot. It requires skill and experience and knowing photography and lenses like the back of your hand. In this “Master Glass” series, <em>Toronto Star</em> photographers reveal how they do it: the settings, the angles, the lenses, the approach.</p><p>Here <em>Toronto Star</em> photographer Rene Johnston discusses shooting outdoor track and field with a long lens.</p>

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21 Nov

Tyee meets fundraising target of $100,000

<p><em>The Tyee</em>, a B.C.-based online magazine, has raised $100,000 during a three-week campaign to go national and hire an Ottawa-based reporter.</p><p>Initially, it appeared the magazine would not meet its target: on the night the campaign was to close, it was still short $25,000. But a last-minute push on social media raised the cash in the final five hours of the campaign.</p>

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21 Nov

CBC ombudsman: The ethics of interviews

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Enkin_13_1_13.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p><p>Ideas broadcast a documentary which explores the impact of internet pornography on young men. Gary Wilson is one of the experts featured in it. His wife, Marnia Robinson, who works with him, wrote to complain that she and her husband had been misled about the areas to be used from the interview.</p>

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21 Nov

Don’t kid yourself: being a freelancer means running your own business

<p><strong>By Adam Stanley</strong></p><p>In journalism school, they teach you the “how tos” and the what ifs” of entering the world of freelancing and don’t hold back on cautioning burgeoning writers about the perils that lie ahead. What they don’t teach you is how to become an entrepreneur. You have to learn that for yourself.</p>

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21 Nov

L’Agence Science-Presse fête ses 35 ans

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/logo-asp-35.png" title="" />Créée en 1978 pour alimenter les médias régionaux en informations scientifiques, l’ASP est aujourd’hui la seule agence de presse consacrée aux sciences dans le monde francophone. Pour l’occasion, un <em>party</em> de fête est organisé demain, avec formation, table-ronde et cocktail, en présence du ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, Pierre Duchesne.</strong></p>

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21 Nov

Globe public editor: Too much or not enough Rob Ford coverage?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_13.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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21 Nov

Headline writing: how to make things go viral

<p><strong>By Melanie Coulson, Education Editor</strong></p><p>What you write is meaningless if it isn’t getting an audience.</p><p>In the multimedia journalism course I teach at Carleton’s journalism school, and in the <em><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/index.html" rel="homepage noopener" target="_blank" title="Ottawa Citizen">Ottawa Citizen</a></em> newsroom where I work my "day job," I’m often speaking about headlines and SEO.</p>

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21 Nov

2013 – Ce qui a retenu l’attention de Projet J

<p><strong>Alors qu’une partie de la profession est attendue cette fin de semaine à Québec pour le congrès de la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes (FPJQ), <em>Projet J </em>revient sur les grandes nouvelles qui ont marqué l’année 2013 dans l’industrie des médias.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p><p><strong>Le plan iPad devient La Presse+</strong></p>

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