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26 Aug

Toronto Star Master Glass: How to shoot baseball

<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>Star</em> photographer David Cooper shares his tips for shooting baseball.</p>

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25 Aug

Trends in journalism education in Canada: Who are j-schools hiring?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/University class_4.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons</em></p><p><strong>By Janice Neil</strong></p>

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25 Aug

Vancouver Observer growing with National Observer

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/National Observer_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo of the soon-to-be-launched National Observer website courtesy of Vancouver Observer</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Vancouver Observer publisher Linda Solomon plans to expand her online news platform nationally.</p>

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25 Aug

11 mistakes to avoid as a newbie journalist

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/General Newsroom_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Matt Meuse</em></p><p>The newsroom can be a tricky place for an intern. You need to impress but you don’t want to step on any toes.</p>

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25 Aug

L’entrepreneuriat pour libérer les journalistes de la crise?

<p><strong>«Vous avez déjà imaginé une application, un site web, un produit qui pourraient profiter à votre compagnie? Ici, vous obtiendrez les compétences de base nécessaires au lancement de votre propre start-up, au développement de votre entreprise médiatique, ou même à la croissance de la compagnie au sein de laquelle vous travaillez!» Cet argumentaire de vente n’est autre que celui du programme en journalisme entrepreneurial proposé par l’American University, à Washington DC. Un champ de plus en plus investi par les écoles et les enseignants.</strong></p>

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25 Aug

Mark Medley joins Globe as books editor

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Mark Medley_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Mark Medley, books editor of the <em>National Post</em>, is joining <em>The Globe and</em> <em>Mail</em> on Sept. 8.</p>

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25 Aug

CBC ombudsman: No bias here, just human error

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Esther Enkin_36.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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25 Aug

Star public editor: Disturbing images of James Foley’s beheading spark global debate

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Kathy English_41.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>When violence goes viral, when is enough enough?</p></div><div style="clear:none;"><p>How much is too much when brutal, barbaric images are widely available for publication and sharing?</p>

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25 Aug

CTV, CJFE protest arrest of journalist Tom Walters in Ferguson

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Tom Walters_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>CTV said the arrest of correspondent Tom Walters in Ferguson, Mo., was unwarranted and an infringement on freedom of the press.</p>

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22 Aug

Chinese media banned from Arctic trip with Stephen Harper

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Parliament Hill_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Caresse Ley</em></p><p><b>By The Canadian Press</b></p><p>Canada said Friday "past incidents and behaviours" are to blame for China's official news agency and the Communist Party newspaper being banned from an Arctic trip with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.</p>

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