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13 Sep

Star public editor: Press council provided opportunity for greater public understanding of journalism

<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/English_2.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>On any given day, in the course of doing their job of holding politicians and public officials to account, journalists ask — and expect answers to — many thousands of questions.</p>

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13 Sep

Creative problem-solving key to Ryerson’s innovation workshop

<p><strong>By Joyce Smith </strong></p><p>It’s no surprise that I agree with Maija Saari’s <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/opinion-j-schools-should-innovate-prioritizing-research-and-discovery-instead-waiting-indust">recent piece on innovation</a> on J-Source.</p>

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12 Sep

Charte des valeurs: consensus chez Gesca, divergences chez Québecor

<p><strong>Sujet numéro un au Québec depuis que le ministre Drainville en a enfin dévoilé la teneur mardi, la Charte des valeurs. Pas un chroniqueur qui n’ait sa petite idée sur la question. Mais alors que l’on reproche souvent aux donneurs d’opinion de l’empire Québecor de parler comme un seul homme, c’est au contraire du côté de Gesca qu’il faut aller chercher cette fois le consensus.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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12 Sep

Canadian Medical Association announces health reporting award winners

<p>CBC won three health reporting awards from the Canadian Medical Association, followed by <em>L’actualité, </em>which won two awards. The media awards will be presented on Oct. 2 in Ottawa. For a complete list of winners, please go to the <a href="http://www.cma.ca/multimedia/CMA/Content_Images/Inside_cma/Media_Release/2013/Media-Awards-2013winners_en.pdf">CMA website</a>.</p><p><strong>Related content on J-Source:</strong></p>

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12 Sep

Going native: The death of journalism or the way of the future?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/WP.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Ira Basen, J-Source Future of News editor </strong></p>

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12 Sep

Opinion: The Ontario Press Council hearings left many questions unanswered

<p><strong>By John Gordon Miller</strong></p>

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12 Sep

CBC Ombudsman: Not ideal that CBC has not seen video but decision to cover Rob Ford alleged crack video story was correct

<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/Enkin_1.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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12 Sep

Forum Freelance Fund awards three journalists bursaries for conflict-zone training

<p>The Forum Freelance Fund has awarded three Canadian journalists working in dangerous conditions bursaries for safety training.</p><p>The Forum Freelance Fund is sponsored by CBC News and supported by Radio-Canada, CNW and individual donations, and run by the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma. Two of the winners will attend a course at Columbia Journalism School, and one will attend a commercial safety course, according to a <a href="http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1222835/freelancers-in-danger-win-help-with-safety-training" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>.</p>

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11 Sep

Back to school: What if you don’t land a job in a newsroom? There’s still hope (and it’s not just PR)

<p><strong>By Vanessa Santilli</strong></p><p>Mick Côté experiments with a wide variety of storytelling techniques in his job as a multimedia content producer for the Montreal-based startup Spundge.</p><p>“We started something fairly new called live curation,” said Côté, a journalism grad with both a bachelor and a master’s degree from the University of King’s College in Halifax. “Instead of live blogging, it’s curating live events, so you archive things that other people are saying.”</p>

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11 Sep

Top 10 tips for getting through your first semester of j-school

<p><strong>By Madeline McNair and Rubab Abid</strong></p><p>So you’ve decided to go to j-school? Don’t worry—we’ll help you! Two former teaching assistants from Western University offer their advice for getting through it all. </p><p><strong>1. Live and breathe the news</strong></p><p>We know it sounds strange, but in order to become an effective and critical journalist you need to be familiar with the news. Whoa, did we just blow your minds? Just stay with us here.</p>

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