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22 Aug

Ryan Hicks named CBC Quebec City political correspondent

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Ryan Hicks is the new CBC political correspondent for the National Assembly in Quebec City.</p><p>Hicks currently works for the CBC in Montreal. He has also worked for the public broadcaster in Winnipeg, Prince Edward Island and Ottawa as well as Global Television and CTV in Ottawa, according to his <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanhicks1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LinkedIn profile</a>.</p><p> </p>

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22 Aug

Presse canadienne: place à la «réorganisation»

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/la-presse-canadienne-(1)_0.jpg" title="" />Dans une note interne envoyée à tous les employés la semaine dernière, la Guilde canadienne des médias annonce la conclusion du programme de départ volontaire initié par la direction de la Presse canadienne dans un objectif de réduction des coûts. Bilan: cinq départs volontaires, une mise à pied et trois postes laissés vacants ces derniers mois qui ne seront pas remplacés.</strong></p>

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22 Aug

Tyler Harper leaving The Canadian Press for TheScore

<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/Tyler Harper_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Tyler Harper is leaving The Canadian Press to join TheScore as a supervising editor.</p><p>Harper, a sports reporter-editor at CP, has worked at the newswire for six years and will join TheScore on Sept. 2.</p><p>“I'm excited for a new role at a very cool newsroom,” Harper told J-Source in an email.</p>

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21 Aug

Le journalisme, un métier d’hommes?

<p><strong>Alors que les jeunes femmes sont majoritaires dans les écoles de journalisme, elles n’ont par la suite qu’une place minoritaire sur le marché du travail. Un constat qui a fait l’objet d’une table ronde lors de  la 97e conférence de l’Association pour l’éducation en journalisme et communication de masse (AEJMC), qui a eu lieu à Montréal au début du mois. Compte-rendu.</strong></p><p><em>Par Héloïse Henri-Garand, stagiaire </em></p>

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21 Aug

CBC ombudsman: Make sure viewers know what they are seeing an unverified video

<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_34.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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21 Aug

Madeline Ziniak steps down as OMNI TV national VP

<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/Madeline Ziniak.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>OMNI Television’s national vice-president Madeline Ziniak has decided to step down after a 34-year career.</p><p>She will leave in October to pursue new opportunities with ethnic media, said a press release from OMNI’s parent company, Rogers Media.</p>

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21 Aug

Mohamed Fahmy will appeal sentence

<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/Mohamed Fahmy_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Grant Buckler</strong></p><p>Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy will appeal his conviction on terrorism charges that placed him in an Egyptian prison for seven years. The family of the former Al-Jazeera English bureau chief announced the appeal August 20. </p>

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20 Aug

Newspapers Canada reveals proposal for a national press council

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/General newspapers_4.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Illustration courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Clarification: The proposal for the national press council comes from the provincial press councils led by the Ontario Press Council. Newspapers Canada revealed the proposal online and is soliciting feedback from its members on behalf of the press councils.</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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20 Aug

CIGI hiring communications manager

<p>The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) is a global think tank based in Waterloo, Ontario. Founded in 2001, CIGI conducts policy research on international governance issues, including the global economy, global security and politics, and international law. A dynamic and innovative organization of leading researchers, policy practitioners and other professionals, CIGI has a unique opening for a Communications Manager.</p>

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20 Aug

Le journalisme de données: les universités québécoises en mode rattrapage?

<p><strong>En français, on parle de «journalisme de données» ou de «journalisme par algorithmes». Les spécialistes américains, eux, s’entendent sur le terme «Big Data Journalism». Derrière ces termes, se cache  en fait un type de journalisme émergent qui consiste à travailler les données brutes trouvées sur internet afin de leur conférer un sens ou même une histoire.

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