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22 Aug

Globe public editor: Bradley or Chelsea? How The Globe will refer to Private Manning

<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/Stead_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of The Globe and Mail</strong></p><p>Thursday morning, <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/bradley-manning-will-begin-hormone-therapy-to-live-as-a-woman/article13911289/%20/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Private Bradley Manning announced</a> that he is a female and wants to live as a woman named Chelsea.</p>

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22 Aug

Best practices for live chats

<p><strong>By Monique Beech, national community manager for Sun Media </strong></p><p>It’s a dreaded fear among us digital types who try to engage readers by doing live events or live chats on our websites: The fear that NOBODY will ask a question or make a comment. I’ll admit there have been a few times that I’ve filled an hour virtually talking to myself, rambling on (live blog style) and adding videos and polls in a desperate attempt to fill the time. As a colleague of mine would say, CRICKETS, is the worst.</p>

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22 Aug

WikiLeaks, l’affaire Manning, les journalistes d’investigation et la protection de leurs sources

<p><strong>Le soldat Bradley Manning a été condamné hier à 35 ans de prison pour avoir transmis à WikiLeaks des milliers de documents, constituant la plus importante fuite d’informations confidentielles de l’histoire des États-Unis. Une mine d’or pour les journalistes d’investigation du monde entier, mais qui les a également obligés à réfléchir sur leurs propres pratiques et à renforcer la protection de leurs sources.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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22 Aug

Globe public editor: A look at why comments are closed on some Rob Ford stories

<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/Stead_8.jpg" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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22 Aug

Globe public editor: Do readers want just the facts?

<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/Stead_6.jpg" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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22 Aug

Nine staff take Waterloo Region Record buyouts

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Nine people have taken buyouts at the <em>Waterloo Region Record</em>, including city editor Harvey Taylor and assistant news editor Bill Bean.</p><p>According to a <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/memo-buyouts-waterloo-region-record">memo</a> obtained by J-Source, the newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Lynn Haddrall, said the departures will be staggered over the coming weeks, and the newsroom will undergo a restructuring.</p>

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22 Aug

Memo: Buyouts at the Waterloo Region Record

<p><a href="http://j-source.ca/article/nine-staff-take-waterloo-region-record-buyouts"><strong>Back to the article</strong></a></p><p>Aug. 21, 2013</p><p>Memo to all editorial staff:</p><p>Thank you to everyone who applied for the voluntary departure program. It closed on Aug. 16 and we have reviewed all the applications.</p><p>Several of our colleagues will leave The Record in the coming weeks. The departures will be staggered and we will have a chance to say goodbye to the following people:</p><p>Bill Bean</p><p>Frances Barrick</p><p>Ryan Chen-Wing</p><p>Arnie Dyck</p><p>Chuck Howitt</p>

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21 Aug

Breakfast Television Montreal unveils its new broadcast studio

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/BT Panorama.PNG" title="" /></p><p>City unveiled its brand-new, 2,800-square-foot studio studio for its new Montreal <em><a href="http://www.citytv.com/montreal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Breakfast Television</a> show</em>.</p><p>The show premieres Monday, Aug. 26 at 6 a.m. with Olympic diving champion Alexandre Despastie and former CBC Montreal television journalist Joanne Vrakas as its hosts (pictured above). </p>

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21 Aug

CHUM: trois ans et demi pour obtenir un contrat

<p><strong>Le <em>Journal de Montréal </em>a dû attendre 42 mois avant de recevoir le contrat de Christian Paire, directeur général du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montréal (CHUM). De nombreuses voix s’élèvent pour demander une révision de la loi sur l’accès à l’information pour interdire le caviardage et réduire les délais.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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21 Aug

Toronto Star appoints new Travel and Homes editors

<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/Adam_0.jpg" title="" />Adam Gutteridge has been appointed the travel editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em>. He replaces Jim Byers, who resigned from the position.</p>

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