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31 Jul

Torstar profits continue to drop in latest quarter

<p>Torstar Corp., owner of the <em>Toronto Star, </em>reported a 44 per cent drop in profits  in the last quarter compared to the same period last year, due to declining revenue from print advertising and surprisingly lower earnings at its book publishing division Harlequin, <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/torstar-profit-plunges/article13523147/?cmpid=rss1">the <em>Globe and Mail</em> reports</a>.</p>

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31 Jul

Pressfolios, a new way for journalists to collect and present their work

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Pressfolio.jpg" title="" /></p><p> </p>

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31 Jul

$25,000 in goods stolen from Oregon journalism and media students in Ghana

<p>A group of journalism and media students working in Africa are devastated after thousands of dollars worth of <a href="http://www.collegemediamatters.com/2013/07/29/oregon-journalism-media-students-in-ghana-robbed-of-25000-in-electronics-years-of-memories/">equipment was stolen from them</a> <a href="http://www.collegemediamatters.com/2013/07/29/oregon-journalism-media-students-in-ghana-robbed-of-25000-in-electronics-years-of-memories/">as they slept</a>.</p>

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31 Jul

A first! Married Canadian couple to anchor TV newscast together this fall

<p><em>CBC Calgary</em> will be home to the first Canadian television newscast anchored by a married couple. <em>CTV B.C. </em>anchor and senior reporter Rob Brown and <em>CBC News Vancouver </em>anchor Rosa Marchitelli will move to Calgary — Marchitelli’s hometown — to anchor the six o’clock news this fall, <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/07/30/husband-and-wife-duo-set-to-become-canadas-first-tv-news-co-anchors/">the <em>National Post’s</em> Sarah Boesveld reported</a>.</p>

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31 Jul

Newsana co-founder calls the platform ‘the meaningful news movement’

<p><strong>By Ben Peterson with Will Koblensky</strong></p><p>Some journalism is brilliant, but the majority of it is crap. Yep, I just publicly wrote what most journalists have been saying privately for years. Royal weddings, celebrity trials, gossip, conjecture, puff. Most journos hate covering it, and I don’t think the public enjoys it all that much either.</p>

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30 Jul

Relever le défi du travail autonome

<p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p><p>Attention, avoir cet ouvrage entre les mains durant vos vacances pourrait presque vous donner l’air d’être un intellectuel! <a href="http://www.labibleurbaine.com/dix-suggestions-lectures-pour-avoir-presque-l%E2%80%99air-d%E2%80%99un-intellectuel-cet-ete/">C’est du moins l’avis de la <em>Bible urbaine</em></a>, qui classe le <em>Petit manuel du travail autonome</em> dans son top 10 de cette catégorie.</p>

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30 Jul

Recalling missed opportunities during early days of newspapers online

<p><strong>By David Cadogan</strong></p><p>As a lifelong newspaper journalist, newspaper owner, publisher, editor and association director, I am frustrated and heartsick that this is not the Golden Age of newspaper organizations. It should be. Industry leaders did just about everything wrong.</p><p> When I first looked at the World Wide Web, in the early 1990’s, there were already some daily newspapers putting some news online.</p>

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30 Jul

Tips for hosting a live chat

<p>"One of the most popular ways many content publishers are incorporating real-time content into their production schedule is by hosting live chats with experts, celebrities and other notable guests. </p>

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29 Jul

OPINION: Freedom to photograph in Canada is under threat

<div style="clear:none;"><p><strong>By William Kowalski for <a href="http://pencanada.ca/blog/public-photography-is-not-a-crime/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PEN Canada</a></strong></p><p> </p>

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29 Jul

New app to provide real-time audio editing and collaboration, ‘like Google Docs’

<p>Audio editing news pieces can be  time-consuming, so a group has collaborated to create a mobile phone app — which is still being tested — to streamline the process “like Google Docs for audio.”</p>

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