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31 Jul

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

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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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25 Jul

La Presse se sépare de 9 surnuméraires

<p><strong>Le quotidien de la rue Saint-Jacques a mis fin aux contrats de huit surnuméraires la semaine dernière, un neuvième ayant démissionné de lui-même. Des coupures qui ne seraient pas imputables à un manque de performance du plan Ipad, mais plutôt au fait que la nouvelle organisation du travail commence à prendre son rythme de croisière.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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