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16 Jul

Discussion on real-time ethics

<p><strong>"Should a newsroom control what reporters are tweeting from their personal accounts? Should factually incorrect posts or tweets be deleted? How do you ensure the content from social media is original and unaltered?"</strong></p>

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16 Jul

37e Avenue: aborder l’information de façon créative

<p><strong>Internet regorge aujourd’hui de toutes sortes de données et le phénomène va en s’amplifiant de manière exponentielle. Une mine d’or pour qui sait les trouver, les récupérer, les nettoyer, les explorer et les structurer. 37<sup>e</sup> Avenue en a fait sa spécialité et offre ses services aux entreprises de presse.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/Avenue_0.JPG" title="" /></p>

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15 Jul

Two Sun editors leave their newspapers amidst massive Sun Media cuts

<p>The editor of the <em>Winnipeg Sun </em>was laid off, a casualty of <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/sun-media-cutting-360-jobs-shutting-down-8-publications-and-3-free-dailies">Sun Media's massive cuts announced Tuesday</a>, just a day after the editor of the <em>Toronto Sun</em> <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/toronto-sun-editor-steps-down/article13236202/">stepped down</a>. </p>

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15 Jul

Memo: Update on APS Collective Agreement

<p>July 10, 2013 – CBC/Radio-Canada and the Association of Professionals and Supervisors (APS) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement, tentatively agreeing to a new Collective Agreement.</p><p>The three-year agreement falls within the framework provided by the CBC/Radio-Canada's Board of Directors. The agreement, which will run from July 1, 2013 until June 30, 2016 was reached after two months of intense negotiations.</p>

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15 Jul

Kevin Newman to launch new newscast on CTV News Channel this fall

<p>CTV's Kevin Newman will be <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinNewmanCTV/status/355765451713822721">leaving <em>Question Period</em></a> to launch <em>Kevin Newman Live</em> on <em>CTV News Channel</em> this fall. CTV's Ottawa bureau chief Robert Fife will take over as host of <em>Question Period</em>, of which he is also the executive producer. </p>

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15 Jul

How the business-to-business media landscape can thrive in the future

<p>Some interesting ideas came out of the Business Media Leadership Summit held earlier this year — a brainstorming session for the business-to-business (B2B) magazine industry. Among other things, the discussion identified key issues concerning the B2B sector and aimed to develop "collaborative strategies" to expand Canada's business media industry. Magazine industry veterans John Milne and D.B.

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15 Jul

Global Toronto names Beatrice Politi as its new managing editor

<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/Beatrice Politi crop.jpg" title="" /></p><p><em>Global Toronto</em> has named <a href="http://globalnews.ca/author/beatrice-politi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beatrice Politi</a> as its new managing editor effective immediately. </p>

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15 Jul

Canadian Media Guild seeks a staff rep for Western Canada

<p>The Canadian Media Guild has an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to make a difference in both the union and media worlds. We are seeking an energetic and self-motivated Staff Representative for our Western regional office, which serves members from Manitoba to British Columbia and the North.</p><p>The position is currently located in Vancouver but the location is negotiable.</p><p>The deadline is Friday, August 30, 2013.</p>

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15 Jul

Working together helps us all punch above our weight for freelancers in danger

<p><strong>By Cliff Lonsdale, President, Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma</strong></p>

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15 Jul

How drones have been used in journalism and the potential for future use

<p><em>In April of 2013, Alexandra Gibb defended a master’s thesis for the Graduate School of Journalism at UBC on a particularly timely topic — the use of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, for journalistic purposes. Gibb, currently a CBC News Vancouver Scholar, considers defence and security reporting her specialty, and came to the topic of drone journalism through her longstanding interest in the use of drones for defence purposes.

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