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26 Jun

National Newspaper Awards’ official announcement of Bryan Cantley’s death and funeral arrangements

<p><em><span style="font-size: 10px;">The National Newspaper Awards' official announcement of Bryan Cantley's death:</span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px;">It is with sorrow that we announce the death of Bryan Cantley, long-time Executive Secretary of the National Newspaper Awards.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px;">Bryan has been a friend and colleague to countless Canadian journalists, from students and cub reporters to senior executives, for more than 30 years.</span></p>

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26 Jun

What Canadian media is missing about climate change

<p><em>The following discussion is about a presentation on newspaper coverage of climate change. The presentation was held at Congress, Canada's national humanities and social sciences conference. </em></p><p> </p><p><strong>By April van Ert for <a href="http://news.ubc.ca/2013/06/06/what-canadian-media-are-missing-about-climate-change/">UBC ArtsWIRE</a></strong></p><p>Are national newspapers giving Canadians the information they need to make informed decisions about climate change?</p>

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26 Jun

«L’Afrique est en retard en tout, sauf dans les nouvelles technologies»

<p><strong>Théodore Kouadio est journaliste scientifique à Fraternité Matin, le quotidien ivoirien proche du parti au pouvoir. Une passion de tous les jours, mais également un challenge pour celui qui croit ardemment à la science comme levier de développement. </strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p><p>Théodore Kouadio souhaite tout de suite dissiper un malentendu: il pratique son métier avec toute l’indépendance dont il a besoin.</p>

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25 Jun

Josh Greenberg appointed as new associate director at Carleton School of Journalism and Communication

<p>The School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University has appointed <u><a href="http://www1.carleton.ca/communication/people/greenberg-josh">Josh Greenberg</a></u> to the role of associate director effective July 1. In the one-year appointment, Greenberg will oversee the Communications side of the school. The length of the appointment is “to allow for the next director and associate director to be appointed concurrently effective July 1, 2014,” current director Chris Waddell announced last week.</p>

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25 Jun

Border Crossings wins magazine of the year at Western Magazine Awards

<p><em>Border Crossings</em>, a Winnipeg quarterly cultural magazine, won magazine of the year and Manitoba magazine of the year at the 31st Annual Western Magazine Awards. The awards were presented June 21 in Vancouver.</p>

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25 Jun

Twitter rules for journalists? Here are 26 of Steve Ladurantaye’s

<p><strong>By Steve Ladurantaye</strong></p><p>Someone asked me if I had any guidelines for how I use Twitter, and I thought I could think of maybe five things that I believe to be true.</p><p>I’ve been on it for a few years now, and have made lots of mistakes. I’ve been boring, I’ve been funny, I’ve been not funny when I thought I was being funny, I’ve been argumentative, I’ve shared too much information, I’ve killed Gordon Lightfoot.</p>

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25 Jun

Transcontinental’s The Amherst Daily News cuts down to weekly publication schedule

<p>The 120-year-old newspaper <em>The Amherst Daily News</em> will publish its last daily edition on July 26. It re-emerges as a weekly, <em>The Amherst News</em>, on August 2.</p><p>Managing editor Darrell Cole told J-Source there will be no changes to the full-time editorial staff of four, but added that one of the reporters had previously decided to leave the paper and that vacancy will not be filled. All of the columnists, who are freelancers, will join the new edition — including a new sports columnist.</p>

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24 Jun

Toronto Sun assigns three columnists to new roles

<p>Effective Monday, three Toronto Sun columnists will take on new roles in a move that <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/23/changes-at-the-toronto-sun">its editor said</a> “will be terrific for our readers.”</p>

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24 Jun

Présomption d’innocence sur fond de corruption généralisée

<p><strong>Hier Vaillancourt, Zambito et le couple Porter, aujourd’hui Applebaum. Et demain? Photos et noms des présumés corrompus s’étalent chaque jour à la une des grands quotidiens québécois. Arrêté, accusé, inculpé, coupable, quelle différence pour le grand public? Ou comment respecter le principe de présomption d’innocence dans un tel climat de défiance?</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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24 Jun

Flood watch: How CTV Calgary covered catastrophe

<p><em>Days after devastating floods ripped through Calgary, some parts of the city are still in a state of emergency. Here on J-Source, CTV Calgary's <strong>Karen Owen</strong> shares her story of what it was like to produce hours of breaking, live, television news coverage as the drama unfolded.</em></p>

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