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18 Aug

Updated: Steve Meurice named editor-in-chief of The Canadian Press

<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/Steve Meurice_3.JPG" title="" /><img align="right" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Andrew Lundy_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p><em>Left: Steve Meurice. Right: Andrew Lundy</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Steve Meurice is the new editor-in-chief of The Canadian Press.</p>

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18 Aug

Quinze ans de journalisme web: entre révolution et permanences

<p><em>Par <em>Diana Pereira, éditrice web pour 680News et CityNews et professeure de journalisme à l’Université Ryerson.</em></em></p><p><em><a href="http://j-source.ca/article/how-digital-journalism-has-changed-over-past-15-years">Traduction d’un article initialement paru sur J-Source le 1<sup>er</sup> avril 2014</a></em></p>

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18 Aug

More editorial staff changes at The Gazette

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Montreal Gazette_4.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Illustration courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>There has been a lot of movement in <em>The Gazette</em> newsroom in Montreal recently.</p>

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18 Aug

Star public editor: A case of mistaken identity

<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/Kathy English_37.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p>

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15 Aug

Updated: CTV cuts W5 episodes and staff

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Bell Media building 1_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Matt Meuse</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>CTV’s flagship newsmagazine show <em>W5</em> is the latest to face cuts after a sharp decline in advertising.</p><p>CTV has cut seven contract positions at the show and will slash production of its upcoming season by up to 40 per cent.</p>

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15 Aug

Public editor: Globe stories on suicide show restraint

<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_29.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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14 Aug

Ottawa Sun columnist Susan Sherring running for city council

<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/Susan Sherring_0.JPG" title="" /><em>Ottawa Sun</em> journalist Susan Sherring is running for city council.</p><p>Sherring, who has spent several years as a city hall columnist and columnist, will run as a candidate in Gloucester-South Nepean.</p>

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14 Aug

Updated: 3 laid off at Newstalk 1010

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Evelyn Macko.JPG" title="" /><img alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Katie Franzios.JPG" title="" /><img alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Amber Gero_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><i>Left to right: Evelyn Macko, Katie Franzios, Amber Gero</i></p>

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14 Aug

CKNW hires host who asked Christy Clark about being a ‘MILF’

<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/Drex_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>CKNW has hired Justin “Drex” Wilcomes, the radio host who asked then-premier Christy Clark what it was like to be a “MILF,” as its evening host.</p>

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14 Aug

Ward’s Words: DIY vs. depersonalized journalism ethics

<p><strong>By Stephen J.A. Ward</strong></p><p>The creation of a global and open media ecology that is online and offline,  as well as professional and amateur, has undermined a prior professional consensus on the content of journalism ethics. There is scarcely a principle or concept that is not up for debate, from who is a journalist to whether reporters should be objective.</p><p>Yet, increasing numbers of journalists believe there is a need for guiding values as we sail journalism’s roiling sea.</p>

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