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12 Jun

Global News makes history as first Canadian network to win Edward R. Murrow Award

<p>Global News has <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/636363/global-news-wins-edward-r-murrow-award/">won the Radio Television Digital News Association's (RTNDA) National Edward R Murrow award</a> for Overall Excellence for network television.</p><p>It`s a historic win for its flagship newscast Global National with Dawna Friesen, and marks the first time a Canadian network has won the award since it was first presented in 1971. Recent award-winners include ABC News and NBC News.</p>

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12 Jun

Updated: CBC journalists who were detained in Turkey have been released

<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/Derek.jpg" title="" /></p><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/Sasa.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Eric Mark Do and Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>*<i>Photos courtesy of Twitter (Derek Stoffel at left, Sasa Petricic at right) </i></p>

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12 Jun

Radio-Canada: Y a-t-il un pilote dans l’avion?

<p><strong>Radio-Canada est morte, vive Ici! Ça, c’était la semaine dernière. Devant la fronde engendrée par l’annonce de ce changement de marque, le radiodiff</strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/_logo_radio_canada_0.gif" title="" /><strong>useur public vient de reculer. Soupir de soulagement du côté de la salle des nouvelles et des équipes dédiées aux émissions, où l’on fustige cependant un bon gros gâchis.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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11 Jun

Patricia Graham leaves Pacific Newspaper Group

<p>Patricia Graham, vice president of digital at Pacific Newspaper Group, is leaving the company at the end of June. Graham worked as the editor-in-chief of the <em>Vancouver Sun</em> and has also worked at <em>The Province, The Globe and Mail </em> and the <em>Campbell River Courier Upper Islander</em>. </p>

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11 Jun

Updated: Postmedia vacates two floors of Vancouver newsroom space

<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/200 Granville.jpg" title="" />Shortly after announcing buyouts at its Vancouver newspapers, Postmedia Network says it's now vacating two floors occupied by the <em>Vancouver Sun</em> and <em>The Province</em> at its 200 Granville Street location. </p>

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11 Jun

Tom Hawthorn wins two Grimmies for best obituary writing

<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/Hawthorn.jpg" title="" /><a href="https://twitter.com/tomhawthorn">Tom Hawthorn</a> won two Grimmies for best obituary and best body of work in 2011 at the <a href="http://www.societyofprofessionalobituarywriters.org/the-grimmies.html">Society of Professional Obituary Writers (SPOW) Awards</a> for his freelance work in the <em>Globe and Mail.</em></p>

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11 Jun

Journaliste: vraiment le pire métier au monde?

<p><a href="http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/best-worst-jobs-2013"><strong>Selon le site Careercast.com</strong></a><strong>, qui publie chaque année le classement des meilleurs et des pires jobs à exercer, <a href="http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/worst-jobs-2013">le reporter de presse écrite se retrouve bon dernier</a>. En cause, le stress, la précarité, la lourde charge de travail, tout cela pour un salaire de misère comparé au nombre d’années passées sur les bancs de l’école.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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10 Jun

CBC French service backpedals on name change from Radio-Canada to ICI

<p>CBC French-language service says it will now keep Radio-Canada in its name after facing criticism for a rebranding exercise that would have the public broadcaster drop Radio-Canada in favour of ICI.</p><p>Initially Radio-Canada was rebranding its radio station as ICI Première, its television service as ICI Télé and its website as ICI.ca. On Monday, CBC president Hubert Lacroix backpedalled, saying the three platforms will now be known as ICI Radio-Canada Première, ICI Radio-Canada Télé, and ICI Radio-Canada.ca respectively.</p>

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10 Jun

Memo on Brodie Fenlon joining CBC

<p><a href="http://j-source.ca/article/brodie-fenlon-leaves-huffpo-canada-join-cbc-new-managing-editor-digital"><strong>Back to the related J-Source article</strong></a></p><p>We are thrilled to announce that Brodie Fenlon will be joining CBC News as the Managing Editor for Digital, including CBCNews.ca, the number one news site in Canada. </p>

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10 Jun

Brodie Fenlon leaves HuffPo Canada to join CBC as new managing editor of digital

<p>Brodie Fenlon is joining CBC News as managing editor of digital on July 29. </p><p>He is currently the managing editor for news at Huffington Post Canada, and was a part of the initial launch team of Huffington Post in Canada and the launch of B.C. and Alberta sites. </p><p>Fenlon previously worked at <em>The Globe and Mail</em>, where he was a news and features editor for globeandmail.com. </p><p><b>Related content on J-Source:</b></p>

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