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22 Apr

Globe and Mail offers staff voluntary buyouts

<p>The <em>Globe and Mail</em> is offering employees a voluntary separation package to help reduce its annual expenses.</p><p>In a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OGvxWkxYcpQGSYigMJk61ovH-vo5xD-M-15nctcPNyg/edit?usp=sharing">memo </a>delivered to staff, the <em>Globe</em>’s publisher Phillip Crawley said “While our weekly online readership is up 16 per cent, print is declining, with the last three months being particularly disappointing.”</p>

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22 Apr

Is the media coverage of York University fair? Analyzing the many reports of sexual assaults on campus

<p><strong>By Josh Dehaas, Editor of <em>Maclean's On Campus</em></strong></p>

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22 Apr

10 things revealed in the Toronto Life profile of Toronto Star editor-in-chief Michael Cooke

<p><br /><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/PaperWarrior.PNG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>If you haven’t yet picked up <a href="http://www.torontolife.com/magazine/2013/5/">May issue</a> of the <em>Toronto Life</em>, you’ll want to: Front cover: a sweaty Rob Ford; Inside profile: T<em>oronto Star</em> editor-in-chief Michael Cooke, definitely not sweaty. It’s definitely a juicy issue for journalists.</p>

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22 Apr

Canadian Jewish News ceasing publication

<p> </p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>The <em>Canadian Jewish News</em> is shutting down publication in two months.</p><p>The decision was <a href="http://cjnews.com/news/cjn-close">announced</a> Monday on the publication’s website. The independently owned weekly, which circulates in Montreal and Toronto, will publish its last edition on June 20.</p><p><em>CJN</em>’s president Donald Carr announced in a <a href="http://cjnews.com/news/cjn-close">note to readers</a> the decision to close the newspaper “with great sadness”</p>

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22 Apr

Global News Toronto, CBC Radio Toronto each win 3 RTDNA Canada Central Regional Awards

<p><span style="font-size: 10px;">Global News Toronto led in the television category of the Radio Television Digital News Association awards for the central region, while CBC Radio Toronto led in the radio categories. </span></p><p>Here is the complete list of winners according to the <a href="http://rtndacanada.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=18637&item=135192">press release</a>. </p><p><em style="font-size: 10px;">Television Winners</em></p><p><strong>Bert Cannings Award - Best Newscast</strong></p>

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22 Apr

«A few comments in English, please» : être journaliste anglophone au Québec

<p> </p><p><strong>Au Québec, les journalistes anglophones ne sont pas légion. Non seulement doivent-ils composer avec une quantité de postes limitée, mais il leur faut également négocier avec le bilinguisme approximatif de plusieurs intervenants et le défi de travailler dans une langue seconde. Parmi les irréductibles, on retrouve Christine Long, journaliste à CTV depuis bientôt 15 ans, et Brendan Kelly, journaliste à The Gazette et CBC radio, qui cumule aujourd’hui 27 ans de métier.</strong></p><p><em>Par <a href="http://twitter.com/SamuelLarochel">Samuel Larochelle</a></em></p>

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19 Apr

A timeline: How CNN got it wrong with the Boston Marathon bombing coverage

<p><strong>By Melanie Coulson</strong></p><p><em style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.987500190734863px;">Melanie Coulson is the first Michener-Deacon Fellow for journalism education and Senior Editor at the Ottawa Citizen. This Storify was reprinted here with Coulson's permission. </em></p><p> </p>

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19 Apr

Live blog: Women in Digital Journalism

<p>Join a panel of leading Vancouver news media journalists in an engaging discussion on the future of online journalism and women's role in the evolution of media. 1 p.m. PST.</p><p>Panellists: <em>Vancouver Sun</em> deputy managing editor Adrienne Tanner, CBC's Theresa Lalonde, <em>Vancouver Observer</em>'s editor-in-chief Linda Solomon and managing editor Jenny Uechi, public relations specialist Katharine Sawchuk</p><p>Moderator: Sacha DeVoretz </p>

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19 Apr

7 interesting facts from the Newspaper Canada 2012 Circulation Data Report

<p><strong style="font-size: 10px;">By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Newspapers Canada released its <a href="http://www.newspaperscanada.ca/news/research/newspapers-canada-releases-2012-circulation-data-report-daily-newspapers">2012 circulation data</a> report Thursday with statistics on French and English dailies. Here are 7 interesting facts from the report:</p><p><strong>How many daily newspapers are there in Canada?</strong></p><p>There are 95 English and French paid dailies in Canada and 29 free dailies. That’s a grand total of 124 daily newspapers.</p>

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19 Apr

Best practices for community newsrooms

<p><strong>By Melanie Coulson</strong></p>

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