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4 Jan

Toronto Star publishes apology for unattributed material taken from The Globe and Mail

<p>The <em>Toronto Star</em> has edited an online version of a business article and published an apology after it found parts of the article had been taken from an earlier report by <em>The Globe and Mail</em> without attribution.</p>

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4 Jan

Photojournalist John D McHugh launches new watermark iPhone app Marksta

<p>A London, UK photojournalist has <a href="http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2233605/photojournalist-launches-watermarking-app-on-the-iphone">launched an app</a> he hopes will help photographers retain an element of control over their copyrighted work when posting photographs online.</p>

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4 Jan

Atlantic Journalism Awards call for entries

<p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ajasonline.org/">Entries are open for the Atlantic Journalism Awards</a>. Journalists who had work published in the 2012 calendar year by an Atlantic Canadian media outlet are eligible to enter their stories and photographs.</p>

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3 Jan

Photojournalist Mike Cassese remembered

<p> </p><p>Mike Cassese, the award-winning photojournalist who shot for Reuters and was a former <em>Toronto Sun</em> photographer, died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 53 on Dec. 27. He was remembered by 300 people at a service on Monday, <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2012/12/31/former-toronto-sun-photographer-mike-cassese-fondly-remembered">the <em>Toronto Sun</em> reports</a>.</p>

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3 Jan

Sean Dunnigan: Calgary’s talking judge

<p><strong>By Geoff Ellwand, for <a href="http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/"><em>Canadian Lawyer Magazine Nov/Dec 2012</em></a></strong></p><p>Alberta Provincial Court Judge Sean Dunnigan does something very unusual for a judge. He talks in public.</p>

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2 Jan

Order of Canada recipients include journalists Andy Barrie, Stevie Cameron and Michael Enright

<p>Journalists Andy Barrie, Stevie Cameron and Michael Enright are among <a href="http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14904">this year’s recipients</a> of the Order of Canada, Governor General David Johnson announced on Dec. 30.</p>

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21 Dec

Submissions open for the Canadian Hillman Prize

<p>Submissions are open for the third annual Canadian Hillman Prize honouring excellence in journalism in service of the common good as practiced in the 2012 calendar year. </p><p>From the <a href="http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/canadian-hillman-prize" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sidney Hillman Foundation website:</a></p>

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21 Dec

What have we learned from Newtown?

<p><em>After the frenzied scramble comes, in time, self-examination.  It needs to be the other way round, says Cliff Lonsdale, president of the <a href="http://journalismforum.fims.uwo.ca/">Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma.</a></em></p><p><strong>By Cliff Lonsdale</strong></p><p>Much has been said and written about the media hoards that descended on Newtown, Connecticut, in the wake of the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre.</p><p>It was undeniably big news – news with a shockwave that reached around the world.</p>

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20 Dec

Journalists to be able to tweet from Ontario courtrooms unless told otherwise

<p> </p><p>Effective Feb. 1, 2013, journalists will be able to tweet from Ontario Superior Court of Justice courtrooms unless a judge specifically states otherwise.</p><p>The Superior Court of Justice explains how such devices can be used by counsel, paralegals, law students, clerks and media in a <a href="http://www.ontariocourts.ca/scj/en/notices/protocols/">new protocol that can be found on its website</a>.  </p>

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19 Dec

Nominations open for the 2012 J-Source Canadian Newsperson of the Year Award

<p><em>Once a year we shine a light on journalists who make all of us proud: who demonstrate excellence, integrity and innovation. As editor-in-chief <strong>Janice Neil</strong> explains, the<strong> <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/2012-j-source-canadian-newsperson-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J-Source Canadian Newsperson of the Year</a></strong> award will honour a Canadian individual who has demonstrated innovation or served as an inspiration to working journalists, educators, and/or audiences and the Canadian public. </em></p><p> </p>

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