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19 Dec

The future of community news is in capturing the local

<p> </p><p><em>Despite Sun Media shutting down a number of its weekly titles recently, community news experts and editors aren’t buying the idea that print is dead. As <strong>Ryan Mallough </strong>reports, there may be a number of reasons that print revenues are falling, but a focus on local news isn’t one of them.</em></p><p><strong>By Ryan Mallough</strong></p><p>Print is dead, say the experts.</p><p>But don’t tell that to community newspapers.</p>

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19 Dec

A look inside the Ryerson Review of Journalism’s 30th anniversary issue

<p><em><strong>Stephanie Maris</strong> is the editor of the Winter 2013 issue of the <a href="http://rrj.ca/rrj2/Default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ryerson Review of Journalism</a>. Here, she talks about what it was like heading the masthead of an esteemed student-published journalism magazine, what we can look forward to in the upcoming issue, and how the RRJ is celebrating its 30<sup>th</sup> anniversary. </em></p><p><br /><strong>By Stephanie Maris</strong></p>

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19 Dec

ProjetJ et J-Source à la recherche de partenaires

<p>Le Projet Journalisme Canadien  (PJC) - mieux connu via ses plateformes <a href="http://j-source.ca">J-Source</a> et ProjetJ - amorce une phase de transition qui débouchera sur un nouveau modèle de financement et de nouvelles structures éditoriales d’ici la fin de 2013. Dans ce contexte, nous cherchons de nouveaux partenaires.</p>

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19 Dec

Can niche markets sustain online-only publications? The case in local business news

<p><em>Oft-lamented is the fact that despite gains in digital ad revenue, a sustainable business model for online news in traditional media has not yet been found.</em> <em>But does this mean the same is true in niche publications? <strong>Eric Mark Do</strong> reports on Torstar’s two new online-only local business news sites that seem to be attempting to follow in the path of one of Canada’s rare profitable digital news operations: AllNovaScotia.com.</em></p><p> </p>

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19 Dec

Why shouldn’t newsrooms work with the marketing department?

<p><em>No journalist would ever suggest that commercial interests should override editorial independence. But as Canadian Press editor-in-chief <strong>Scott White</strong> explains, some editorial managers are saying the time has come to reinvent and re-examine everything – including knocking some holes in the metaphorical wall between those who produce content and those who sell it.</em></p><p><strong>By Scott White, Editor-in-Chief, The Canadian Press</strong></p>

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19 Dec

J-Source and ProjetJ transition begins with call for potential new contributors

<p><em>The Canadian Journalism Project is looking to potential new contributors, a new funding model and new editorial structures beginning at the end of 2013. <strong>Belinda Alzner</strong> explains what this means for our publication and what roles a transition team is looking to fill as the Project moves into the next phase.</em></p><p> </p><p style="margin-left:-4.5pt;">The Canadian Journalism Project is looking to potential new contributors, a new funding model and new editorial structures beginning at the end of 2013.</p>

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18 Dec

Google Journalism Fellowship Applications Now Open

<p>Applications are now open for <a href="http://www.google.com/get/journalismfellowship/">Google's 10-week journalism fellowships</a> for the summer of 2013. The fellowships are targeted at tech-minded journalism students, but students from any major with the right qualities are encouraged to apply.</p><p>The breakdown of the 10 weeks is:</p>

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18 Dec

Global News Online hiring community manager, senior producers and a senior web coordinator

<p>Global News Online is hiring for a number of positions for its Toronto office. </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://shaw.njoyn.com/CGI/xweb/XWeb.asp?tbtoken=ZlpZQh8XCBsBY3Z4RFIiCFc6c21EcFMvB0gjUV0PE2EsXzcSW0ZpLiUuQC4kXmpzAwkbVhRVTHMqWA%3D%3D&chk=dFlbQBJe&CLID=21753&Page=JobDetails&Jobid=J1212-0654&BRID=229683" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Community Manager, Digital</strong></a></p>

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17 Dec

Grilling the Guest – Laurier LaPierre and the Hot Seat Interview

<p><em>Laurier LaPierre, who died Sunday at the age of 83, was a pioneer in modern television broadcasting. His flamboyant style was designed to engage and provoke, but ultimately to hold powerful people to account.</em></p><p><strong>By Cecil Rosner</strong></p><p> </p><p>As a pioneer of early CBC current affairs journalism, Laurier LaPierre made a lasting contribution to a key element of investigative work – the focused accountability interview.</p>

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17 Dec

Laurier LaPierre, former broadcaster and senator, dies at 83

<p> </p><p>Laurier LaPierre, a retired senator and Canadian broadcaster, best known for co-hosting CBC’s <em>This Hour has Seven Days</em> in the 1960s, has died at 83, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/12/17/pol-senator-laurier-lapierre-seven-days-obituary.html">CBC reports</a>.</p><p>CBC says that in his role on the weekly news and current affairs program, he “was known to bring passion and emotion to the program, which often rubbed politicians and critics the wrong way.”</p>

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