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17 Dec

2012 J-Source Canadian Newsperson of the Year

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17 Dec

The role of satire—and CBC’s This is That—in a post-humorous world.

<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; line-height: 18pt;"><strong>By Shannon Rupp</strong>, </span><a href="http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2012/12/14/This-is-That/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; line-height: 18pt;" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for the Tyee</a></p>

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14 Dec

36th annual National Magazine Awards call for entries

<p> </p><p>The National Magazine Awards has <a href="http://www.magazine-awards.com/index.cfm?ci_id=1235&la_id=1">opened its call for entries</a> for the 36<sup>th</sup> annual NMAs, which will take place on June 7, 2013.</p><p>The awards honour “the best in magazine publishing from 2012,” and magazines and freelancers are encouraged to apply to the 48 categories the awards offer.</p>

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13 Dec

Canadian Geographic acting editor Dan Rubinstein leaving magazine

<p> </p><p><a href="http://canadianmags.blogspot.ca/2012/12/acting-editor-of-canadian-geographic.html">D.B. Scott has reported</a> that Dan Rubinstein, acting editor of <em>Canadian Geographic,</em> is leaving the magazine to “write and take on a contract with the Canada Foundation for Innovation.” Rubinstein had been the managing editor of the magazine for four years prior to becoming acting editor.  </p>

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13 Dec

Lindsey Wiebe to join Maclean’s as associate web editor

<p>Lindsey Wiebe will be joining <em>Maclean’s</em> magazine’s digital team in the new year as the associate web editor of <a href="macleans.ca">macleans.ca</a> in Toronto and told J-Source in an email that she is "totally thrilled about it."</p><p>Wiebe was most recently the social media reporter and a weekend online editor for the <em>Winnipeg Free Press</em> until <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/winnipeg-free-press-cuts-seven-newsroom-staff">the newspaper’s most recent layoffs</a> in September, which saw seven newsroom jobs cut. </p><p> </p>

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13 Dec

Journalism school in Canada and Australia: Q&A with j-exchange student Lauren Waldhuter

<p> </p><p><em>Lauren Waldhuter is a journalism student at the University of South Australia who just completed a semester-long exchange at Ryerson University. Here she talks to <strong>Eric Mark Do</strong> about the experience and some of her observations on the programs, as well as the similarities and differences in journalism that she sees.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>First, on Australian media…</em></strong></p>

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13 Dec

The emotional commitment to objective journalism

<p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Impartiality and objectivity as bloodless norms is an absurd caricature, argues <strong>Stephen J.A. Ward</strong> in the latest issue of Media magazine. </em></p><p><strong>Intro by David McKie</strong></p>

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13 Dec

Mental health coverage continues to miss the point

<p><em>Covering mental health issues takes tact, responsibility and a commitment to stories that push back against societal stigma. <strong>Olivia Schneider</strong> looks at how mental health stories are covered, the problems that persist in the coverage and how journalists can overcome them. </em></p><p><strong>By Olivia Schneider for <a href="http://kjr.kingsjournalism.com/?p=12138">the King’s Journalism Review</a></strong></p>

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12 Dec

Roger Gillespie joins Star Media Group start-up YourHamiltonBiz.com as managing editor

<p> </p><p>Roger Gillespie has joined YourHamiltonBiz.com, a new Torstar-owned Star Media Group business news site, as its managing editor.</p><p>Gillespie comes from CBC Hamilton, where he was the founding executive producer of CBC’s first digital-only venture that <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/cbc-hamilton-digital-service-officially-launched" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched in May, 2012</a>.  CBC Hamilton has <a href="https://cbc.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl">posted Gillespie’s former job</a> on its job board.</p>

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11 Dec

Selena Ross named the winner of inaugural CIC-Walrus Longform competition

<p>Selena Ross has won The Canadian International Council and <em>The Walrus</em> <a href="http://opencanada.org/competition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inaugural longform competition</a>.</p>

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