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30 Nov

Covering the U.S. election through expat eyes: The Globe and Mail’s citizen journalism project

<p><strong>By Chris Hannay, <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/11/citizen-journalism-across-the-49th-parallel-how-the-globe-and-mail-used-expats-to-cover-the-u-s-election/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for The Nieman Lab</a></strong></p><p>Politics in the United States is, for a lot of Canadians, a kind of spectator sport. Our border is so porous that most Canadians have some kind of link to the United States, whether we go there for work, school, or love, or just have a family member that has.</p>

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30 Nov

Marni Soupcoff joins HuffPo Canada as managing editor, blogs

<p> </p><p>Marni Soupcoff has joined Huffington Post Canada as its managing editor of blogs. Danielle Crittenden—who previously held the position—is now the international blogs editor for HuffPost.</p><p>Soupcoff comes to HuffPo Canada from the <em>National Post</em>, where she was deputy comment editor. </p>

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30 Nov

Discussion on The Agenda: When it comes to gender representation in media, do we need binders full of women?

<p>When Mitt Romney made his now-infamous “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_LQ3eHSZ9c">binders full of women</a>” comment during the second U.S. Presidential debate back in October, the Internet latched on. As with most viral things these days, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2012/10/binders-full-of-women-drive-major-twitter-traffic-in-presidential-debate.html">Twitter exploded</a>, <a href="http://bindersfullofwomen.tumblr.com/">a tumblr was quickly created</a>, and <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/binders-full-of-women">memes were born</a>.</p>

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29 Nov

Coup d’oeil sur les principales recommandations du rapport Leveson

<p>Par Nicoletta Flora, publié originellement dans le magazine du Conseil de presse du Québec.</p><p>Après seize mois de travail et une bataille assez acharnée entre ceux favorisant une régulation des médias plus indépendante et assurée par la loi et ceux défendant férocement le principe de l’autorégulation pure, le juge Brian Levenson a publié ce matin son rapport final. Dans celui-ci, toute une série de recommandations est faite concernant les médias britanniques, leur relation avec la politique, la police et le public en général.</p>

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28 Nov

Québecor lance une version du Journal de Québec au Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

<p>L’entreprise a lancé mardi dernier une version adaptée à cette région, qui comptera une "une" distincte et au moins sept pages de contenu différent, axé principalement sur les nouvelles sportives et culturelles. </p>

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28 Nov

Critique de cinéma, un métier qui s’éteint

<p>Par Malorie Gosselin</p><p>S’ils ont eu leur heure de gloire au temps des salles de cinéma-répertoire, les journalistes spécialisés en cinéma sont en voie de disparition. La plupart des survivants travaillent à la pige, et surtout font d’autres choses en parallèle pour payer les comptes! </p><p>«J’aurais tendance à décourager fortement quiconque envisagerait sérieusement de faire carrière comme critique», nous a confié Georges Privet, ancien critique de métier, maintenant réalisateur.</p>

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28 Nov

Winnipeg media, an Ikea party and the issue of freebies: CBC

<p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/11/27/mb-ikea-freeloading-jounralists-ethics-winnipeg.html?cmp=rss" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBC reports that members of the Winnipeg media attended an exclusive party</a> hosted by Ikea Monday evening:</p>

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28 Nov

Telling the stories that have to be told – those of the most vulnerable

<p><em>How do you give voice to the voiceless without damaging them in the process? <strong>Paula Last</strong> reports from the recent CAJ event on interviewing survivors of trauma, explaining how journalists can be sensitive when telling their deeply personal stories</em></p><p> </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CAJ Trauma Matthew Wonk.jpg" title="" /></p><p><em>CAJ Interviewing Surviors of Trauma panelists with moderator Esther Enkin and event organizers. (Photo: Matthew Wocks)</em></p>

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28 Nov

Andrew Lundy resigns, David Skok now acting director of GlobalNews.ca

<p> </p><p>In comings and goings in the industry this week, Andrew Lundy has resigned from Director of GlobalNews.ca, a position he had held since 2008. David Skok, who was previously managing editor, has taken on the role of Acting Director in the interim. </p>

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28 Nov

Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award now accepting applications

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Michelle Siu.JPG" title="" /><em>(Michelle Siu, the 2012 Tom Hanson Award winner on stage at the 15th annual CJF Awards with Christine Hanson. Photo: Kaz Ehara/CNW)</em></p><p>The Canadian Journalism Foundation is now accepting applications for the fourth annual Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award.</p>

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