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15 Oct

Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union votes to merge with Canadian Auto Workers

<p> </p><p>The Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada has <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/cep-union-votes-to-merge-with-caw/article4613286/?cmpid=rss1">voted to merge</a> with the Canadian Auto Workers, creating Canada’s largest private sector union.</p><p>According to the <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/cep-union-votes-to-merge-with-caw/article4613286/?cmpid=rss1">Canadian Press</a>, the new union will represent more than 300,000 workers in around 20 sectors of the economy.</p>

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14 Oct

Groups take concerns about free expression in Canada to UN

<p>Every four years, each United Nations member state stands for a review of its human rights record at a Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Canada is up for its next review in 2013.</p>

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12 Oct

Retour d’expédition : nos médias d’information sur les territoires du web

<p> </p><p>Par Malorie Gosselin</p><p>«<em> Avons-nous véritablement saisi et intégré cette nouvelle écriture collective que constituent les « actualités 2.0 » ? Savons-nous assez capter les signaux faibles qui émanent de toutes ces « conversations » qui se développent sur Facebook, Twitter et cie ?» Martin Lessard</em></p><p> </p>

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11 Oct

Newfoundland’s Bill 29 a key concern in Newspapers Canada FOI audit

<p>Bill 29, which amended Newfoundland and Labrador’s Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act this spring, came in for particular criticism in Newspapers Canada’s annual <a href="http://http://www.newspaperscanada.ca/?q=public-affairs/FOI2012" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Freedom of Information Audit</a>. The federal government again got poor grades on its handling of access to information requests. And the report, released Sept. 24, also found some good news.</p>

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11 Oct

We made a list, you checked it twice

<p>We published <a href="http://j-source.ca/node/9403">a list of Twitter accounts</a> we thought would be useful for Canadian journalism students to consider following. Then, we invited your suggestions to make it better. The flood of tweets that followed did help make the list much better, and much longer, but also taught us some difficult lessons about the hazards of making such lists. This Storify, put together by <strong>Eric Mark Do,</strong> provides a glimpse of what happened on Twitter and good lessons for us all in the challenges of crowdsourcing in the age of digital journalism.

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10 Oct

Sponsored by…

<p> </p><p><em>Media sponsorships can earn money and raise a news organization’s brand profile. But do they compromise the news? <strong>Anne Watson</strong> tackles this question in the latest issue of the Langara Journalism Review.</em></p><p><strong>By Anne Watson</strong></p><p>Seven-course meals, summer festivals, economic summits, marathons, cruises to Alaska. It’s not new for media companies to sponsor events and celebrations, but these days it seems they are becoming a common and important part of doing business.</p>

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10 Oct

Q&A with Toronto Star managing editor Jane Davenport

<p><em>When Jane Davenport was appointed managing editor of the Toronto Star in June she said it was a bit “daunting.” Now, a few months into the job, she talks with <strong>Eric Mark Do</strong> about her past experience launching Metro Halifax, the Star’s digital future and what it’s like managing coverage of a mayor who boycotts your newspaper.</em></p><p> </p>

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10 Oct

Who do you need to follow? 101+ Canadian Twitter accounts

<p>After <a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/100-twitter-accounts-every-journalism-student-should-follow/s2/a550471/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Journalism.co.uk released its recent who-to-follow</a> list for journalism students, <strong>Mary McGuire</strong> and<strong> Belinda Alzner </strong>compiled this starter list — now bolstered by your suggestions — of Canadian Twitter accounts for you to follow that includes, but is not limited to, journalism groups, resources, jobs, news, educators, emerging trends in media and technology and up-to-the-minute reporting on a number of beats.&n

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10 Oct

Inside the student newsroom at ONA 2012

<p><em>While journalists from around the world descended on San Francisco a few weeks ago to discuss the challenges facing journalism at the Online News Association’s annual conference, student journalists covered the event from the ONA’s Student Newsroom. <strong>Kelsey Rolfe </strong>— the lone Canadian student —shares her experience, describes the tools she used to get the stories, and talks about the most important lessons she learned.</em></p>

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9 Oct

J-Links for Oct. 9: Lacroix reappointed head of CBC; Journalism job competition; Making energy journalism better

<p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet tw-align-center"><p>Hubert Lacroix reappointed as President and CEO of CBC for another five-year term <a href="http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/lacroix-reappointed-as-cbc-president-ceo/1001748220/10ykw4sW9Brvps24M20/?link_source=aypr_BM&AF=&utm_source=BM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BM-EN10092012&link_targ=DailyNews" title="http://bit.ly/RNe5wM">bit.ly/RNe5wM</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23JLinks">#JLinks</a></p>— J-Source (@jsource) <a data-datetime="2012-10-09T15:22:02+00:00" href="https://twitter.com/jsource/status/255689586985037824">October 9, 2012</a></blockquote><script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p> </p>

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