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2 Oct

Social media editors in Canadian newsrooms describe integration, unique challenges

<p> </p><p><em>What is the role of a social media editor inside a news organization? New research by University of King’s College online journalism professor <strong>Tim Currie</strong> sheds some light on the level of integration that social media editors have in their respective newsrooms, the unique challenges that face them and how they position themselves with their audiences.</em></p><p><strong>By Tim Currie</strong></p>

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2 Oct

J-Links: Bert Archer on The Globe; Ukranian journos protest; Voter ID law halted in Pennsylvania

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media</strong>:</p><p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/CanadaPolitics/">TVO’s The Agenda host to do reddit AMA</a></p><p>Want to ask <em>The Agenda</em> host Steve Paikin a question? He’s doing an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on reddit this Thursday at 12 p.m. EST.</p><p><a href="http://torontostandard.com/the-sprawl/the-globe-is-on-a-precipice">Bert Archer: ‘The Globe is on a precipice’</a></p>

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1 Oct

OpenFile suspends publication to prepare for upcoming changes

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/wilf dinnick.jpg" title="" /><em>OpenFile CEO Wilf Dinnick working at the start-up's office in Toronto. (Stock photo by Belinda Alzner)</em></p>

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27 Sep

Sun Media appoints Eric Morrison to vice president of editorial

<p> </p><p>Eric Morrison has been named Sun Media’s new vice president of editorial and will lead the company in a reorganization of news operations on all platforms, Quebecor Media Inc. said today <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2012/09/27/sun-media-appoints-new-vp-eric-morrison-to-lead-reorganization-of-news-operations">in a release</a>.</p><p>Morrison is a veteran news executive, bringing with him years of experience from Canadian Press and CTV.</p>

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27 Sep

J-Links: CJFE names Press Freedom Award winners; Where’s Wente on the bad-journo continuum?; Koppel on partisan journalism

<p><strong>In Canadian media</strong>:</p><p><a href="http://cjfe.org/resources/media_releases/2012-IPFA-winners-mae-azango-rami-jarrah">CJFE names International Press Freedom Award winners</a></p>

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26 Sep

Wentegate: A roundup of the coverage and commentary

<p><em>It wasn’t just Margaret Wente’s apparent failure to properly attribute a 2009 column that captivated journalists over the last week, but also The Globe and Mail’s response and the role that the blogosphere and social media played. <strong>Eric Mark Do</strong> and <strong>Belinda Alzner</strong> compiled the coverage of the story as it has progressed, the reaction it garnered online and the commentary that's been provided by journalists.

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26 Sep

On reporting from the 1972 Summit Series

<p><strong>By Robert Lewis</strong></p><p>Like millions of Canadians I remember exactly where I was when Paul Henderson scored the goal that won the 1972 Summit Series for Canada against the Soviet Union: in the stands behind and to the right of the Canadian bench in Moscow’s Luzhniki Ice Palace. The date was September 28, 1972. I was reporting for <em>Time </em>magazine.</p>

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26 Sep

Accounts j-students should be following on Twitter

<p> </p><p>So you’re in j-school and the professors are telling you to make a Twitter account. You may or may not already use Twitter, but now it’s time to have a professional account for journalism. Start with the <a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/100-twitter-accounts-every-journalism-student-should-follow/s2/a550471/">100 Twitter accounts every journalism student should follow</a> that Journalism.co.uk has compiled. (And of course, Canadian students should also be following <a href="http://twitter.com/jsource">@jsource</a>! #shamelessselfpromotion)</p>

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25 Sep

J-Source’s Q&A with Carol Wainio

<p>Carol Wainio is a Canadian visual artist and adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa. She has also been writing about the media and Canadian columnists for years on her blog, <a href="http://mediaculpapost.blogspot.ca/">Media Culpa</a>.

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25 Sep

The Globe and Mail disciplines columnist Margaret Wente, makes changes to senior management structure

<p> </p><p><em>The Globe and Mail</em> editor-in-chief John Stackhouse responded to allegations that high-profile columnist Margaret Wente had made major journalistic errors on Monday evening, writing in <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/editor-in-chief-john-stackhouses-memo-to-globe-and-mail-staff-on-margaret-wente-allegations/article4565665/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a memo to staff </a>that Wente's 2009 column that gained notoriety in social media over the previous five days was "unacceptable."</p>

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