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12 Jul

Ryerson Review of Journalism and its writers win AEJMC awards

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/RRJ.PNG" title="" /></p><p>The Ryerson Review of Journalism and its contributors from the Winter and Summer 2012 issues have won a number of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC) awards.</p><p>The winners are:</p>

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11 Jul

Postmedia continues to pivot amid another quarter of losses

<p><em>More changes are ahead for Postmedia newspapers as the company looks to reinvent itself. With the company reporting another quarter of losses yesterday, <strong>Belinda Alzner</strong> explains what is to come, the company's digital first agenda and how last month's restructuring fits in to the bigger picture. </em></p><p> </p><p>More changes are ahead for Postmedia newspapers as the company looks to radically reinvent itself, executives said yesterday in a call with investors about the company’s third quarter results.</p>

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11 Jul

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the federal Access to Information Act

<p><em>On the 30<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Access to Information, <strong>David McKie</strong> sees reason for positivity: If we’re capable of doing stories with a weak law that gives the government too many ways to withhold information, and the information commissioner too few powers to force institutions to hand over records, then think of the stories we could do with an even stronger law.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong>By David McKie</strong></p>

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11 Jul

From free brunch to naked men: What I learned about sports reporting

<p><em><strong>Steve Ladurantaye</strong> has covered a lot of stories from flakey TV stars to competition in the real estate industry.  But this was his first time covering a sporting event. Here is what he learned while covering last weekend’s Toronto Argonauts game.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong>By Steve Ladurantaye</strong></p><p>Deep inside every beat reporter lurks a desire to try someone else’s job.</p>

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11 Jul

J-Links for July 11: Bell’s first move in Astral Media deal; A journo’s horseback trek; Calgary: the greatest city in Canada

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/bell-media-moves-to-comply-with-conditions-of-astral-media-deal/article4402916/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bell Media to sell, change stations to fulfill Astral Media deal</a></p>

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10 Jul

Global journalists mentor media in Liberia

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/76736821@N06/7544860112/" title="Shaw Africa Project: Liberia by J Source, on Flickr"><img alt="Shaw Africa Project: Liberia" height="382" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7246/7544860112_e37d9674a4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><em>Global television journalist Laurel Clark works with media in Liberia with Journalists for Human Rights as part of the Shaw Africa Project. Global will send two more journalists to Ghana and Sierra Leone in the coming months as part of the project.(Photo: Barry Acton)</em></p><p><strong>By Laurel Clark</strong></p>

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10 Jul

To the aspiring young journalists who ask: ‘why j-school?’

<p><strong>By Robert Washburn</strong></p><p>Over the past few months, numerous students expressed concern over their choice to become a journalist in the face of great uncertainty regarding the future of the news industry.</p><p>I tell them it is like looking at an ancient forest after a horrendous fire, similar to those going on right now across North America.</p><p>Yes, it looks bad. Really bad. Everything that has existed for so long is destroyed.</p>

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10 Jul

J-Links for July 10: CJFE recognizes Danny Henry; Canada’s ‘The Newsroom’; Journos need protection: UN

<p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1005431/cjfe-honours-dan-henry-with-vox-libera-award" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CJFE awards media lawyer with Vox Libera Award</a></p>

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9 Jul

Paying journalists’ pensions the latest hurdle for newspapers: Carr

<p><em>The New York Times</em>’ media columnist <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/business/media/newspapers-are-running-out-of-time-to-adapt-to-digital-future.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=tw-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Carr’s Monday column</a> takes a look at another daunting problem facing newspapers: paying journalists’ pensions. Dwindling revenue, an industry in distress and bad decisions have left companies “scrambling for exists that don’t exist,” Carr says. He continues:</p>

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9 Jul

J-Links for July 9: A journo on self-plagiarizing; Sun News Network’s dependability; Internet down today? Here’s why

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/What+damaged+plagiarizing+your+work+Your+integrity/6899113/story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Journos hold self-plagiarizing writer accountable</a></p>

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