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17 Feb

Clickers in the Classroom

<p><em>Classroom clickers: technology for technology’s sake or a helpful teaching tool? <strong>Bruce Gillespie</strong>, assistant professor in the journalism program at Wilfrid Laurier-Brantford, explains how using "clickers" in large journalism classes can be an effective tool for teaching and learning.</em></p><p> </p>

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17 Feb

A helpful list of web tools for journalists

<p>Mindy McAdams, an online journalism professor from the University of Florida, has curated this <a href="http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2012/best-social-media-tools-for-journalists/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">list of helpful web tools for journalists</a>. Not only does it list off the best tools to use in a number of categories (such as livestreaming, photo sharing, curating) but it also contains links to articles that explain how journalists can use some of the most popular social media sites most effectively.</p>

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17 Feb

Shambhala Sun Foundation is hiring for multiple publications

<p>The Shambhala Sun Foundation, publisher of the top-selling spiritual magazines Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma, is seeking an Associate Publisher, an Associate Art Director and an Associate Digital Editor. Job descriptions and requirements <a href="http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3742&Itemid=359" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are described here</a>. </p>

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16 Feb

J-Source’s exclusive interview with Digital First Media CEO John Paton

<p><em>Our associate editor, Belinda Alzner, sat down with Digital First Media CEO <strong>John Paton</strong> for an exclusive interview. The front-man of the second-largest newspaper company in the United States talks about his digital first strategy (print comes last), on how Canadian newspapers are doing digitally (he's not impressed), and on how he has tried to change the culture of entire newsrooms (it hasn't been easy). </em></p><p> </p>

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16 Feb

Le reportage d’affaires publiques: voir grand, embrasser large

<p>Par Chantal Francoeur</p><p>Chacun sa méthode. Chacun sa façon de la décrire. Pour la cueillette, «tu plantes ton thermomètre et tu prends la température de la situation», explique un vétéran. Après, pour l’écriture? «Tu fais comme un sculpteur. Tu t’attaques à ton matériel comme si c’était une grosse pierre et tu tailles le bloc. Jusqu’à ce que l’œuvre émerge», dit un autre vétéran. De vrais conseils entendus dans une salle de nouvelles montréalaise.</p>

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15 Feb

Fact-checking Ezra Levant

<p><em>Last Friday, Ezra Levant had two former Ryerson Journalism students on his show to talk about the school's alleged liberal bias. <strong>Scaachi Koul</strong> responded with <a href="http://www.rrj.ca/b20122/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this editorial</a> for the Ryerson Review of Journalism that shows that Levant might have got a few facts wrong. </em></p>

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15 Feb

TMT looking for communications interns

<p><font face="HelveticaNeue-Light" size="2"><font face="HelveticaNeue-Light" size="2">If you’re looking for an exciting, fast-paced internship with Southeast Asia’s largest Muay Thai and MMA Camp, we’re looking for you!</font></font></p>

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15 Feb

New media means new ways to cover climate change

<p><em>Just because mainstream coverage of climate change is waning doesn’t mean people aren’t talking about it. <strong>Candis Callison</strong>, a UBC professor with an interest in climate change coverage, argues that new media presents new opportunities for covering a topic that has traditionally posed trouble for journalists because it neither bleeds, nor leads. </em></p><p> </p><p>Reporting on climate change is on the wane in major newspapers across the country, but does that mean Canadians aren’t talking about it?</p>

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15 Feb

Does Nova Scotia media leave rural issues by the wayside?

<p><em>Big city media, small town issues: How does Nova Scotia’s media balance the two? It doesn’t, says <strong>Greg Wade</strong>. This story, from the latest issue of the <a href="http://kjr.kingsjournalism.com/?p=6010" target="_blank" rel="noopener">King’s Journalism Review</a>, looks at the few resources in rural Nova Scotia communities compared to those in Halifax.</em></p>

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15 Feb

East African famine coverage examined

<p>On Feb. 3, the U.N. officially declared <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/03/famine-somalia-over-says-un" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Somalia’s famine over</a>, providing a moment for reflection on coverage of the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/interactive/2011/nov/01/somalia-drought-camps-map-interactive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">East African/Somali drought</a>.

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