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11 Jan

Five questions for freelance photojournalist Nick Kozak

<p><em><span class="tpl-content">On the second anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, J-Source talked to <strong>Nick Kozak</strong> about what it was like to document the devastating aftermath as a freelance photojournalist, the business of selling photos and whether or not reporters can (or should) double as photographers.</span></em></p><p> </p><p><strong>J-Source: It would be an understatement to say you've seen a few countries. Tell me a bit about your travels. When did photography go from being just a hobby to being a career option for you?</strong></p>

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11 Jan

Concordia journalism professor Ross Perigoe has died

<p>Concordia journalism professor Ross Perigoe died from a brain tumor <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120114023515/http://montreal.openfile.ca/blog/curator-blog/exclusive/2012/concordia-journalism-professor-%E2%80%9Ccoach%E2%80%9D-ross-perigoe-dies">on Tuesday night.</a></p><p> </p>

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11 Jan

Un journaliste de France 2 tué en Syrie

<p>Le reporter de guerre français Gilles Jacquier a été tué aujourd'hui à Homs, en Syrie, au cours d'un affrontement qui a fait huit morts et plusieurs blessés dans ce haut lieu de la contestation du régime de Bachar-el-assad.</p>

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11 Jan

Web scraping: How journalists get their own data

<p><em>Don't rely on others to get you the information you need. <strong>Glen McGregor</strong> explains in the latest issue of </em><a href="http://j-source.ca/node/add/article" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Media</a><em><a href="http://j-source.ca/node/add/article" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> magazine</a> that the ability to program a basic script can allow you the freedom to no longer rely solely on Access to Information laws and give you the liberty to analyze data in new ways. And a foreword by <strong>David McKie</strong>, J-Source's Ideas editor, explains why this

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10 Jan

Female foreign correspondents and the question of rape

<p><em>Heated rhetoric aside, are journalists out of touch with the risks female reporters face in conflict zones? <strong>Ruane Remy </strong>asked this question in the Winter 2012 issue of the <a href="http://rrj.ca/m18426/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ryerson Review of Journalism</a>, and examined the unique situations that female foreign correspondents can find themselves in and how they can be better equipped to deal with them.</em></p><p> </p>

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10 Jan

Hebdo: TC Media grandit en Montérégie

<p>TC Media a annoncé hier le lancement d'un nouvel hebdomadaire à Valleyfield, le <em>Valleyfield Express.ca</em>, ainsi que l'acquisition de <em>Tout Magazine</em> qui devient <em>Tout Express</em>. Le groupe, anciennement connu sous le nom de Transcontinental, poursuit ainsi son développement en Montérégie, une des régions qui connaît la plus forte croissance démographique au Québec.</p>

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10 Jan

The Globe and Mail Android app available in public beta

<p>If you can't wait for the official release of <em>The Globe and Mail</em>'s app for Android-based phones, the news organization has <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theglobeandmail.headliner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released a public beta version</a> for those running Android 2.2 or later. </p>

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10 Jan

The Walrus Foundation launches Walrus TV

<p>The Walrus Foundation is <a href="http://walrusmagazine.com/news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bringing its award-winning commentary to the screen</a> in a new partnership with Toronto-based High Fidelity HDTV. Walrus TV launches today online at <a href="http://walrusmagazine.com/tv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">walrustv.ca</a> and on television on High Fidelity’s ideas and culture channel, <a href="http://www.eqhd.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eqhd</a>.</p>

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9 Jan

How a 17 year-old fell in love with journalism

<p>If you’ve ever doubted your career choice of becoming a journalist, check out <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jack-davis/my-accidental-love-affair_b_1193732.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this blog post</a> by 17 year-old Jack Davis on The Huffington Post that describes how he fell in journalism and why he believes it is important.</p>

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9 Jan

Pierre Tourangeau, ombudsman: «Les plaintes font avancer l’information»

<p>Radio-Canada n'a pas eu d'ombudsman pendant près de quatre mois, après le départ de Julie Miville-Dechêne en cours de mandat l'été dernier. Pierre Tourangeau a cédé son poste de premier directeur, contenu, nouvelles et actualités, pour lui succéder en novembre. <em>ProjetJ </em>est allé à sa rencontre pour connaître sa vision du rôle de l'ombudsman et de la qualité de l'information depuis l'intégration au réseau public, une opération à laquelle il a participé de près.</p>

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