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11 Nov

One soldier, one Tweet: remembering Canada’s war dead

<p><em>Twitter gives its users a platform to broadcast, to promote, and to converse. <strong>Melanie Coulson </strong>tells us how one journalist used it to help Canadians remember the history of our fallen soldiers. This post was originally published on Coulson's blog, <a href="http://journomel.com/2011/11/09/one-soldier-one-tweet-remembering-canadas-war-dead/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Journomel.com</a></em></p><p>Twitter gives its users a platform to broadcast, to promote, and to converse.</p><p>On Wednesday, Twitter gave our hundreds of thousands of war dead a voice.</p>

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11 Nov

Torstar offers 1,050 voluntary buyouts

<p>It’s confirmed: Torstar is offering 1,050 voluntary severance packages to its 6,000-plus employees.</p><p>"The company is in negotiations with the union leadership," Torstar representative Bob Hepburn told <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/11/10/torstar-layoff-buyout.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian Press</a> Thursday. Once those negotiations are complete, the company will throw out the offer to editorial, circulation, advertising and human resources staff.</p>

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10 Nov

Quebecor vs Radio-Canada: Gesca s’en mêle

<p>Le président et chef de la direction de Quebecor, Pierre Karl Péladeau a tenu «des propos inexacts et injustifiés à l'égard de La Presse Télé», selon le vice-président aux Affaires juridiques de Gesca, Patrick Buchholz. En réponse à la comparution de M.Péladeau, le mois dernier, devant le Comité permanent de l'accès à l'information de la Chambre des communes, M.Buchholz a adressé une lettre à la présidente du comité, Jean Crowder.</p>

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10 Nov

Toronto Star buyouts?

<p><em>updated</em></p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/10/torstar-idUSN1E7A90VA20111110" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a> is reporting that some big changes are on the way for the <em>Toronto Star</em>. According to three journalists at the paper – two of whom aren’t named by Reuters – the paper is offering buyouts to editorial staff, and also plans to outsource layout, other editing duties, and ad-building.</p><p>It looks like the first rumblings of the news broke on Twitter with two tweets by <em>Star</em> reporter Richard Brennan.</p><p>First:</p>

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10 Nov

Participatory Journalism: an interview with Alfred Hermida

<p><em><strong>Lisa Lynch</strong> chats with Participatory Journalism co-author and UBC associate professor <strong>Alfred Hermida</strong> about citizen involvement in the news, comment policies, and newsroom innovation</em>.</p>

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10 Nov

Canadian Journalism Foundation Job Posting for Associate Editor, Canadian Journalism Project (J-Source.ca)

<p><strong>Canadian Journalism Foundation<br />Job Posting for Associate Editor, Canadian Journalism Project (J-Source.ca)   </strong><br /><br /><strong>Full-time contract position</strong><br /><strong>Start Date:</strong> November 2011<br /><strong>Term of Contract:</strong> 1 year contract<br /><strong>Salary: </strong>$35,000 - $40,000 / year<br /><strong>Application Deadline:</strong> November 11, 2011<br />

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9 Nov

ONG et journalistes: une relation amour-haine

<p>«Les ONG sont des entreprises habillées en Mère Teresa et les journalistes ne le voient pas.» C'est sur cette citation tirée du livre <em>The Crisis Caravane</em> de la journaliste néerlandaise Linda Polman, qu'a commencé aujourd'hui une table ronde intitulée «Les ONG et les journalistes» et organisée par le Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERIUM) à l'Université de Montréal.</p>

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9 Nov

Ming Pao’s union fight

<p><em>When workers at Ming Pao, one of Toronto’s largest Chinese daily newspapers, started to unionize this summer things got nasty fast. Management laid off union organizers and openly likened others to Maoists. Seven weeks into the resulting strike, <strong>Rhiannon Russell </strong>visits the picket line for the inside scoop.</em></p>

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9 Nov

Where are women’s opinions?

<p>We know women have opinions, but where are they? Last year J-Source reported on the <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/women-take-aim-op-ed-pages" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lack of women</a> writing for op-ed pages. Now a new website is taking aim at the a lack of <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/five-questions-shari-graydon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">female pundits</a>. Coupled with a <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/magazine-editors-dearth-female-bylines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dearth of female magazine bylines</a>, you have to wonder what’s going on.

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9 Nov

Sean Holman says goodbye to Public Eye

<p><em>Over the last seven years anyone wanting to know more about who was pulling the levers of provincial politics in British Columbia inevitably turned to Public Eye, a unique online news source, created and doggedly maintained by journalist <strong>Sean Holman</strong>. After thousands of stories and many exclusives, Holman has now called it a day for Public Eye. Here he tells us in five lessons what worked and, ultimately, what failed. -- Bilbo Poynter</em></p><p><strong>Journalism might not be a cause worth donating to for most Canadians</strong></p>

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