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10 Jun

Toronto Star Master Glass: Why the monopod is an essential tool

<p>In the newsgathering business, photographers must shoot in all types of lighting conditions, and often have only moments to capture the best possible shot. It requires skill and experience and knowing photography and lenses like the back of your hand. In this “Master Glass” series, </span><em>Toronto Star</em> photographers reveal how they do it: the settings, the angles, the lenses, the approach.</span></p>

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10 Jun

L’Université d’Ottawa aura un baccalauréat en journalisme numérique

<p><strong>La décision a été entérinée hier par le sénat de l’université, ce qui met fin à de longs mois d’incertitudes quant à l’avenir de la formation. Suspendu depuis la rentrée 2013, le programme accueillera de nouveau des étudiants à partir de septembre 2015 et sera  bâti sur deux grands axes: le multiplateforme et le journalisme de données.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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10 Jun

Globe launches new mobile and interactive unit

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Matt Frehner_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><em>The Globe and Mail</em> is launching a mobile and interactive unit headed by newly appointed senior editor Matt Frehner.</p><p>Frehner will manage a core team of five that will work on multimedia projects for digital storytelling, support the newsroom in multimedia and mobile ventures and develop new products such as Android tablet app, which will launch this summer.</p>

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10 Jun

Updated: Canadian Family cancels print edition; lays off 7 staff

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Canadian Family_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><em>Canadian Family</em> magazine is going all-digital and cancelling its print edition. It also laid off seven staff including editor-in-chief Brandie Weikle.  </p><p>Its parent company, St. Joseph Communications, announced the parenting magazine will cease distributing hard copies after its summer issue.</p>

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10 Jun

CBC ombudsman: It’s critical all sides get their say even if you aren’t sure who’s got it right

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Esther Enkin_10.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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10 Jun

Francine Pelletier wins Michener-Deacon fellowship for journalism education

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Francine Pelletier.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Montreal journalist Francine Pelletier was awarded the Michener-Deacon fellowship for journalism education.</p>

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9 Jun

More than 300 to attend Winnipeg investigative journalism conference

<p>By Cecil Rosner</p><p>More than 300 journalists, academics and journalism advocates are descending on Winnipeg this weekend to attend a unique conference organized jointly by the CBC and the University of Winnipeg.</p>

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9 Jun

Newspapers Canada FOI audit shows disparity in government response

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/General newspapers_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Illustration courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p><strong>By Fred Vallance-Jones, Data Journalism Editor</strong></p>

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9 Jun

Organizing precarious workers: Unions think sector-wide to help freelancers

<p><strong>By H. G. Watson</strong></p><p>At a downtown Toronto hotel in late April, a mixed group of about 50 students and 20-something's are mixing with each other in a small conference room, trading Twitter handles and media industry war stories.</p><p>They are here to hear canada.com data journalist William Wolfe-Wylie, Torontoist writer Desmond Cole and freelance animator Sagan Yee discuss the intersection of the digital world and storytelling -- though the free drink tickets probably helped too.</p>

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9 Jun

College of the North Atlantic develops drone journalism code of conduct

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Drone class.JPG" title="" /></p><p align="center"><em>Photos courtesy of Stephen Winsor/CNA journalism</em></p><p><strong>By Jeff Ducharme</strong></p><p>Journalism is often slow to adopt new technologies, but if we are to survive and thrive, then we must embrace new technologies. And as journalism educators, we have to be ahead of the trends, not playing catch up.</p>

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