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12 Sep

CBC ombudsman: On matters of controversy represent both sides whenever possible

<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_42.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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11 Sep

Infographic: Canadian media musical chairs—part 2

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Finding it hard to keep track of all the moves in the media industry? J-Source has you covered with this infographic.</p><p>We mapped <a href="http://j-source.ca/category/news-views/people">all the moves among media companies J-Source has written</a> about between between May 1 and Aug. 31, 2014, excluding promotions, retirements and lateral moves within the same company. </p>

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11 Sep

Simona Chiose named Globe postsecondary education reporter

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Simona Chiose_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Simona Chiose is the new postsecondary education reporter at <em>The Globe and Mail</em>.</p>

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10 Sep

CJFE to honour AP reporter Kathy Gannon with Tara Singh Hayer Award

<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/kathy_gannon_590_4.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Grant Buckler</strong></p>

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10 Sep

When satire falls flat: Lessons from The Western Gazette’s botched attempt at being funny

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/DatingTA_CTVNews_0.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Ryan Mallough</strong></p>

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10 Sep

Toronto Star Master Glass: Low angle finder

<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, <em>Toronto Star</em> photographers reveal how they do it: the settings, the angles, the lenses, the approach.</p><p>Here, Steve Russell shares how he gets those dramatic low angle photos, without planting his face on the ground to see the viewer.</p>

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10 Sep

Brunswick News ombudswoman: How a newspaper can be both opinionated and neutral

<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/Patricia Graham_13.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Patricia Graham, Brunswick News Ombudswoman</strong></p><p>Covering elections brings special challenges to newsrooms. With so much at stake, parties and candidates put a lot of effort into managing the message and are acutely attuned to media coverage. Engaged readers can also be quick to point out actual or perceived imbalances in coverage.</p>

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10 Sep

Ombudsman: CBC News can’t alter the record

<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_40.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p><p>The complainant, Jiahao Wen, wanted CBC News online to take down a story involving him and his wife, who were charged with forging transit passes in Vancouver three years ago. The story was accurate and on the public record. CBC policy does not allow its removal.</p><p>COMPLAINT</p>

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10 Sep

Épuisement professionnel: les journalistes de plus en plus à risque

<p><strong>Profession de plus en plus précaire, employés à qui on en demande toujours plus avec toujours moins, secteur très compétitif, redéfinition du métier lui-même, incertitude quant à l’avenir: tous les ingrédients d’un cocktail explosif sont là pour que le journaliste soit de plus en plus frappé par l’épuisement professionnel. ProjetJ s’est entretenu à ce sujet avec Caroline Goulet, conseillère en santé mentale à la Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN).</strong></p><p><em>Propos recueillis par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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10 Sep

The Unknowable Country: Why journalists need more access to BC’s mining data

<p><strong>By Sean Holman</strong></p><p>British Columbia is one of the country's biggest mineral producers. But compared to Americans, British Columbians have very little information about the safety and regulation of that activity.</p><p>And that means journalists, activists and citizens have very little power to stop mining problems before they become mining disasters.</p>

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