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5 May

La Presse+: confusion entre rédaction et promotion?

<p><strong>Dans un courriel envoyé à ses membres et dont ProjetJ a obtenu copie, l’exécutif du Syndicat des travailleurs de l’information de <em>La Presse</em> (STIP) dénonce des écrans promotionnels non clairement identifiés sur <em>La Presse+</em>, et avoue que les échanges avec la direction en vue de trouver des solutions ont abouti à un «cul de sac». Une direction qui nie toute confusion des genres.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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5 May

Postmedia outsources print production of Montreal’s The Gazette

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Printing Press wide shot.JPG" title="" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-6df9f0d4-cd8e-eedf-fed1-86af65d85ba6">The Regina Leader-Post is printed in-house by Postmedia Network. Photo courtesy of Evan Radford.  </span></em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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5 May

CBC memo on future of public broadcaster

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CBC Vancouver building_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Matt Meuse</em></p><p><strong>Here is the CBC memo from president Hubert Lacroix on the future of the public broadaster post-budget cuts. </strong></p><p>Hi,</p>

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5 May

CAJ ethics committee case study: When to unpublish?

<p><strong>By Tim Currie</strong></p><p>Managing editors at online news outlets have likely heard a number of stories like these in the past few years: a law student charged in connection with a prank bomb threat finds his job prospects harmed months later—and wants the news story about those charges removed. Another man who once shared gritty details about his drug addiction for a feature story just wants to get on with his life—but says he can’t until his name disappears from the online story.</p>

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5 May

Journalistes, comment mettre ses émotions de côté?

<p><em><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Hospital-2_0_0.jpg" title="" />Par Ishani Nath, journaliste indépendante installée à Toronto. Toute jeune diplômée de la maitrise en journalisme de l’Université Ryerson.</em> <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/how-keep-your-emotional-distance-journalist"><em>Traduction d’un article paru sur J-Source le 19 février 2014</em></a></p>

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5 May

Global Calgary sports anchor Grant Pollock retiring

<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/GRANT_POLLOCK_0.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Grant Pollock, sports anchor and director of sports at Global Calgary, announced he will retire on May 29. </p>

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5 May

Star public editor: Journalists, sources and informed consent

<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 English_19.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p>

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5 May

John Cruickshank named CJF chair

<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/John Cruickshank_0.jpg" title="" /><em>Toronto Star</em> publisher John Cruickshank is the new chair of the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s board of directors.</p>

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2 May

Ward’s Words: An ethics reform must include the public

<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/Stephen Ward_0.PNG" title="" /> <strong>By Stephen J. A. Ward</strong></p><p>Professional news organizations and associations are seeking—or forced?— to rewrite their codes of ethics in the face of overwhelming change to journalism. </p>

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2 May

New report looks at the impact of digital media on Canadian journalism

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Newsroom_2.jpg" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons</em></p><p><strong>By Angela MacKenzie</strong></p><p>A <a href="http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/mapping-digital-media-canada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent report</a> published by The Open Society Foundations gives an overview of how Canadian media are faring in the digital landscape, including the impact it has had on journalists and newsrooms.</p>

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