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23 Apr

Veteran Winnipeg journalist Val Werier dead at 96

<p>Veteran Winnipeg journalist Val Werier died Monday at age 96. Werier had a career spanning more than 75 years. He started as a freelancer for the <em>Winnipeg Tribune</em> and after its demise in 1980, he joined the <em>Winnipeg Free Press</em>.</p>

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22 Apr

Patricia Graham named first ombudswoman for Brunswick News

<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_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Patricia Graham, former editor-in-chief of the <em>Vancouver Sun</em> and vice-president of digital at Pacific Newspaper Group, is the new ombudswoman of Irving-owned Brunswick News.</p>

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22 Apr

Tim Bousquet to launch Halifax news website in May

<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/Tim Bousquet_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Tim Bousquet, an award-winning writer and former news editor at <em>The Coast</em>, is launching an online news website in Halifax.</p><p>Bousquet said he has a name in mind for the site but won’t announce it until the launch of the site in early May.</p>

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22 Apr

Toronto Star Master Glass: How to shoot an auto show

<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, photographer <strong>David Cooper</strong> takes us for a spin on how to properly shoot the beautiful cars at the auto show.</p>

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22 Apr

Grant Ellis joins BNN as managing editor

<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 Ellis_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Grant Ellis, the managing editor of the <em>Financial Post</em>, is joining BNN as its managing editor.</p><p>Ellis will join BNN at the end of May. He will fill in the role that has been vacant since June 2013 with the departure of anchor and managing editor Marty Cej.</p>

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22 Apr

5 choses que tout journaliste devrait comprendre à propos de Facebook

<p><em><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/facebook_0.png" title="" />Par Melanie Coulson, journaliste spécialiste en éducation. <a href="http://journomel.com/2014/04/09/5-fundamental-things-you-must-understand-about-facebook/">Traduction d’un article paru sur son blogue MediaMel.com</a></em></p>

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22 Apr

Chronicle Herald tries hyperlocal news with launch of new Cape Breton paper

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Chronicle Herald building 1_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Ariane Hanlon</em></p><p><strong>By Robert Washburn, Innovation Editor</strong></p><p>Mark Lever gets it. The <em>Chronicle Herald</em> also gets it.</p>

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22 Apr

Post sports columnist Bruce Arthur joins Toronto Star

<p><em>National Post</em> sports columnist Bruce Arthur is joining the <em>Toronto Star</em>.</p><p>According to his <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/bruce-arthur.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">online bio</a>, Arthur is a graduate of University of British Columbia and joined the <em>Post </em>in 2001 as a sports reporter. He became the basketball columnist in 2005, a Toronto columnist in 2007 and a national columnist a year later.</p>

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22 Apr

Laura Kane leaves Toronto Star for Canadian Press

<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/Laura Kane_0.JPG" title="" />Laura Kane, a general assignment reporter for the Toronto Star, is leaving the daily. She will report on film and television for the Canadian Press.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Speaking of journalism musical chairs, congrats to <a href="https://twitter.com/ellekane">@ellekane</a> who is leaving the Star to report on film and TV for CP.</p>

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21 Apr

CBC ombudsman: Headline fair on fake prescription story

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Enkin_13_1_45.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p><p>The complainant, Gerald Parker, strongly objected to a headline on a brief news story about a Windsor area man pretending to be a doctor trying to sell a prescription for medical marijuana. He thought it was unfair to people seeking relief from medical marijuana. I found the opposite.</p><p>COMPLAINT</p>

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