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17 Apr

Star public editor: Is it time to spell out swear words?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Kathy English_2_1_24.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>Though the Star did not spell out the swear word Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau dropped in the boxing ring last week, I can’t imagine any reader could have had any doubt about what that bad word actually was.</p>

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17 Apr

Global News offers staff buyouts

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Global News_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Global News said it will offer staff buyouts following the announcement that Shaw Communications, its parent company, is <a href="http://newsroom.shaw.ca/materialDetail.aspx?MaterialID=6442451502" target="_blank" rel="noopener">laying off 400 employees</a>.</p>

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17 Apr

Briarpatch’s legal push to obtain documents through ATI requests from the Village of Pinehouse continues

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Briarpatch_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Rachel Aiello </strong></p><p>It has now been a year since former <em>Briarpatch</em> editor Valerie Zink filed two access-to-information requests with the Village of Pinehouse, and so far, the Regina magazine has only received what editor Andrew Loewen describes as a “small share” of the documents.</p>

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17 Apr

Un an après, les annonceurs séduits par La Presse+

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/831690.jpg" title="" />La Presse+ souffle demain sa première bougie et se déploie pour l’occasion en version Android. 450 000 possesseurs d’iPad ont déjà installé l’application gratuite sur leur tablette et Gesca souhaite maintenant atteindre les milliers d’utilisateurs n’évoluant pas dans un environnement Apple.

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17 Apr

CTV Kitchener cancels Provincewide after 29 years

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Provincewide.JPG" title="" /></p><p>CTV News Kitchener is cancelling news and current affairs show <em>Provincewide</em> after 29 years on the air. The show’s host and producer, Daiene Vernile, will pursue a career in political office, according to a <a href="http://www.bellmediapr.ca/Network/CTV-News/Press/CTV-News-Kitchener-Expands-Sunday-Evening-Newscast-to-Full-Hour-Beginning-this-Weekend" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>.</p>

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17 Apr

Updated: La Presse says free tablet app gamble paid off

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/ACT-UNE2.png" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>When <em>La Presse</em> launched its app for free after a $40-million investment, industry insiders were baffled. As newspapers move toward digital subscriptions, paywalls and other revenue streams, here was <em>La Presse</em> giving away content for free.</p>

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16 Apr

Global News memo on staff buyouts, restructuring

<p>Here is the memo sent from Troy Reeb, senior vice-president of Global News and Station Operations: </p><p>As part of the restructuring announced earlier this week, we have today undertaken a number of staff changes aimed at positioning Global News for future growth.  While there are changes across several departments, the majority at the station level involve three areas:</p><p style="margin-left:54.0pt;"><strong>1)</strong>      <strong>Consolidation of graphics production at Global Toronto</strong></p>

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16 Apr

Memo: Robyn Doolittle joins Globe and Mail

<p>The Globe and Mail is delighted to announce the appointment of Robyn Doolittle to the role of reporter joining the national news investigative team of Renata D’Alesio, Colin Freeze, Karen Howlett and Greg McArthur, based in Toronto. This is a vital hire for a role that inhabits the high church of our work - investigative journalism. It signifies to the marketplace my commitment to high impact original reporting.</p>

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16 Apr

Toronto Star hiring 8 digital journalists at “market-based salaries”

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Toronto Star -2_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor </strong></p>

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16 Apr

La FPJQ perd sa mémoire

<p><strong>Après vingt-cinq ans passés au poste de secrétaire général de Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ), Claude Robillard prend sa retraite. Pour ProjetJ, il revient sur l’histoire de cette organisation, le plus important regroupement de journalistes au pays, sur son évolution et ses prises de position.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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