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16 Apr

Veteran Newfoundland journalist John Furlong died

<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 Furlon_0.JPG" title="" />John Furlong, a long-time journalist with CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, died at 63 from cancer.</p><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/john-furlong-cbc-host-and-producer-dead-at-63-1.2611833?cmp=rss" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBC reported</a> that Furlong hosted his last edition of <em>Radio Noon</em> on March 3, ending a journalism career that spanned four decades.</p>

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16 Apr

Updated: Robyn Doolittle leaves Toronto Star for Globe

<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/Robyn Doolittle_2.JPG" title="" /><em>Toronto Star</em> City Hall reporter Robyn Doolittle is joining <em>The Globe and Mail</em> as an investigative reporter.</p><p>Doolittle is one of three journalists who has seen the infamous video of Mayor Rob Ford allegedly smoking crack cocaine and the author of <em>Crazy Town</em>, a book on Ford and his family.</p>

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16 Apr

John Stackhouse joins C.D. Howe Institute, Munk School

<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 Stackhouse_2.JPG" title="" />Former <em>Globe and Mail</em> editor-in-chief John Stackhouse has joined the C.D. Howe Institute, a public policy think tank, and the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs as a senior fellow. </p><p>Stackhouse was replaced at the <em>Globe</em> by David Walmsley last month, and no reason was provided for his departure at the time.</p>

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16 Apr

Globe launches pilot native advertising project

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Globe and Mail_7.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><p><em>The Globe and Mail</em> is launching a 90-day advertising project for General Electric on its desktop and mobile websites.</p>

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16 Apr

Manitoba judges allow media cameras in court

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Courtroom_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Cameras line up in Winnipeg on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 to hear Manitoba judges announce a pilot project to allow cameras in courtrooms. Photo courtesy of Chinta Puxley for the Canadian Press.</em></p><p><strong>By Chinta Puxley, for The Canadian Press</strong></p>

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15 Apr

Memo on launch of native advertising at The Globe and Mail

<p>Tomorrow, The Globe and Mail launches a pilot native advertising project on our desktop and mobile websites. The new native ad units will appear on selected section pages and article pages and within our video library.</p><p>Native advertising is essentially the integration of advertising content into the main architecture of the site.</p>

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15 Apr

Toronto Star memo on laying off 11 page editors

<p>Today, we are announcing three moves that will transform the focus and staffing of our newsroom in order to meet the challenges of producing the Star’s great journalism in the digital present and digital future.</p><p>These decisions will bring profound change and so we are writing at some length to explain as fully as we can what they mean.</p>

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15 Apr

Why CUP needs to live

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CUP logo_3.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Jane Lytvynenko</strong></p><p>When I think of Canadian University Press, I remember the first time I met one of my journalistic idols. It was Alan Cross, a music history guru, who addressed student journalists at CUP’s national conference back in 2012. I managed little more than a squeak and a handshake, but that awkward encounter motivates me to keep fighting for CUP.</p>

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15 Apr

Toronto Star Master Glass: Runway photography

<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>Carlos Osorio</strong> showcases his best tips for covering the runway.</p>

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15 Apr

Canadian University Press appoints three industry pros to board of directors

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CUP logo_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Canadian University Press has appointed three industry professionals to its board of directors.</p><p>President Erin Hudson said the appointees will bring to CUP strong skills and expertise in financial accountability, professionalism and seeking new partnerships and grants.</p>

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