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17 Mar

Canadian Press editor-in-chief Scott White joins Postmedia

<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/Scott White_3.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Scott White, who has <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/updated-editor-chief-scott-white-leaving-canadian-press">been with the Canadian Press for over three decades</a>, is joining Postmedia Network as vice-president of content strategy and business development on March 24.</p>

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17 Mar

Les journalistes multiplateformes, pieuvres humaines d’aujourd’hui

<p><em>Par Malory Lepage, Marie-Philippe Chaput et Florence Demers, étudiantes en journalisme à l’Université Laval.</em></p><p>Le journalisme multiplateforme permet au public de s’informer en tout temps et à tout endroit. Amenant l’information au-delà du support papier, les technologies accompagnent les gens au quotidien. Outre la télévision, la radio et l’ordinateur, les appareils mobiles constituent désormais des outils d’information non négligeables.</p>

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17 Mar

Memo: Scott White joining Postmedia

<p>I am pleased to announce the appointment of Scott White to the newly created position of VP, Content Strategy & Business Development.</p><p>Scott will lead the development of content strategies for native advertising and branded content across all platforms and explore new partnerships and opportunities in these content verticals.</p><p>Scott will work very closely with Functional Leaders as we ready the launch of product 2.0, ensuring that strategic content and resource initiatives are put securely in place.</p>

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17 Mar

This week in Canadian media history: Country’s first newspaper published in Halifax in 1752

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Halifax Gazette_0.JPG" title="" /></p><div><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.newspaperscanada.ca/sites/default/files/images/halifaxgazette.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newspapers Canada</a></em></p></div><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do</strong></p>

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14 Mar

North Shore Outlook shutting down

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Three editorial staff will be laid off with the closure of Glacier Media’s <em>North Shore Outlook</em>.</p><p>The B.C. weekly newspaper, which publishes in West Vancouver and North Vancouver, will publish its last edition on March 27, reporter Michaela Garstin told J-Source. Editor Justin Beddall and reporter Maria Spitale-Leisk will be let go, in addition to Garstin.</p>

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14 Mar

Un journaliste peut-il écrire sur une personne qu’il poursuit en justice?

<p><strong>En coll</strong><em><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Shauna Snow-Capparelli_0.PNG" title="" /></em><strong>aboration avec l’Association canadienne des journalistes (CAJ), J-Source entretient une rubrique intitulée Ask a Mentor. Son objectif? Délivrer des conseils aux journalistes et étudiants qui n’ont pas accès à un mentor.

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14 Mar

CBC ombudsman: Perception of conflict of interest over Mansbridge and Murphy speaking fees matters

<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_5.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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13 Mar

Globe public editor: Gender and photo selection

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_69.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>Here’s a little quiz.</p>

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13 Mar

Star public editor: Should the Star publish anonymous letters?

<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_21.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>The reader’s letter to the editor was thoughtful and made an important point about depression and children in a powerfully personal way.</p><p>But, you did not read it on the Letters page because the Star decided not to publish it.</p>

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13 Mar

Global BC anchor Deb Hope 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/Deb Hope_0.JPG" title="" /> Global BC anchor Deb Hope is retiring after more than three decades as a journalist.</p>

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