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11 Mar

Toronto Star Master Glass: How to shoot interesting angles

<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>

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11 Mar

Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald reporters win Canadian Hillman Prize

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/EJ Fatal Care_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p>Journalists Karen Kleiss, of the <em>Edmonton Journal,</em> and Darcy Henton, of the <em>Calgary Herald,</em> have won the 2014 <a href="http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/canadian-hillman-prize/2014" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian Hillman Prize</a> for their investigation into the deaths of children while in provincial foster care in Alberta.</p>

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11 Mar

Updated: Canadian photojournalist Ali Mustafa killed in Syria

<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/Mustafa_0.JPG" title="" />Canadian photojournalist Ali Mustafa was killed in Syria on Sunday.</p>

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11 Mar

Andrew Lundy named interim editor-in-chief of 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/Andrew Lundy_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Andrew Lundy has been named interim editor-in-chief of Canadian Press.</p>

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11 Mar

Le journalisme d’enquête en perte de vitesse: un mauvais calcul médiatique?

<p><strong>«On ne peut pas se passer de l’information», lançait Pierre-Paul Noreau, rédacteur en chef du <em>Soleil</em> lors d’une entrevue en décembre dernier. La population dépend donc du travail journalistique pour accéder à une information de qualité. Le journaliste se penche sur une thématique originale, en apportant de nouvelles perspectives et lorsqu’il enquête, il met souvent en lumière des événements passés sous silence. Mais depuis quelques années, une rumeur sourde se fait entendre, le journalisme d’enquête serait en perte vitesse. </strong></p>

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11 Mar

Rogers appoints new group publishers for current affairs and business magazines

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Roger's Magazines_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Jef Catapang, for <em><a href="http://www.mastheadonline.com/news/rogers_fills_group_publisher_ranks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Masthead</a></em></strong></p>

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11 Mar

Plus d’indépendance, d’imputabilité et de transparence pour Québecor Media

<p><em>Par Marc-François Bernier (Ph. D.), professeur titulaire au Département de communication et titulaire de la Chaire de recherche en éthique du journalisme à l’Université d’Ottawa</em></p>

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10 Mar

Candidature de PKP: inquiétudes sur le front de la liberté de 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/BiS6C8-CMAAXSVp_0.jpg" title="" />Après plusieurs semaines de rumeurs et de démentis persistants, le Parti québécois a confirmé hier, la candidature de Pierre Karl Péladeau, propriétaire de Québecor, dans la circonscription de Saint-Jérôme.

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10 Mar

Toronto Star builds technology to post professional camera photos instantly on live blogs

<p><strong>By Mark Taylor, Photojournalism Editor</strong></p><p>Imagine a gadget that attaches to a professional DSLR camera and sends photos directly to a live blog, almost as fast as you can snap them. Taras Slawnych did—and then he built one. Slawnych, visuals editor at the <em>Toronto Star</em>, is still tinkering with his game-changing gizmo. But <em>Star</em> photographers are already using a prototype in the field, one of which zapped pictures from the Olympics in Sochi to Toronto in record time.</p>

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10 Mar

CBC leads at RNAO health reporting awards

<p>The CBC lead the pack with three wins at the 2013 Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario's health reporting awards.</p><p>Here are the award winners, according to the <a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1781299" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>:</p>

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