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10 Mar

ROB editor Derek DeCloet leaves Globe for Rogers

<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/Derek DeCloet_1.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" />Report on Business editor Derek DeCloet is leaving <em>The Globe and Mail</em> to become director of content strategy at Rogers Publishing.</p>

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10 Mar

How to cover the logistical beast that is the Olympics

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/flagceremonysochi_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>All photos courtesy David Common</em></p><p><strong>By David Common</strong></p><p>The Olympics is a beast. Next to war and mass refugee exodus, it is perhaps the largest undertaking of human logistics in modern times. The task is huge. Create a city to impress, host the top athletes in world-class spectacles and broadcast everything around the world in dozens of languages.</p>

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10 Mar

Memo: ROB editor Derek DeCloet leaving The Globe and Mail

<p>I’m deeply sorry to announce that Derek DeCloet is leaving the Globe, to pursue a new opportunity at Rogers.</p><p>Derek will be director of content strategy for Rogers Publishing, leading the editorial operations of their consumer magazines, including Maclean's, Canadian Business, Chatelaine, MoneySense and Sportsnet Magazine. It’s an enormous opportunity and exciting challenge as Derek will lead a group of 300 journalists and be charged with setting a new digital direction for them and their magazines.</p>

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10 Mar

What I learned during my Olympics internship at Yahoo

<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/Sports_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Alex Chippin</strong></p><p>In school, an “A” is a great mark. In the workforce, that’s the standard. Therein lies the greatest difference between the two worlds.</p>

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10 Mar

This week in Canadian media history: World’s first radio play-by-play of hockey game in Regina

<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/Pete Parker_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do</strong></p>

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7 Mar

New database of Canadian journalism research

<p><strong>By Angela MacKenzie</strong></p><p>A new <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkGSfH01IUXjdEhMTFBrZEFuQlV6WC1xdGloMkx4WGc&usp=sharing#gid=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">public database of Canadian journalism research</a> will make it easier to discover which topics are being explored in journalism schools across the country.</p>

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7 Mar

Journalistes en congé maternité: la peur de l’oubli

<p><strong>Il y a quelques mois, La Rédactrice en chef du Devoir, Josée Boileau, affirmait à ProjetJ :<a href="http://projetj.ca/article/journalistes-patronnes-et-meres-%C2%AByes-we-can%C2%BB"> «un an de congé maternité, ce n’est pas une victoire». </a>Vraiment? À la veille de la journée de la femme, nous avons posé la question aux principales intéressées, les jeunes journalistes mères.

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7 Mar

Updated: Union concerned Toronto Star management is creating a two-tiered pay system

<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/Toronto Star_5.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The <em>Toronto Star</em> union says it’s concerned management is creating a two-tiered system of employees with its plan to hire 17 new digital staff who will be paid “significantly less” than similar existing positions in the newsroom. </p>

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7 Mar

Union bulletin on Toronto Star hiring 17 new digital staff

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7 Mar

Letter to the editor: CBC responds to Dan Rowe’s column on Peter Mansbridge

<p><strong>By Jennifer McGuire, general manager and editor-in-chief of CBC</strong></p><p>I was fascinated by Dan Rowe’s post earlier this week on J-Source entitled “<a href="http://j-source.ca/article/what-peter-mansbridge%E2%80%99s-capp-speaking-fee-says-about-his-news-judgment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What Peter Mansbridge’s CAPP speaking fee says about his news judgment</a>.”</p>

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