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19 Feb

Journalism veteran Peter Desbarats died at 80

<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/Desbarats_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Peter Desbarats, an award-winning journalist who worked with Global Television and was the former dean of the University of Western Ontario’s graduate school of journalism, died at age 80. </p>

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18 Feb

Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary accepting applications

<p>The original Gordon Sinclair Fellowship was established in 1986 after friends of the late broadcaster created the Gordon Sinclair Foundation and a university scholarship for recent journalism graduates to honour his memory. The stated purpose of the original award was to encourage a recent journalism graduate to embark on another year of study that would enrich them as journalists. The award was presented <a href="http://www.gordonsinclairfoundation.ca/fellows.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">25 times in the years that followed</a>.</p>

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18 Feb

Public editor: Why the Star published secret Conservative party documents

<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/Kathy English_14.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>There was a time, not so long ago, before the dawn of the Internet era, when the secret documents of politicians and public officials arrived in newsrooms in brown envelopes sent from anonymous sources.</p>

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18 Feb

France/Québec: regards croisés sur les formations en journalisme

<p><strong>Comment apprend-on à être journaliste au Québec et en France au début du 21<sup>e</sup> siècle? Le discours sur l’avenir de la profession est-il le même de part et d’autre de l’Atlantique? Trois étudiants de l’Université Laval, deux Français et une Québécoise, se sont posé la question dans le cadre de leur cours de Journalisme et société. ProjetJ publie le compte-rendu de leur travail.</strong></p><p><em>Par Marie-Christine Aubin Côté, No Le Bihan  et Martin Veyrier, étudiants à l’Université Laval.</em></p>

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18 Feb

Globe public editor: The PM and the floating hockey stick explained

<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/Stead_12.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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18 Feb

This week in Canadian media history: Toronto’s CFRB hit the air in 1927

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CFRB_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do, Reporter</strong></p>

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18 Feb

Toronto Star Master Glass: Why photographers should use UV filters

<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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17 Feb

Le photojournalisme, «un métier sous respirateur artificiel»

<p><strong>Alors que les prix du World Press Photo 2014 ont été décernés la semaine dernière, ProjetJ  braque ses projecteurs sur le photojournalisme, qui dans le contexte de crise que traversent les journaux du monde entier, écope tout particulièrement. Le Québec ne fait pas exception, sauf à regarder du côté de La Presse, où le nombre de professionnels de l’image a explosé ces dernières années. Explications.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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14 Feb

Ask a Mentor: Is it OK to write about a source you’re suing?

<p><em>Ask a Mentor is a collaboration between J-Source and the Canadian Association of Journalists. The goal of the section is to provide advice to journalists and journalism students who may not have direct access to a mentor or subject matter expert on a particular topic.</em></p><p>The question: </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/jsource">@jsource</a> is it acceptable for a reporter to continue writing about the person that the reporter is suing? <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AskMentor&src=hash">#AskMentor</a></p>

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14 Feb

L’entrevue selon Claude Bernatchez

<p><strong>Le morningman de Radio-Canada à Québec animait en novembre, au dernier congrès de la Fédération des journalistes professionnels du Québec (FPJQ), un atelier sur l’entrevue. Voici quelques-uns de ses conseils.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p><p><strong>Le choix du sujet, de l’angle et de l’invité</strong></p>

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