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5 Sep

Public editor: Why some words have accents in the Globe and others don’t

<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/Sylvia Stead_32.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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4 Sep

5 books to whet journalism students’ appetites

<p><strong>By Dan Rowe, Books Editor</strong></p>

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4 Sep

Media Musings: Does a journalism education still matter?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/University class_5.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons</em></p><p><strong>By Joe Banks</strong></p><p>My students may be shocked to know we’ve posed the question in the headline, since in the asking, there is a suggestion that it doesn’t. So I will confidently and quickly answer in the affirmative before explaining: of course it matters, and it will continue to matter.</p>

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4 Sep

6 reasons why interviewing streeters is awesome

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/TV camera_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Jimmy Thompson</em></p><p><strong>By Julie McCann, Field Notes Editor</strong></p>

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3 Sep

Colin Horgan joins federal Liberals as a speech writer

<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/Colin Horgan_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Colin Horgan, a former Parliament Hill reporter, is joining the federal Liberals as a speech writer.</p>

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3 Sep

Ask a Mentor: How do you network with journalists?

<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>Question:</p>

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3 Sep

Transcontinental shuts down 20 weeklies, lays off 80 employees

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor </strong></p><p>Transcontinental is <a href="http://tctranscontinental.com/en/-/transcontinental-inc-announces-the-results-of-the-sale-process-of-the-weekly-newspapers-in-quebec-designated-by-the-competition-bureau" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shutting down</a> 20 weekly newspapers in Quebec and laying off 80 employees.</p>

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3 Sep

Recent hires at Canadian j-schools

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>As journalism students head back to the school, here’s a look at some of the new people who will greet them in j-school classrooms across the country.</p><p><strong>Carleton University</strong> <strong>hires Aneurin Bosley</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/aneurinbosley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aneurin Bosley</a>, an online editor at the <em>Toronto Star</em> until May, joined Carleton University, in Ottawa, as an assistant professor.</p>

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3 Sep

TC Media ferme 20 hebdos en région

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/logo-transcontinental_0.png" title="" />Conséquence du rachat en décembre des soixante-quatorze hebdos québécois de Sun  Media par TC Media, vingt titres vont cesser de paraitre à compter d’aujourd’hui. Coup humain: quatre-vingts licenciements.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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3 Sep

Video: How to shoot a streeter

<p><strong>By Nicole Blanchett Neheli, Executive Video Editor</strong></p><p>A lot of people consider a streeter, also called a man on the street (MOS), a waste of airtime. But done properly, it can be a great tool to give your audience a voice and provide context on important issues. So how do you shoot a good streeter?</p>

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