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30 Jan

Susan Delacourt receives Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism

<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/Susan Delacourt_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><em>Toronto Star</em> political journalist Susan Delacourt will be awarded the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism on April 10. The award acknowledges a journalist whose work explains how public policy affects Canadians and provides insight into the policy-making process.</p>

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30 Jan

Bloomberg hiring First Word FX/Rates Strategist

<p>The Role</p><p>Bloomberg News is seeking strategists for its First Word FX service as it expands coverage of FX and rates markets to Canada and Latin America, particularly Brazil and Mexico.</p>

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30 Jan

Journalisme: les écoles prennent le train de la révolution

<p><strong>Il n’y a pas que les salles de nouvelles qui ont intérêt à s’adapter aux bouleversements que connait la profession depuis quelques années, les formations en journalisme aussi. Toutes s’y mettent, avec plus ou moins d’ampleur.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p><p>Il y a trois ans, l’Université Laval est la première à dégainer.</p>

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30 Jan

Does an aboriginal Canadian need to be “drumming, dancing, drunk or dead” to make the news?

<p><strong>By Duncan McCue</strong></p><p>An elder once told me the only way an Indian would make it on the news is if he or she were one of the 4Ds: drumming, dancing, drunk or dead.</p><p>C’mon, I said, that’s simplistic. I can show you all kinds of different news stories—about aboriginal workers running a forestry operation, an aboriginal student winning a scholarship or an aboriginal group repatriating a sacred artifact.</p>

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30 Jan

Live blog: Toronto Star columnist Tim Harper on politicians and the media

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30 Jan

Toronto Star Master Glass: What you should pack in your camera kit

<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><p>Here, photographer <strong>David Cooper </strong>gives a glimpse into some of the essential camera bag accessories he takes to every photo shoot.</p>

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29 Jan

UTSC study shows magazines targeting specific audiences more likely to attract advertising dollars

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29 Jan

Sasha Emmons named editor-in-chief of Today’s Parent

<p>Sasha Emmons is the new editor-in-chief of <em>Today’s Parent</em>. Emmons, who is a freelance editor and consultant, will join the Rogers Media publication on Feb. 10. She will step in for Karine Ewart, who joined <em>Chatelaine</em> as its editor-in-chief  on Jan. 13.</p><p>Emmons’ work has appeared in <em>Walmart Live Better</em>, TodaysParent.com, iVillage.com, <em>Better Homes & Gardens</em> and TheNest.com.</p>

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29 Jan

Le coup de gueule de la FPJQ envers les maires

<p><strong>Dans une lettre ouverte reprise ce matin par tous les principaux quotidiens du Québec et publiée par ProjetJ, la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ) rappelle que le droit à l’information est fondamental et demande aux maires de permettre aux journalistes de faire leur travail afin qu’ils puissent continuer à jouer leur rôle de «sentinelle de la démocratie».</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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29 Jan

Getting at the truth: Organic answers or misleading information?

<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/Fruits_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Cecil Rosner</strong></p><p>In the delicate dialogue which media conduct daily with various levels of government, reporters sometimes come away with a feeling they are being misled.</p><p>It's not every day that proof of this suspicion surfaces. But that's exactly what happened in a recent story CBC reported on the testing of organic fruits and vegetables.</p>

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