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24 Jan

CBC ombudsman: Does a story need absolute truth to be credible?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Enkin_13_1_29.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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24 Jan

Drame à L’Isle-Verte: comment approcher les victimes?

<p><strong>J-Source, en collaboration avec l’Association canadienne des journalistes, lance une nouvelle rubrique intitulée, <em>Ask a Mentor. </em>Son objectif? Délivrer des conseils aux journalistes et étudiants comme le ferait un mentor. Cette semaine, J-Source s’est demandé comment approcher les victimes de crime et leurs proches. Même si rien n’indique que la tragédie de L’Isle-Verte soit d’origine criminelle, ces quelques conseils pourront sans doute aider les journalistes sur le terrain. </strong></p>

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24 Jan

Bail hearings, publication bans, burning sources and other lessons for journalists

<p><strong>By Thomas Rose, Law Editor</strong></p><p>In my capacity as editor of the law section here at J-Source my advice is often sought out by working journalists, students and academics.  Such was the case recently with a journalist working in a medium market somewhere in Canada (I am protecting the journalist’s identity and modifying some details as this person is currently in the midst of compiling an investigative story). </p>

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24 Jan

Seamus O’Regan named Ryerson University’s visiting innovator

<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/Seamus_0.JPG" title="" /> <span style="font-size: 10px;">Seamus O’Regan, the former co-host of CTV’s </span><em style="font-size: 10px;">Canada AM</em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> and a CTV National correspondent</span><em style="font-size: 10px;">, </em><span style="font-size: 10px;">was appointed distinguished visiting innovator at Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone and RTA School of Media.</span></p>

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23 Jan

Journalisme: les tendances pour 2014

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/Capture_8.JPG" title="" />Dans la dernière édition papier de Méta-Média, Éric Scherrer, directeur de la prospective à France Télévisions, s’aventure à dresser un portrait fouillé des nouvelles tendances en matière de consommation médiatique, et donc, par voie de conséquences, de pratiques journalistiques. Rien de bien révolutionnaire, mais à en croire ce rapport, en 2014, il faudra prendre le train de l’innovation ou disparaître.

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23 Jan

CJF J-Talk: Turning Digital Into Dollars

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23 Jan

Former ad exec launches magazine celebrating Toronto restaurant scene

<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/Peter Mazzotta.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Meagan Gillmore</strong></p><p>If Peter Mazzotta were an entrée, he would be linguine with artichoke hearts, in pesto, with sundried tomatoes and grilled chicken.</p>

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23 Jan

Toronto Star Master Glass: Metering

<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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22 Jan

Corus Radio launches national news talk radio show Canadians Talk …

<p>Corus Radio is launching a national news talk radio show called <em>Canadians Talk …</em></p><p>The new show will have a rotating chair of high-profile Corus talk radio personalities taking on the role of host. The first show, which is called <em>Canadians Talk … Leadership: Have our leaders lost our trust?</em>, premiers Jan. 28 with Vancouver’s CKNW AM 980’s Jon McComb sitting in as host.</p>

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22 Jan

Xtra lets go of reporter Andrea Houston

<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/Andrea Houston_1.PNG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>LGBT biweekly magazine <em>Xtra</em> has fired Andrea Houston, one of its well-known journalists.</p>

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