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16 Jan

Toronto Star Master Glass: Benefits of shallow depth of field

<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>Steve Russell</strong> explains the benefits of using a shallow depth of field.</p>

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15 Jan

When a picture is worth a thousand words, which photo should you run?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Johnson Collage_0.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Jesse Tahirali</strong></p><p>Terrell Johnson was 21 when he was shot and killed in 2012. One glance at his photo and you'll know the world is a bit darker without his bright smile. Or maybe that glance will leave you thinking he was asking for violence. Your impression won’t necessarily depend on the kind of person Johnson was; it will depend on which picture of him you happen to see.</p>

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15 Jan

This week in Canadian media history: Evening Star launched in Montreal in 1869

<p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/ERhPH6V.jpg"><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Montreal Star_0.JPG" title="" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/The_Evening_Star_Montreal_1869.JPG" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First publication of The Evening Star (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons)</a></em></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do, Reporter</strong></p>

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14 Jan

Farewell Kamloops Daily News, Hello future of newspapers

<p><strong>By Bill Tieleman, for <em><a href="http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2014/01/14/Farewell-KDN-Hello-Net-News/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Tyee</a></em></strong></p><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/Kamloops Daily News_0.PNG" title="" /></p>

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14 Jan

Toronto Star Master Glass: How to take photos of people who have to be unidentifiable

<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>Tara Walton</strong> uses silhouettes, detail shots, and selective focus to create compelling images when her subject cannot be identified.</p>

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14 Jan

Surprised? Canadian newspaper columnists are mostly male, middle-aged

<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/General newspapers_0.PNG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Dylan C. Robertson</strong></p><p>Canada’s newspaper columnists are mostly male and mostly middle-aged, according to a J-Source survey of 339 columnists.</p>

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14 Jan

Kamloops This Week hires three laid-off reporters from defunct competitor

<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/Kamloops This Week_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><em>Kamloops This Week</em> has hired three reporters who were laid off last week by its competitor, <em>Kamloops Daily News </em>(KDN), which announced last week that it was shutting down. </p>

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13 Jan

CBC ombudsman: More on providing a source’s credentials

<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_25.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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13 Jan

Globe public editor: Fair reporting in Rob Ford story on decriminalizing marijuana

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_37.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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13 Jan

Star public editor: If readers were the editor 2013

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Kathy English_2_1_11.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the<em> Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>A record number of readers — more than 5,500 — weighed in on the <em>Star’s </em>recent annual <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/public_editor/2013/12/27/rob_ford_queen_elizabeth_and_the_walking_dead_you_be_the_editor.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">You be the Editor</a> challenge.</p>

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