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9 Jan

Canadian Business hiring one-year intern

<p>2014 <em>Canadian Business</em> Writing and Fact Checking Internship</p><p>Duration: 12 months (May 1, 2014–April 30, 2015)</p><p>Pay: $2,000 per month</p>

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9 Jan

Postmedia revenue down 8 per cent in first quarter

<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/Postmedia newspapers_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p>Postmedia Network <a href="http://www.financialpost.com/markets/news/Postmedia+Network+Reports+First+Quarter+Results/9367737/story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ended its first quarter</a> with an $11.8-million net loss, a decrease of 8.4 per cent compared to the same period the previous year. Revenue for the quarter was $194.0 million, a decrease of $17.7 million.</p>

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9 Jan

Canadian University Press NASH76 Conference Day 2

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9 Jan

Postmedia memo on first quarter earnings

<p>Subject: Quarterly Update</p><p><span style="font-size: 10px;">Today we announced our company’s financial results for the first quarter of our 2014 fiscal year – September 2013 to November 2013. You can view the full details of the quarterly results at </span><a href="http://postmedialink/Pages/Default.aspx" style="font-size: 10px;">Postmedia Link</a><span style="font-size: 10px;"> or </span><a href="http://www.postmedia.com" style="font-size: 10px;">www.postmedia.com</a><span style="font-size: 10px;">.</span></p>

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9 Jan

The Globe and Mail’s bonus plan could backfire

<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/Globe and Mail_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kelly Toughill, The Business of Journalism Editor</strong></p><p>The <em>Globe and Mail</em>’s bold new compensation experiment is its riskiest innovation yet, with the potential either to make—or break—the paper’s migration to the digital era.</p>

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9 Jan

Toronto Star Master Glass: How to capture good audio

<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, visuals deputy editor <strong>Scott Simmie</strong> demonstrates the many options out there to capture audio, besides the in-camera microphone.</p>

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8 Jan

Canadian University Press NASH76 Conference Day 1

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8 Jan

Karine Ewart named editor-in-chief of Chatelaine

<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/Karine_0.JPG" title="" />Karine Ewart, current editor-in-chief of <em>Today’s Parent</em>, will join <em>Chatelaine </em>as its editor-in-chief on Jan. 13. Ewart replaces Jane Francisco, who become the editor-in-chief of <em>Good Housekeeping</em>, an American women’s lifestyle magazine owned by Hearst, in December.</p>

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8 Jan

The challenges of teaching journalism in Liberia

<p><strong>By Janice Neil</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/classroom_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p>I’ve been fortunate to have enthusiastic students fill my journalism classrooms but never have I had students who were so keen to listen to lectures they spilled out into the hallway.</p>

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8 Jan

Q&A with photojournalist Donald Weber

<p align="left"><strong>By Mark Taylor, Photojournalism Editor</strong></p><p align="left">Donald Weber has won two World Press Photo Awards, the Lange-Taylor Documentary Prize, completed the Guggenheim and Canada Council fellowships and is a member of the acclaimed VII Photo Agency. After years abroad, the Canadian photojournalist is back living in North America and wrapping up a new project, War Sand. He recently took time from his busy schedule to talk about the project, how he does what he does and why working at a newspaper is an awesome job.</p>

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