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8 Jan

Jessica Murphy named Sun Media’s Washington correspondent

<p>Jessica Murphy is Sun Media’s new Washington correspondent.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Also: Good luck to former Parl Hill bureau colleague <a href="https://twitter.com/Murphy_Jessica_">@Murphy_Jessica_</a> , now our Chief Washington Correspondent!</p>

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8 Jan

Iain Marlow named Globe’s Asia-Pacific reporter

<p>Iain Marlow, who mainly wrote about RIM for the Report on Business section of The Globe and Mail, is moving to Vancouver as the newspaper’s new Asia-Pacific reporter.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I'm really excited about this: Today, I'm off to start a new role as The Globe and Mail's Asia-Pacific reporter, based out of Vancouver.</p>

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7 Jan

New technology Dejero changing how broadcasters do live hits

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Dejero-2.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Mike McArthur</em></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do, Reporter</strong></p><p>When CTV Toronto reporter Colin D'Mello and photojournalist Peter Leclair set out to do four live hits from different locations across the city capturing the severity of a snowstorm, they didn't travel in a traditional satellite or microwave truck. </p>

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7 Jan

Toronto Star Master Glass: How to keep your gear working in cold weather

<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>Rick Madonik </strong>shows you how to keep your camera gear working when taking photographs out in the cold weather.</p>

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7 Jan

Globe public editor: Reporting vs. opinion

<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_33.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>In the newspaper, readers generally understand the difference between news reporting and commentary. Comments and opinions are either set up differently with a columnist's picture or grouped together on comment pages.</p><p>Online is a trickier proposition.</p>

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7 Jan

Globe public editor: An unfair photo of our Prime Minister?

<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_31.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>When is a news photo of a politician an unfair choice and when does it back up the point of an article?</p>

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7 Jan

Globe public editor: The “first” airplane hijacking in Canada

<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_29.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>It can be risky to write about an incident or person being “the first” or “the only.” Even if you are quite convinced you are right based on extensive research, there should be a slight doubt.</p>

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7 Jan

How to butcher your students’ writing…nicely

<p><strong>By Nicole Blanchett Neheli, Field Notes Editor</strong></p>

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7 Jan

To pay or not to pay? Canadian magazines grapple with the unpaid internship debate

<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/Magazine_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do, Reporter</strong></p>

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7 Jan

Kamloops This Week increases publishing frequency after competitor announces closure

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The same day as <em>Kamloops Daily News</em> announced it would shut down  within 60 days, its competitor responded by ramping up its publishing frequency.</p><p>Aberdeen Publishing, the owner of <em>Kamloops This Week</em>, said it’s bolstering its publication frequency starting Jan. 17 from two to three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.</p>

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