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17 Dec

Toronto Star Master Glass: Shooting in low light

<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> gives tips on getting around the challenges of shooting in low light.</p>

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16 Dec

Queen’s Journal claims student government cut advertising after unflattering editorial

<p><strong>By Mary-Katherine Boss, Student Lounge Editor</strong></p><p>In early September, Queen's University’s student government, the Alma Mater Society (AMS), pulled its advertising from the campus’s student newspaper, <em>The Queen’s Journal. </em>While the AMS said the decision was purely financial, <em>Journal</em> editors see it as a result of its unflattering coverage of the society.</p>

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16 Dec

Can a journalist also be an activist?

<p><strong>By Neal Ozano</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/Miles Howe.JPG" title="" /></p><p>Can a journalist also be an activist? When <em>Halifax Media Co-op</em> journalist Miles Howe was arrested Nov. 26 for the third time by New Brunswick RCMP, many questioned if he was indeed a journalist. Howe was reporting about SWN Resources’ exploration for natural gas near the small community of Rexton and the Elsipogtog First Nation, which claims the land.</p>

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16 Dec

Ed Greenspon leaves Star Media Group

<p>Ed Greenspon, vice-president of business development at the <em>Toronto Star,</em> is leaving the newspaper.</p><p>Greenspon joined Star Media Group after leaving his post as editor-in-chief of <em>The Globe and Mail</em> in 2009. At Star Media Group, Greenspon headed up Star Content Studios, the marketing and custom content department at the <em>Star, </em>and the short-lived experiment with <em>yourmississauagabiz</em> and <em>yourhamiltonbiz</em>.</p>

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16 Dec

CBC London correspondent Ann MacMillan retires

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/MacMillan_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p>CBC’s London correspondent Ann MacMillan is retiring after more than 40 years in the business. Her last day is Dec. 16.</p>

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16 Dec

Star public editor: Who should be called “Dr.”?

<div style="clear:none;"><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_5.JPG" title="" /><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor for <em>the Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>Who is entitled to the title of Dr. in the pages of <em>the Toronto Star</em>?</p></div><div style="clear:none;"><p>Should a doctor of medicine (MD) always be referred to as “Dr.?” What about a dentist, a veterinarian, an optometrist, a podiatrist?</p>

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16 Dec

Monique Beech named Sun Media’s digital content director

<p>Monique Beech, Sun Media’s national community manager, will become its digital content director on Dec. 20.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Taking on the job of Sun Media's digital content director as of Dec. 20. Thank you, <a href="https://twitter.com/lisalisle">@lisalisle</a> for having confidence in me <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ToughActToFollow&src=hash">#ToughActToFollow</a></p>

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16 Dec

Does Alberta’s Bill 45 threaten media freedom?

<p><strong>By Grant Buckler</strong></p><p>Labour legislation passed by the Alberta government at the beginning of December is causing concern not just in government workplaces and union offices, but also in some newsrooms.</p>

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13 Dec

Doug Ford says Toronto Star Daniel Dale’s lawsuit is attempt to sell newspapers

<p>Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s brother, councillor Doug Ford, dismissed Daniel Dale’s libel notice as an attempt to sell newspapers.</p>

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13 Dec

Andrew Cash’s urban worker strategy bill tackles unpaid internships

<p><strong>By Justin Ling</strong></p><p>As freelancing and unpaid internships become the norm in today’s bleak media landscape, Andrew Cash has a tiny ray of light. In October, the NDP MP for Davenport tabled a private member’s bill in the House of Commons that calls on the government to establish a legal framework for the labour laws that govern what has become the new normal in the Canadian job market: precarious employment. Cash calls his proposal the <a href="http://petition.ndp.ca/urban-workers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Urban Workers Strategy</a>.</p>

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