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19 Nov

Le parcours semé d’embuches du président Myles

<p><strong>Les membres de la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec se doteront dimanche d’un nouveau président, en l’occurrence très certainement l’animateur de <em>la Facture</em>, Pierre Craig, personne ne s’étant pour l’instant présenté contre lui. L’occasion de revenir sur les moments marquants des quatre années de mandat du président sortant, Brian Myles.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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19 Nov

Canadian Media Guild data shows 10,000 job losses in past five years

<p><strong>By Jan Wong</strong></p><p>A student of mine, a freshly minted journalism graduate, recently asked to meet for coffee to discuss her new job. In addition to her duties as weekend newsreader at a local radio station, she had begun covering Fredericton city hall. She loved her work, but it didn’t take long for her to experience her first bloodbath: the station manager abruptly fired three veteran journalists. That left only one other reporter and my student—let’s call her Katrina.</p>

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19 Nov

Make this your new mantra for contract negotiating: Don’t make things worse for the next writer

<p><strong>By Ann Douglas</strong></p>

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19 Nov

J-Source launches new Work and Labour section

<p><strong>By Bruce Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief</strong></p><p>Today, we launch a new section on J-Source dedicated to covering <a href="http://j-source.ca/category/news-views/work-and-labour">work and labour issues in Canadian journalism</a>. At a time when work in our industry seems more precarious than ever, as news of layoffs and closures seems to come on a weekly basis, this section seems more timely than ever. Our Work and Labour section will provide regular news, analysis and commentary on a wide range of issues, including contract negotiations, internships, outsourcing and layoffs.</p>

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19 Nov

CBC ombudsman: No oversell on oversold flight story

<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_11.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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19 Nov

Is Toronto City Hall safe for journalists?

<p><strong>By Ellin Bessner</strong></p><p>Officials with Global News are considering going to Toronto police after an incident on Nov. 14 involving one of their cameramen and security staff working in embattled Mayor Rob Ford’s city hall office.</p>

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19 Nov

David Howell leaves Edmonton Journal city editor position

<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/Howell_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><a href="https://twitter.com/howellEJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">City editor David Howell</a> is leaving his position at the <em>Edmonton Journal</em> to take on an undetermined role within the newspaper.</p><p>The newspaper is <a href="http://www.jeffgaulin.com/jobs/JobDetails.asp?id=14099" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hiring a new city editor</a>, said managing editor Stephanie Coombs.</p>

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19 Nov

Media Matters seeking intern (unpaid)

<p><em style="font-size: 10px;">Media Matters Inc. is currently seeking an editorial intern to work out of our office in downtown Toronto. We are a magazine and web publisher with a strong focus on the automotive world and custom publishing. </em></p>

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19 Nov

The sting of impunity: Live chat with exiled Eritrean journalist Aaron Berhane

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19 Nov

Doit-on payer pour informer?

<p><a href="http://j-source.ca/article/should-media-pay-news"><em>Par Ross Howard, traduction d’un article paru sur J-Source le 13 novembre 2013</em></a></p>

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