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12 Aug

Kevin O’Leary leaves CBC’s The Lang & O’Leary Exchange

<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/Kevin O'Leary_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Kevin O’Leary is leaving CBC’s <em>The Lang & O'Leary Exchange</em> to become an on-air contributor for Bell Media.</p><p>O’Leary, who co-hosted the show with Amanda Lang since 2009, will join Bell Media on Sept. 1.</p>

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11 Aug

Newfoundland Herald apologizes for anti-gay letter

<p><strong>By Grant Buckler</strong></p><p><strong>Updated August 14</strong></p>

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11 Aug

Trends in journalism education in Canada: What’s being added?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/University class_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons</em></p>

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11 Aug

Chris Windeyer leaves Up Here Business

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Managing editor Chris Windeyer left <em>Up Here Business</em> to pursue a freelancing career in Dawson City, Yukon. His last day with the independent northern magazine was Aug. 8.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>I’ve had a lot of fun working for this magazine, and I’m grateful to everyone who read our stuff and talked to me over the last three years.</p>

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11 Aug

Ombudswoman: Brunswick News needs more female voices

<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/Patricia Graham_11.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Patricia Graham, Brunswick News ombudswoman</strong></p><p>The timing was serendipitous. In late June, three university professors published a research paper titled “Where are the Women? The Presence of Female Columnists in U.S. Opinion Pages”. The answer was neither unusual nor unfamiliar: they are still too few and far between on opinion pages.</p>

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11 Aug

Public editor: Why can’t the Toronto Star interview Omar Khadr?

<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/Kathy English_39.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>Guantanamo’s child is all grown up now, a man imprisoned since the age of 15 and prepared to tell his own story.</p>

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8 Aug

Grant Ellis named general manager of BNN

<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/Grant Ellis_2.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Grant Ellis is the new general manager of BNN.</p><p>Ellis, who joined BNN after seven years at the <em>Financial Post, </em>will be responsible for day-to-day operations and strategic vision of the business channel owned by Bell Media. He will report to Wendy Freeman, president of CTV News.</p>

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7 Aug

A moment of silence for CBC in Thunder Bay

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CBC TB funeral.jpg" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>On June 28, CBC listeners attended a mock funeral in Thunder Bay, Ont., complete with a casket symbolizing Voyage North which airs its last show on Aug. 8. All photos courtesy of Josh Lynn.</em></p><p><strong>By Josh Lynn</strong></p>

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7 Aug

Globe public editor: Crowd estimate depends on your point of view

<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/Sylvia Stead_26.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>So, just how many people were at two recent events in the country? The short answer is, it depends on a rough estimate and who is doing the estimate.</p>

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7 Aug

Canadian magazine sales down 4.8% in first half of 2014

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Magazine_11.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Illustration courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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