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12 Aug

Education Matters: Should we teach journalism students to write in the first person?

<p><strong>By Janice Tibbetts</strong></p><p>In a few weeks, when I meet about 50 first-year students in my introductory journalism classes, one of the first things I will tell them is to keep the words “I,” “me,” “we” and “us” out of their stories. Journalism, after all, is about telling the stories of others and not drawing attention to yourself.</p>

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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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