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5 Sep

New award honours writer and historian Michael Fellman

<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/Fellman.JPG" title="" /><em>The Tyee</em> and the Simon Fraser University History department have established an award to honour historian Michael Fellman, who regularly contributed to the B.C.-based online publication.</p><p>Fellman died last year. He was a noted historian, political commentator and author who taught for almost 40 years at SFU.</p>

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5 Sep

Participants sought for national survey of Canadian journalists working in digital age

<p>Two academics at Western University, in London, Ont., are conducting a <a href="http://digitallaboursurvey.wordpress.com/take-the-survey/">national survey</a> of Canadian journalists in order to gain an in-depth understanding of journalistic work in a digital age.</p>

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4 Sep

Haley Cullingham named Maisonneuve’s new editor-in-chief

<p>Drew Nelles is leaving <em>Maisonneuve</em> after three years at the helm of the award-winning magazine. Associate editor Haley Cullingham has been named the new editor-in-chief.</p><p>Although he doesn't have a job lined up, Nelles, 27, is moving to New York City. His last day is Sept. 4.</p>

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4 Sep

Le Word Press Photo 2013 fait étape à Montréal

<p><strong>Après Québec en juillet, l’exposition du World Press Photo fait un arrêt à Montréal. Depuis ce matin et jusqu’au 29 septembre, les 150 clichés les plus marquants de l’année 2012 sont exposés au Marché Bonsecours. L’objectif: faire connaître le travail extraordinaire des photoreporters au grand public, mais aussi être une source d’inspiration pour les professionnels de la photo de presse, grandes victimes de la crise que traverse les médias</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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3 Sep

Alain Saulnier: «La société aura toujours besoin de bons journalistes»

<p><strong>L’ex-directeur de l’information de Radio-Canada, Alain Saulnier, a inauguré ce matin le trimestre d’automne du DESS en journalisme de l’Université de Montréal, sur le campus de Laval. Devant une quarantaine d’étudiants, à très grande majorité féminine, il a parlé information et désinformation à l’heure des grands bouleversements que connait le métier, et remis entre les main de ces futurs journalistes le destin de la profession.</strong></p>

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3 Sep

Carl Bernstein to speak at international investigative journalism conference in Winnipeg

<p>The University of Winnipeg and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation are joining forces to organize an event in Winnipeg next June called: “Holding Power to Account: International Conference on Investigative Journalism, Democracy, and Human Rights.”</p><p>The CBC has a long tradition of creating important investigative journalism in Canada, and the University of Winnipeg has a special interest in fostering global citizenship and engagement in human rights. The conference will explore links between investigative journalism, democracy and international human rights.</p>

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3 Sep

Former Toronto Sun editor-in-chief James Wallace joins Postmedia

<p>James Wallace, former editor-in-chief of the <em>Toronto Sun,</em> will join Postmedia Network on Sept. 9 as its editor of Editorial Services in Hamilton, Ont.</p><p>Wallace’s <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/two-sun-editors-leave-their-newspapers-amidst-massive-sun-media-cuts">resignation in July</a> from the <em>Sun</em> followed a series of drastic cuts and the layoff of more than 1,000 employees at Sun Media.</p>

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3 Sep

Ontario Press Council: Why we hold media to account

<p><strong>By Don McCurdy, executive diretor of the Ontario Press Council</strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>Why is the Ontario Press Council putting the recent high-profile reporting on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his brother, Toronto Councillor Doug Ford, under a public microscope?</p></div><div style="clear:none;"><p>It’s all about transparency and accountability.</p>

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3 Sep

Yukon News sold to Black Press

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p><a href="http://blackpress.ca/index.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Black Press</a>, a B.C. media company that owns more than 150 community newspapers in that province as well as in Alberta and the U.S., has bought its first newspaper in the Yukon Territory with the acquisition of the independent <em>Yukon News</em>.</p>

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3 Sep

Global National’s Sean Mallen returns to Toronto desk; Stuart Greer appointed new Europe Bureau Chief

<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/Mallen.JPG" title="" /></p><p>Sean Mallen is returning to the reporting team at Global Toronto after two years in London as Global National’s Europe Bureau Chief.</p><p>He was replaced on Sept. 1 by <em>Global National</em><em>’</em>s former foreign editor, Stuart Greer, who was based in Prague, Czech Republic.</p>

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