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27 Aug

Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma offers bursaries for freelance journalists

<p>The deadline for freelance journalists to apply for bursaries from the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma to help pay for the cost of hazardous environment training is fast approaching.</p><p>The <a href="http://journalismforum.fims.uwo.ca/competition2013.aspx">Forum Freelance Fund</a> is sponsored by CBC News and supported by Radio-Canada, Canada News Wire, Macintosh Media and individual contributions. Last year, the fund awarded bursaries to freelancers based in Afghanistan, Tunisia, China and Colombia, all of whose works appeared in Canadian media.</p>

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26 Aug

Opinion: We Need a Digital-First Curriculum to Teach Modern Journalism

<p><strong>By Cindy Royal, for <em>PBS MediaShift</em></strong></p><p>At the annual meeting of the <a href="http://aejmc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication</a> in Washington, D.C., earlier this month, one panel addressed adding programming skills to the curriculum: “<a href="http://blog.webjournalist.org/2013/08/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why All Your Students Must Be Programmers</a>.”</p>

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26 Aug

Toronto Star public editor: Are real names a step toward online civility?

<div style="clear:none;"><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_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, <em>Toronto Star</em> public editor</strong></p><p>Would an end to online anonymity mark the dawn of online civility?</p></div><div style="clear:none;"><p>Call me cynical, but I doubt that simply demanding real names in digital discourse would halt the culture of nastiness and bullying that pervades too much of the Internet.</p>

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26 Aug

CBC ombudsman: Inadequate reporting on court case in Whitehorse

<p><em>The CBC's ombudsman Esther Enkin writes an online and radio story on a trial in Whitehourse was extremely brief, and "in its compression, it sacrifices presenting a full picture of what occurred in the trial." She urges CBC news management to ensure reporters assigned to court or the justice beat have adequate training to do their jobs properly.</em></p>

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26 Aug

Melanie Coulson is J-Source’s new education editor

<p><strong>By Bruce Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief</strong></p>

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26 Aug

CBC memo explains recent changes in management structure

<p>A <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/memo-cbc-news-and-centres-senior-management-structure">recent memo</a> from CBC general manager Jennifer McGuire explained the roles of several recent appointments in the spring and early summer.</p><p>“The changes are designed to make us more effective, to further break down the silos based on platforms and geography and to push decision making closer to the program areas,” McGuire wrote in the memo.</p>

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26 Aug

Programme de journalisme à l’Université d’Ottawa: «Toutes les options sont envisageables»

<p><strong>Dix jours après les révélations du Journal <em>Le Droit </em>sur la suspension du programme en journalisme à l’Université d’Ottawa et l’existence d’un rapport interne accablant cette formation, Marc-François Bernier, professeur dans le département et ex-coordonateur du programme, explique cette décision. Mais selon lui, le sénat interne semble avoir surestimé les problèmes. </strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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26 Aug

Les étudiants inquiets quant à l’avenir du programme en journalisme à l’Université d’Ottawa

<p><em>Par Tamara Baluja – <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/students-worry-about-future-university-ottawa%E2%80%99s-journalism-program">Traduction d’un article paru sur J-Source le 16 août 2013</a></em></p>

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26 Aug

Memo on CBC News and Centres senior management structure

<p><a href="http://j-source.ca/article/cbc-memo-explains-recent-changes-management-structure"><strong>Read the article on the management structure at CBC</strong></a></p><p>I hope you are enjoying the summer and have been able to take some time for rest and relaxation. In the spring and early summer, we made some changes to the management structure of CBC News. I would like to take this opportunity to connect the dots and lay out the overall management structure of CBC News and Centres.</p>

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23 Aug

CBC ombusdman says Marketplace segment on hearing aids needed more info

<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/Esther_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By CBC ombudsman Esther Enkin</strong></p>

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