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14 Jun

The Grid lays off four staff

<p><em>The Grid</em> has laid of four staff members, according to the <a href="http://canadianmags.blogspot.ca/2013/06/the-grid-lays-off-four-staff.html">Canadian Magazine blog</a>.</p><p>Deputy editor Pat Lynch, staff writer David Topping, associate editor Matthew Halliday and assistant online editor Rob Duffy have been let go. Senior editor Edward Keenan <a href="https://twitter.com/thekeenanwire/status/345600050551996416">tweeted</a> the cuts represent a quarter of 16 full-time staff.</p>

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14 Jun

Winners of Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary announced

<p>At a time when most news organizations are cutting back on foreign bureaus and on travel, three reporters have got the Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary allowing them to report from Peru, southern Europe and northern Alberta.</p><p>The $15,000 bursary supports travel for a minimum of six weeks for an early career Canadian journalist who has within the last five years graduated from a university-level journalism program.</p>

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14 Jun

Veteran journalist and filmmaker Michael Maclear honoured for a lifetime of achievement by CJF

<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/MMphoto2013second.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>You know the problem with journalism? “It’s addictive,” said Michael Maclear, as he accepted his lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Journalism Foundation, Thursday night in Toronto</p>

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14 Jun

The Coast makes waves: How a Halifax alt weekly got a Michener nomination

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Kyle Shaw remembers the first time he was invited as a guest to attend the Michener Awards ceremony. He had met John Raulston Saul, husband of then governor-general Adrienne Clarkson in 2004, and the two started talking passionately about journalism.</p><p>“All I could think was, that’s not how I wanted to attend the Micheners,” said Shaw, now editor at <em>The Coast</em>. “I didn’t want to go as a guest; I wanted to be there as a nominee.”</p>

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14 Jun

Live blog: RTDNA Canada – The Association Of Electronic Journalists National Conference

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14 Jun

Access granted: AMI makes media available for all Canadians

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13 Jun

Opinion: Why Canadian media should not shy away from religion reporting

<p><strong>By Vanessa Santilli</strong></p><p>Regardless of your religious affiliation — or whether you're a believer or not — it's hard to deny that many Canadians believe in something greater than themselves.</p><p>According to recent data from the 2011 National Household Survey, 76 per cent of Canadians still identify with a religion. But the number of beat reporters covering religion for secular publications has declined over the years, says Joyce Smith, graduate program director for the Ryerson School of Journalism.</p>

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13 Jun

Lindsay Post shuts down

<p>The <em>Lindsay Post</em> ceases publication on Friday June 14, the newspaper announced on its <a href="http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com">website</a>.</p>

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13 Jun

Publisher Charles Stacey leaves The Telegram

<p>Charles Stacey is no longer the publisher of <em>The Telegram</em> in St. John’s, NL, TC Media says.</p><p>Julia Kamula, TC Media senior vice president for Atlantic Canada and Saskatchewan, told J-Source that Stacey left Monday, but she would not confirm rumours that he was fired, saying the company “won’t disclose employee details.”</p>

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13 Jun

Live Blog: Canadian Journalism Foundation Awards

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