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5 Jun

French CBC changes name from Radio-Canada to ICI

<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/Radio-Canada.jpg" title="" /></p><p>French-language CBC is changing its name from Radio-Canada to “ICI,” which means ‘here’ in French.</p>

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5 Jun

Toronto Star radio room internship remains in-house; interns take 32 per cent pay cut

<p>The Toronto Star's radio room program is staying in-house after the union negotiated a 32 per cent pay cut for the interns. </p><p>"The hourly rate for the students working in the radio room will now be $17, down from about $25 in the old contract," the <a href="http://www.song.on.ca/files/SONG%20Sheet%20May%2021(1).pdf">union bulletin </a>said. "As well, vacation, overtime and holidays will be governed by the Employment Standards Act, rather than the contract. The students will, however, continue to have full union protection on matters of discipline, etc."</p>

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5 Jun

End of an era: Shocking amount of great talent leaves The Globe and Mail

<p><strong>By Dan Westell</strong></p><p>When J-Source published on May 31 the <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/official-list-globe-and-mail-staff-who-took-buyouts">list</a> of 64 <em>Globe</em> employees who are taking the most recent buyout, it forced me to recognize that my history with the paper was coming to a close.</p><p>I left in 1995 for what eventually tuned into a browner pasture at the <em>National Post</em>, but the newsroom where I grew up was the <em>Globe</em>’s in the 1980s. With the buyout, a core group of my contemporaries is leaving.</p>

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5 Jun

Book review: Travels and Tales of Miriam Green Ellis: Pioneer Journalist of the Canadian West

<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/EllisBook_2.jpg" title="" /></p><p><em>In her new book, University of Alberta professor Patricia Demers examines the legacy of Miriam Green Ellis, an all-but-forgotten agricultural reporter from the Prairies who refused to be confined to the "women's pages." J-Source Agricultural Editor Mary Baxter writes Demers should be lauded for her eye-opening book. </em></p>

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5 Jun

CTV Atlantic reporter Kayla Hounsell named RTDNA Canada President’s Fellow

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/KHounsellCTV">Kayla Hounsell</a>, a reporter and weekend anchor with CTV Atlantic in Halifax, was named the 2013 <a href="http://rtndacanada.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=18637&item=135196">RTDNA Canada President’s Fellow</a>.</p>

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5 Jun

All native: How Turtle Island News grew from its launch in a basement to an award-winning weekly

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Turtle Island.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p>

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5 Jun

Up Here Business and Oilweek named Kenneth R. Wilson Awards Magazine of the Year

<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/UpHereBiz_0.jpg" title="" /><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/Oilweek.jpg" title="" /></p>

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5 Jun

Les journalistes indépendants prennent leur destin en main

<p><strong>La tournée de l’AJIQ prend fin cette semaine dans les territoires nordiques du Nunavut. Durant près de deux mois, l’association a écouté les journalistes indépendants partout au Québec: entre espoir et frustration, ils évoquent leur situation et entrevoient des pistes de solution. </strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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4 Jun

Looking back, looking forward: The art of obituary writing

<p><strong>By Sandra Martin</strong></p>

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4 Jun

«La loi sur l’accès à l’information a mal vieilli»

<p><strong>En trente ans, elle n’a pas atteint son objectif principal, celui d’en finir avec la culture du secret qui règne au sein des organismes publics.

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