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9 Apr

Postmedia chairman Ron Osborne died

<p>Canadian media executive Ronald Osborne has died, the <a href="http://business.financialpost.com/2013/04/09/media-executive-ron-osborne-66-passes-suddenly/">Financial Post reported</a>.</p><p>The 66-year-old chairman of the Postmedia Network Inc. board, who often went by “Ron,” passed away suddenly Monday in Florida.</p>

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9 Apr

George Stroumboulopoulos named host of new CNN summer show

<p>CBC television host George Stroumboulopoulos will be hosting a brand new show on CNN this summer. </p><p>The weekly, one-hour series will air 10 episodes on Friday nights. </p>

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9 Apr

The heartwrenching images of Annette Funicello’s illness: How CTV’s W5 covered the story

<p><strong style="line-height: 19px;">By Al Tompkins, for Ponyter</strong></p>

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9 Apr

Stephanie Nolen to head Globe’s new Latin American bureau

<p><em>The Globe and Mail</em> is opening a new Latin American bureau with NNA-winning journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/snolen">Stephanie Nolen</a> as bureau chief.</p><p>Nolen told J-Source in an email that she hopes to be in Rio de Janeiro, pending visa clearances, by August. She is currently <em>The Globe</em>’s South Asian correspondent and formerly reported from Johannesburg as well.</p>

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9 Apr

CTV British Columbia garners 7 wins at RTNDA B.C. Regional Awards; CBC Edmonton leads with 6 wins in Prairie Awards

<p>The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada announced the B.C. and Prairie Regional Award recipients last week. Here are the winners, according to the press releases: </p><p><strong>B.C. Regional Awards</strong><br /><em>Television</em></p><p><u><strong>Bert Cannings Award - Best Newscast</strong></u></p><p>• CJFC-TV Kamloops for CJFC TV Evening News - July 5, 2012 (Small Market)<br />• CTV Vancouver Island for CTV News at 5 (Medium Market)<br />• CTV British Columbia for CTV News at Six - September 10, 2012 (Large Market)</p>

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9 Apr

Ian Haysom, Bill Good, Ed Mason among recipients of 2013 RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Awards

<p>The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada has announced this year’s Lifetime Achievement Awards. The recipients will be honoured at their respective regional conferences. Here are the recipients and their profiles from the four regions of Canada, according to the <a href="http://www.rtndacanada.com/RESOURCES/newsreleases.asp">press release</a>:</p><p><strong>BC REGION</strong></p><p><u>Radio - Bill Good</u></p>

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9 Apr

Pondering journalism’s future in a digital universe

<p><strong>By David McKie</strong></p><p>The increasing number of publications turning to the Internet for economic salvation has prompted a fundamental debate about where our business is heading and what kind of skills journalists will need. Newspapers like <em>The Globe and Mail</em> are shifting more of their content behind firewalls. The <em>Toronto Star</em> is using its digital platform to showcase some of its long-form, investigative journalism.</p>

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9 Apr

Enjeux éthiques du journalisme spécialisé en tourisme

<p> </p><p><strong>Note de lecture de la Chaire de recherche en éthique du journalisme de l'Université d'Ottawa</strong></p><p><em>Cynthia Hang, étudiante à la maîtrise en communication à l'Université d'Ottawa</em></p><p>Dans <em>The Dimensions of Travel Journalism: Exploring New Fields for Journalism Research Beyond the News</em>, Folker Hanusch fait une revue de la recherche consacrée au journalisme touristique.</p>

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8 Apr

Community curation website Newsana launches

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Newsana.PNG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>There are great pieces of journalism all over the Internet, but many are hard to find. Add to that Twitter’s shotgun blast, if you miss an interesting tweet, it’s gone.</p>

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8 Apr

Penashue accuses CBC reporter of treating him “unfairly;” adds CBC and Liberals are “like family”

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Former Tory Labrador MP Peter Penashue says a CBC reporter treated him unfairly and accused the CBC of being like “family” with the Liberals.</p><p>Penashue refused to answer questions posed about the misspending by CBC’s Peter Cowan at the former MPs first public appearance since his resignation. Cowan has been nominated as a <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/updated-caj-finalists-announced">CAJ awards finalist</a> for his investigation into Penashue’s election campaign spending.</p>

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