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23 Jul

Toronto Star Master Glass: Alternate mounts

<p>In the newsgathering business, photographers must shoot in all types of lighting conditions, and often have only moments to capture the best possible shot. It requires skill and experience and knowing photography and lenses like the back of your hand. In this “Master Glass” series, <em>Toronto Star</em> photographers reveal how they do it: the settings, the angles, the lenses, the approach.</p><p>Here, videographer Chris So showcases a camera mount you have to see to believe.</p>

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23 Jul

CBC ombudsman: Choose your words carefully when ad libbing

<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 Enkin_28.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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22 Jul

Jeff Lewis joining Globe Calgary bureau

<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/Jeff Lewis_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Jeff Lewis is joining <em>The Globe and Mail</em> as an energy reporter based in Calgary.</p>

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22 Jul

Media Musings: Don’t tell me there aren’t jobs in journalism

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Newsroom.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Jimmy Thomson</em></p><p><strong>By Joe Banks</strong></p><p>It has become a well-worn refrain: there are no jobs in journalism. It’s untrue, but never let truth, as the cliché goes, stand in the way of a good story.</p>

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22 Jul

Joe Banks joins J-Source with new column

<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/Joe Banks_0.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Bruce Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief</strong></p><p>I’m pleased to announce that long-time journalism educator and journalist Joe Banks will write a regular column for J-Source. Media Musings will cover a broad range of issues related to the journalism industry and journalism education, as befits someone with Banks’s experience.</p>

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22 Jul

Dangerous exposure: Photojournalist Louie Palu on working in conflict zones

<p><strong>By Jane Hawkes, Covering Violence and Trauma Editor</strong></p>

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22 Jul

CAJ ethics committee report: How close is too close?

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22 Jul

Apply for health policy journalism internship at EvidenceNetwork.ca

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22 Jul

8 bursaries awarded by Forum Freelance Fund for conflict zone training

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The Forum Freelance Fund has handed out bursaries to eight freelancers who cover conflict zones.</p><p>Each of the winners will receive up to $2,500 to attend a hazardous environment training course in the U.S. or Britain, said the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma, which administers the bursaries.</p>

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22 Jul

Public editor: Globe readers often catch errors that others miss

<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/Sylvia Stead_22.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor for <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>Globe and Mail readers are a smart bunch. They are well-educated, well-read and they spot errors that others don’t.</p>

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