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11 Mar

Global News launches B.C.’s first 24-hours news channel

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Global News has invested “millions of dollars” in B.C.’s first 24-hours news channel, which hits the airwaves on Thursday March 14.</p><p>Although executives did not reveal the exact dollar figure for <a href="https://twitter.com/BC1">Global News: BC 1</a>, Global BC and National News vice-president Kenton Boston told J-Source “it’s a substantial capital investment” and the company created 30 new positions. </p>

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11 Mar

Contrat de Transcontinental: une lutte en 140 caractères

<p> </p><p><em>Par Audrey Desrochers et Étienne Dupuis</em></p><p>Le nouveau contrat imposé aux pigistes par Transcontinental sème la grogne. Forcés à céder leurs droits moraux, les journalistes indépendants organisent la résistance grâce aux médias sociaux.</p>

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8 Mar

Ryerson Review of Journalism cutting down to single annual issue effective immediately

<p> </p><p>Since the RRJ was founded in 1984, it has published two issues a year with a few exceptions. <a href="http://www.rrj.ca/m26975/">That will stop immediately</a>, said publisher and chair of the Ryerson School of Journalism, Ivor Shapiro.</p>

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8 Mar

Pour les femmes journalistes, la vigilance est de mise

<p> </p><p><strong>Si les femmes sont largement présentes dans la majorité des salles de nouvelles québécoises, force est de constater que le plancher reste toutefois encore très collant.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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7 Mar

J-Source welcomes new Associate Editor Tamara Baluja

<p> </p><p><em>For immediate release</em></p>

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7 Mar

The Canadian Journalism Foundation to honour Michael Maclear with its Lifetime Achievement Award

<p>Broadcast journalist, war correspondent and independent filmmaker Michael Maclear has been named as this year’s recipient of the Canadian Journalism Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.</p><p>From <a href="http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1125637/the-canadian-journalism-foundation-to-honour-michael-maclear-with-lifetime-achievement-award">the CJF’s Press release</a>:</p>

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7 Mar

Layoffs, outsourcing and a byline strike: A roundup of news from the Toronto Star

<p>Under the same financial pressures as most North American newspapers, the Toronto Star announced Monday it will look to contract out its production and cut jobs, including radio room intern positions that have proven to be valuable in developing young journalism talent in Canada. On Wednesday, the journalists responded with a byline strike that saw the newspaper full of stories written by simply "Star Staff."</p><p><strong>Belinda Alzner</strong> has rounded up the coverage and the commentary surrounding the cuts, contracts and byline strikes. </p><p> </p>

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7 Mar

La surveillance des médias par le public, un futur système de régulation?

<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>Carolane Gratton, étudiante à la maîtrise en communication à l'Université d'Ottawa et Marc-François Bernier, Ph. D. Professeur et titulaire de la CREJ</em></p>

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7 Mar

VIDEO: Jorge Barrera on winning the 2012 J-Source Newsperson of the Year

<p> </p><p>         <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5hJGd6xYWxY" width="560"></iframe></p><p> </p>

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6 Mar

The amplification effect of social media in real-time reporting

<p><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8245/8527542695_1900e307ef.jpg" /></p><p><i>From left: Kathy English and Mathew Ingram listen to Andy Carvin speak at a recent CJF J-Talk. Also on the panel was Esther Enkin (not pictured). Photo: Chris Young/CJF</i></p><p> </p><p>Mistakes have always been made in journalism—especially in breaking situations. But perhaps more than ever before, social media allows for instant access to breaking stories while journalists are working on them, paving the way for those errors to be seen—and shared—by everyone.</p>

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