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17 Dec

Grilling the Guest – Laurier LaPierre and the Hot Seat Interview

<p><em>Laurier LaPierre, who died Sunday at the age of 83, was a pioneer in modern television broadcasting. His flamboyant style was designed to engage and provoke, but ultimately to hold powerful people to account.</em></p><p><strong>By Cecil Rosner</strong></p><p> </p><p>As a pioneer of early CBC current affairs journalism, Laurier LaPierre made a lasting contribution to a key element of investigative work – the focused accountability interview.</p>

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17 Dec

Laurier LaPierre, former broadcaster and senator, dies at 83

<p> </p><p>Laurier LaPierre, a retired senator and Canadian broadcaster, best known for co-hosting CBC’s <em>This Hour has Seven Days</em> in the 1960s, has died at 83, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/12/17/pol-senator-laurier-lapierre-seven-days-obituary.html">CBC reports</a>.</p><p>CBC says that in his role on the weekly news and current affairs program, he “was known to bring passion and emotion to the program, which often rubbed politicians and critics the wrong way.”</p>

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17 Dec

2012 J-Source Canadian Newsperson of the Year

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Keyboard 1.jpg" title="" /></p>

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17 Dec

The role of satire—and CBC’s This is That—in a post-humorous world.

<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; line-height: 18pt;"><strong>By Shannon Rupp</strong>, </span><a href="http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2012/12/14/This-is-That/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5pt; line-height: 18pt;" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for the Tyee</a></p>

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14 Dec

36th annual National Magazine Awards call for entries

<p> </p><p>The National Magazine Awards has <a href="http://www.magazine-awards.com/index.cfm?ci_id=1235&la_id=1">opened its call for entries</a> for the 36<sup>th</sup> annual NMAs, which will take place on June 7, 2013.</p><p>The awards honour “the best in magazine publishing from 2012,” and magazines and freelancers are encouraged to apply to the 48 categories the awards offer.</p>

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13 Dec

Canadian Geographic acting editor Dan Rubinstein leaving magazine

<p> </p><p><a href="http://canadianmags.blogspot.ca/2012/12/acting-editor-of-canadian-geographic.html">D.B. Scott has reported</a> that Dan Rubinstein, acting editor of <em>Canadian Geographic,</em> is leaving the magazine to “write and take on a contract with the Canada Foundation for Innovation.” Rubinstein had been the managing editor of the magazine for four years prior to becoming acting editor.  </p>

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13 Dec

Lindsey Wiebe to join Maclean’s as associate web editor

<p>Lindsey Wiebe will be joining <em>Maclean’s</em> magazine’s digital team in the new year as the associate web editor of <a href="macleans.ca">macleans.ca</a> in Toronto and told J-Source in an email that she is "totally thrilled about it."</p><p>Wiebe was most recently the social media reporter and a weekend online editor for the <em>Winnipeg Free Press</em> until <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/winnipeg-free-press-cuts-seven-newsroom-staff">the newspaper’s most recent layoffs</a> in September, which saw seven newsroom jobs cut. </p><p> </p>

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13 Dec

Journalism school in Canada and Australia: Q&A with j-exchange student Lauren Waldhuter

<p> </p><p><em>Lauren Waldhuter is a journalism student at the University of South Australia who just completed a semester-long exchange at Ryerson University. Here she talks to <strong>Eric Mark Do</strong> about the experience and some of her observations on the programs, as well as the similarities and differences in journalism that she sees.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>First, on Australian media…</em></strong></p>

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13 Dec

The emotional commitment to objective journalism

<p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Impartiality and objectivity as bloodless norms is an absurd caricature, argues <strong>Stephen J.A. Ward</strong> in the latest issue of Media magazine. </em></p><p><strong>Intro by David McKie</strong></p>

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13 Dec

Mental health coverage continues to miss the point

<p><em>Covering mental health issues takes tact, responsibility and a commitment to stories that push back against societal stigma. <strong>Olivia Schneider</strong> looks at how mental health stories are covered, the problems that persist in the coverage and how journalists can overcome them. </em></p><p><strong>By Olivia Schneider for <a href="http://kjr.kingsjournalism.com/?p=12138">the King’s Journalism Review</a></strong></p>

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