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28 Nov

Andrew Lundy resigns, David Skok now acting director of GlobalNews.ca

<p> </p><p>In comings and goings in the industry this week, Andrew Lundy has resigned from Director of GlobalNews.ca, a position he had held since 2008. David Skok, who was previously managing editor, has taken on the role of Acting Director in the interim. </p>

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28 Nov

Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award now accepting applications

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Michelle Siu.JPG" title="" /><em>(Michelle Siu, the 2012 Tom Hanson Award winner on stage at the 15th annual CJF Awards with Christine Hanson. Photo: Kaz Ehara/CNW)</em></p><p>The Canadian Journalism Foundation is now accepting applications for the fourth annual Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award.</p>

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27 Nov

Débat autour du traitement des nouvelles à Radio-Canada Acadie

<p> </p><p>La nouvelle orientation de Radio-Canada Acadie ne fait pas l'unanimité. Dans un article publié dans l'Acadie Nouvelle, les professeurs de l'Université de Moncton Chedly Belkhodja, du Département de sciences politiques, et François Giroux, responsable du programme d'information-communication déploraient le ton et la forme de reportages de la société d'état. Suite à leur témoignage, Marc Bastarache, professeur à la Cité collégiale d'Ottawa leur a répondu dans une lettre ouverte, toujours dans le même journal. </p>

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27 Nov

Congrès FPJQ – Entrevue – Claude St-Laurent, prix Judith-Jasmin Hommage

<p><em>ProjetJ, en collaboration avec le Trente, vous présente quelques compte-rendus des ateliers présentés au congrès 2012 de la FPJQ.</em></p><p>Claude St-Laurent a reçu lors du gala de la FPJQ le prix Judith-Jasmin Hommage qui souligne la carrière exceptionnelle d'un journaliste québécois.</p>

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27 Nov

Lessons from a j-student: ‘We, as journalists, are all in this together’

<p> </p><p><strong>By Katie Starr</strong></p><p>As j-school students we know our future jobs as journalists carry risks, both physical and emotional. And in the first six months of the program here at Western University, I’ve learned you don’t need to travel halfway across the world to experience the risks that come along with being a journalist.</p>

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27 Nov

Roundup: Rob Ford, the morning after

<p>Yesterday, we brought you <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/roundup-reporting-rob-ford-decision" target="_blank" rel="noopener">what the Rob Ford decision looked like as it was covered live</a>. Today, the front pages of the morning after.</p>

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27 Nov

Parliamentary Press Gallery issues Blacklock’s Reporter accreditation after controversy

<p> </p><p><strong><em>By Justin Ling</em></strong></p><p><em>Blacklock's Reporter</em> just wants to sit alongside the <em>Vietnam News Agency</em>. And it looks like it'll get its wish.</p><p>I'm sitting across from the Tom Korski, editor of the nascent <em>Reporter</em>, in the Jean-Marc-Poliquin Lounge of the Parliamentary Press Gallery. "Can you smell the smoke?" he asks, gesturing around. Smoking has been banned in the House for decades, but he swears he can smell du Maurier cigarettes.</p>

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27 Nov

Recap: A Samara Q&A with Sasha Issenberg on political campaigns and journalism

<p>Starting at 7 p.m. on November 27, join us as we liveblog a Samara public talk and Q&A with American journalist Sasha Issenberg, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/030795479X" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns</a>. </p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="500" src="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v5.aspx?Id=70058&ThemeId=5518" style="border: 1px solid #000" width="450"></iframe></p>

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26 Nov

Radios privées parlées à Québec : Le bâillon n’est pas la solution, selon des experts

<p>Par Elsa Iskander </p><br /><p>Faut-il agir contre le discours des radios privées parlées à Québec? Voici la question que posait la Ligue des droits et libertés, section de Québec, à la quarantaine d’individus venus assister à la discussion jeudi dernier, qui a eu lieu dans les locaux du Centre de l’environnement. Un débat auquel ont participé les professeures et conférencières Dominique Payette et Lucie Lemonde.</p>

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26 Nov

The Globe’s parent company will sell land, scraps plan for building that would have housed new HQ for paper

<p> </p><p><em>The Globe and Mail</em> will have to find a new home after parent company <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/woodbridge-to-sell-parcel-of-downtown-toronto-land/article5688112/">Woodbridge Co. Ltd. announced its decision to sell a parcel of land</a> that had been slated for a new building that would have seen the news organization as a tenant.</p>

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