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30 Aug

The National Post to launch Post Arcade next month

<p> </p><p>Gamers, welcome to your new mainstream media home.</p><p>The National Post has <a href="http://business.financialpost.com/2012/08/29/say-hello-to-post-arcade/">announced it will launch a video game-centric site</a> called Post Arcade with the team that currently runs the Financial Post Tech Desk. New to the team though, is <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/chad-sapieha">Chad Sapieha</a>, who has been writing about video games for <em>The Globe and Mail</em> since 2003.</p>

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30 Aug

Simon Houpt’s list of news stories that were a product of summertime

<p>Yesterday we brought you the <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/end-summer-roundup-biggest-j-stories-you-might-have-missed">important stories of the summer</a> in Canadian media. Now, here's <em>The Globe and Mail </em>senior media reporter Simon Houpt's list of <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/simon-houpts-guide-to-journalisms-silly-season/article4506564/">the silly news stories that were a product of summertime</a>. </p><p>Some highlights include:</p>

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30 Aug

J-Links: CBSC rules against homophobic comments; NMA free ebook; Salon calls out Ryan lies

<p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/abusive-comments-on-the-basis-of-sexual-orientation-unacceptable/1001653751/90w824Mw48yWsl4srvwM20/?link_source=aypr_BM&AF=&utm_source=BM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BM-EN08302012&link_targ=DailyNews">CBSC rules against Christian TV homophobic comments</a></p>

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29 Aug

Canadian publications nominated for 2012 Online Journalism Awards

<p>The Online News Association has announced the <a href="http://journalists.org/2012/08/29/2012-online-journalism-awards-finalists-announced/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nominees for the 2012 Online Journalism Awards</a>, which will be given out at the ONA annual conference on Sept. 22. This year, the conference is taking place in San Fransisco.  </p><p> </p><p>A number of Canadian publications and journalists were nominated for the awards, including The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the National Film Board, CBC News and the Edmonton Journal.</p>

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29 Aug

How much do journalists make?

<p><em>“I’m in it to find the truth/hold power to account/tell peoples’ stories — not for the money” will surely be the answer you get if you ask a journalist why he or she is in the industry. But realistically, how much can a journalist expect to make throughout his or her career? <strong>Angelina Irinici</strong> and <strong>Belinda Alzner</strong> found the numbers for a number of mainstream media organizations.  </em></p><p> </p>

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29 Aug

The ethics of staging

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29 Aug

End-of-summer roundup: The biggest j-stories you might have missed

<p><em>Summer brings with it a whole slew of distractions, but now that September is just around the corner, it’s time to catch up on the things you may have missed. <strong>Belinda Alzner</strong> rounds up some of the biggest stories about the Canadian journalism industry that were talked about on J-Source this summer.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Paywalls, paywalls, paywalls</strong></p>

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28 Aug

Five questions for Kim Kierans on teaching journalists in the Philippines

<p><em>Every summer for the last six years, Kim Kierans has travelled to the Philippines to teach working journalists new skills and help them develop old ones. <strong>Angelina Irinici</strong> finds out what unique challenges these journalists face in terms of ethics and press freedom and why Kierans’ biggest desire is to become obsolete. </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/Kierans1.PNG" title="" /></p>

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28 Aug

Ryerson appoints Paul Woods as Rogers distinguished visiting professor in journalism

<p> </p><p>Paul Woods, a long-time journalist for the Canadian Press, has been named Ryerson University’s <em>Rogers Distinguished Visiting Professor in Journalism</em> for the 2012 – 2013 Academic Year.</p><p>Woods is no stranger to Ryerson’s journalism program, having taught in its Masthead course for fourth-year students in 1999-2000 and having created and taught a continuing education class in 2002-2003.</p>

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28 Aug

Former NFB president Jaques Bensimon has passed away

<p>Jacques Bensimon, the former president of the National Film Board, has passed away at the age of 69. Bensimon was president of the NFB from 2001 to 2006, and produced, directed and wrote for several NFB productions between 1967 and 1987.</p>

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