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4 Sep

J-Links: Bob Johnstone passes away; 2012 Freelance Industry report; Friends’ CBC Town Hall in Halifax

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/09/03/journalist_bob_johnstone_was_gifted_storyteller.html">Bob Johnstone dead at 82</a></p>

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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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