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23 Jun

Journalistes en vacances: difficile de décrocher totalement

<p><strong>Selon une analyse publiée aujourd’hui par Influence Communication, la basse saison de l’actualité démarre dès cette semaine avec un volume de nouvelles qui chute durant la troisième semaine de juin, selon les années, de 35 à 50%. Moins d’actualités donc, moins de journalistes aussi dans les salles de nouvelles, la fête de la Saint-Jean marquant le début d’un certain roulement au sein des rédactions. Un à un, les artisans de l’information vont prendre leurs congés estivaux… Mais en profitent-ils pour tout couper et décompresser complètement?

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23 Jun

J-Source is on summer hiatus

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>J-Source will be on summer hiatus from June 23 to July 14 as our editors take a vacation and then complete work on a website redesign that will be launched later this summer.</p><p>We will resume publishing on July 15.</p>

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23 Jun

Is it any surprise the Globe backed Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives in the recent election?

<p><strong>By Michael Valpy</strong></p><p>Thomas Hardy wrote in his diary in 1882: “Nothing bears out in practice what it promises incipiently.” Which in journalese means, “If a story looks too good to be true, it probably is,” which brings us to <a href="http://canadalandshow.com/article/source-globe-editorial-board-endorsed-wynne-liberals-was-overruled" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jesse Brown’s account in his Canadaland blog</a> of how <em>The Globe and Mail </em>came to editorially endorse Tim Hudak’s Progressive Conservatives in the Ontario election.</p>

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21 Jun

Call for papers: Seriously Funny, Humour in Journalism

<p>Call for Papers<br /> <br />Seriously Funny – Humour in Journalism<br /> <br />Humour has been a vital ingredient of the print media since it emerged in the 17th century. Yet it has hardly featured in academic studies of media history. This new text is aiming to fill that gap with a collection of papers by international scholars. It will draw from an eclectic range of disciplines such as media history, international literary journalism, English/American studies, humour studies, media content analysis, cultural studies.<br /> 

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20 Jun

Curium, le chainon manquant entre les Débrouillards et Québec Science

<p><strong>Alors que l’industrie du magazine tente tant bien que mal de survivre à la crise, l’édition jeunesse fait montre d’une santé insolente. À tel point qu’après les Débrouillards il y a trente-deux ans et les Explorateurs il y a treize ans, les Publications BLD vont tenter, dès la rentrée, de rejoindre les 14-17 ans avec un tout nouveau magazine: Curium. </strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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20 Jun

Star public editor: Diversity is right course

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Kathy English_29_1.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the </strong><em><strong>Toronto Star</strong></em></p><div><p>Does the Toronto Star reflect the rich diversity of your Toronto?</p>

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19 Jun

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<p><strong>Social Media Strategist</strong><br />Job Category: Digital Media<br />Work Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />Employment Type: Full-time<br />Position ID: J0614-1105</p><p><strong>Job Description</strong></p><p>Shaw is a family-oriented, Canadian owned business with over 14,000 employees across the country, providing services to more than 3.4 million customers with top quality cable TV, Internet, digital phone, direct-to-home satellite services, and programming including Global Television and 19 of the country's most popular specialty channels.</p>

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19 Jun

Q&A with Tim Bousquet on the launch of Halifax Examiner

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Halifax Examiner_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>When Tim Bousquet announced he was leaving Halifax weekly <em>The Coast</em> to launch a new venture, there was a lot of buzz. Bousquet made his mark with groundbreaking investigations, such as his reporting on then-mayor Peter Kelly’s impropriety in handling the estate of a family friend, and won several awards.</p>

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19 Jun

Tyee looking for editor-in-chief, as Dave Beers takes on new role

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Dave Beers_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The Tyee is looking for a new editor-in-chief as founding editor Dave Beers takes on a new role with the online magazine.</p>

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19 Jun

Privacy and surveillance: 8 things every Canadian should know

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CJFE_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Chris Pandza for the CJFE</em></p><p><strong>By Nouran Sedaghat, for the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression</strong></p>

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