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15 Aug

Media coverage of Danzig Street shooting: the opinion of a journalist from Scarborough

<p><strong>By Priya Ramanujam</strong></p>

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15 Aug

An inside look: What it’s like to tell your story after sex reassignment surgery

<p><em>The Toronto Star's Peter Edwards <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/ethics-gender-sensitivity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke frankly</a> about the challenges of profiling Toronto (Don) Jail guard Andrea Roussel who had undergone sex reassignment surgery and stayed on the job. Here, Roussel herself speaks about what it was like for her to be the subject of the Star's story and offers some suggestions for journalists when covering issues of a sensitive and personal nature.</em></p><p><strong>As told to Romayne Smith Fullerton</strong></p>

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15 Aug

Local programming loses financial support with LPIF’s elimination

<p> </p><p>Local news shows may be experiencing some uncertainty after The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) voted to phase out the Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF) over the next two years.</p>

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15 Aug

J-Links for Aug. 15: More cuts at Postmedia; Canada’s TV ownership; former BBC head named new CEO of New York Times Co.

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/gazette-refocuses-as-postmedia-cuts-take-hold/article4480025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">More cuts from Postmedia shifts editorial decisions to Hamilton</a></p>

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14 Aug

Montreal Gazette sees changes in wake of Postmedia cuts

<p><em>Montreal Gazette</em> publisher Alan Allnut explained <a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Covering+community+with+news+insight/7085119/story.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in a note</a> to readers today of the changes coming forth at the paper: the compression into two sections instead of its usual three and a stronger focus on analysis rather than breaking news.

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14 Aug

J-Links for Aug. 14: Allegations of Marc Steyn repurposing work; Olympic viewer numbers released; How to pack for war

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.themarknews.com/articles/self-plagiarism-here-and-there/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Allegations against Mark Steyn for repurposing previously published work</a></p>

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13 Aug

Ottawa Citizen reporter finds missing man at bus stop

<p> </p><p>The news release <em>Ottawa Citizen</em> reporter Zev Singer received for a lost 65-year-old man wasn’t out of the ordinary, but seeing the lost man while driving to another assignment was.</p>

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13 Aug

The future of journalism is… branded

<p><strong>By Ira Basen</strong></p><p>First, let’s deal with the term “brand journalism.”</p><p>It is somewhat misleading because newspapers, broadcasters and blogs can all be considered “brands” in their own right, and therefore, anything produced by them is also “brand journalism.”</p>

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13 Aug

A découvrir aujourd’hui – lundi 13 août 2012

<p>Lancement du <a href="http://twitter.com/HuffPostLive" rel="user noopener" target="_blank"><s>@</s><b>HuffPostLive</b></a> aujourd'hui via <a href="http://twitter.com/HuffPostQuebec" rel="user noopener" target="_blank"><s>@</s><b>HuffPostQuebec</b></a><br /><a href="http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/arianna-huffington/huffpost-live_b_1772506.html">http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/arianna-huffington/huffpost-live_b_1772506.html</a></p><p> </p>

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13 Aug

Michelle Lang Fellowship awarded to Carleton grad Natalie Stechyson

<p> </p><p>The Michelle Lang Fellowship in Journalism has been awarded to recent Carleton University graduate Natalie Stechyson, <a href="http://www.financialpost.com/markets/news/Postmedia+Network+Awards+2012+Michelle+Lang+Fellowship+Journalism/7082193/story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Postmedia announced</a>. A graduate of Carleton’s Master of Journalism program, Stechyson is the third recipient of the award and has experience reporting and editing for Postmedia News, <em>The Globe and Mail</em> and New Brunswick’s <em>The Telegraph-Journal</em>.</p>

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