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8 Aug

Melanie Coulson’s open cover letter for the Sun News Network job

<p><strong style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22.100000381469727px; ">By Melanie Coulson</strong></p><p style="margin: 14px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.100000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.871094); "><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/sun news cover letter.PNG" title="" /></p>

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8 Aug

J-Links for Aug. 8: Media companies against Bell’s Astral acquisition; Magazine readership data released; Cast of Layton biopic announced

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/08/07/bell-astral-competitors.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Media companies against Bell’s Astral takeover, Bell responds</a></p>

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7 Aug

‘We wuz robbed’ journalism not good enough after Olympic soccer drama

<p><strong><em>Ivor Shapiro</em></strong><em> may not know </em><em><span new="" times="">much about soccer</span></em><em><span new="" times="">, but he knows</span></em><em><span new="" times=""> that some coverage of yesterday's Canada-U.S. women’s semifinal match </span>fell short of the rigour and autonomy that, he believes, should define journalism.</em></p><p><strong>By Ivor Shapiro</strong></p>

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7 Aug

MEA 2013 Awards call for nominations

<p> </p><p>The <a href="http://www.media-ecology.org/">Media Ecology Association</a> (MEA) has put out a call for submissions for its annual 2013 MEA Awards. MEA is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the study, research, criticism and application of media ecology on different platforms. Media ecology, as written on the MEA’s website is “the study of media environments, the idea that technology and techniques, modes of information and codes of communication play a leading role in human affairs". </p>

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7 Aug

J-Links for Aug. 7: On brand journalism; CTV Olympic coverage; A young Somali journo’s story

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/is-that-an-ad-or-a-news-story-and-does-it-matter-which/article4461877/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">On brand journalism vs. independent journalism</a></p>

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2 Aug

Investigative Channel Launches on YouTube

<p>You Tube has launched the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/theifilestv?feature=results_main">I Files</a>, focusing on investigative journalism.</p><p> </p><p> </p>

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2 Aug

On the intersection of journalism and public relations

<p>CBC Radio veteran, J-Source contributing editor and new CanWest Fellow Ira Basen recently <a href="http://www.prconversations.com/index.php/2012/07/the-intersection-of-public-relations-and-journalism-in-the-digital-age/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sat down with public relations pro Judy Gombita</a> to talk about the relationship between journalism and PR.</p>

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2 Aug

Western University announces 2012-2013 CanWest journalism fellow

<p> </p><p>Ira Basen has been named the <a href="http://www.fims.uwo.ca/about/bulletin/12-07-16/No_306_-_July_16_2012.aspx#news">2012-2013 CanWest journalism fellow</a> by Western University.</p>

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2 Aug

CBC Kitchener-Waterloo broadcast centre has a home

<p><a href="http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/2012/07/26/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBC has announced</a> that its new local radio and digital service that will be coming to the Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge area this fall has a home in downtown Kitchener.</p>

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2 Aug

J-Links for Aug. 2: Investigative journo hired by corruption inquiry; Age and social media in newsrooms; Female journos in southern Africa lack safety, freedom

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Investigative+journalist+work+corruption+probe/7026132/story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quebec investigative journo leaves paper for corruption inquiry</a></p>

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