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19 Jun

Ken Whyte named Rogers senior vice-president of public policy

<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/Ken Whyte_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Ken Whyte is the new Rogers senior vice-president of public policy.</p><p>He was previously the president of Rogers’ magazine bundling service, Next Issue Canada, which launched in October.</p>

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18 Jun

Will Haligonians open their wallets for Tim Bousquet’s paywalled news site?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Halifax Examiner_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Geoff Davies</strong></p><p>Tim Bousquet took a bold leap a few months back—quitting one of Halifax’s most prominent media gigs to launch a new venture, and the industry started buzzing.</p>

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18 Jun

Canadian Media Guild details where cuts at CBC will happen

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CBC Edmonton_0.jpg" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Alex Midgal</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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18 Jun

«J’aime la sensation de toucher le papier»

<p><strong>Les dés sont jetés. D’ici deux à cinq ans selon les sources, la version papier des quotidiens de Gesca aura disparu et d’ici-là, les lecteurs devront tous avoir migré vers l’application tablette s’ils souhaitent continuer à s’abreuver à cette source d’information. Qu’en pensent les principaux intéressés? ProjetJ en a rencontré quelques-uns.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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17 Jun

Globe public editor: When 500 words aren’t enough to tell the story

<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/Stead_25.JPG" title="" /> <b>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></b></p><p>Online is a great medium for short breaking news or interesting tidbits. But it’s also an easy way to read great long-form pieces that are packaged more like a magazine article.</p>

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17 Jun

CBC ombudsman: It may not be nice, but that doesn’t make it unfair

<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/Esther Enkin_14.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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17 Jun

Chris Wilson-Smith named Globe’s deputy national editor

<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/Chris Wilson-Smith_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" />Chris Wilson-Smith has been named <em>The Globe and Mail</em>’s deputy national editor.</p><p><span style="font-size: 10px;">He was promoted from assistant national editor to the new role.          </span></p>

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17 Jun

Live blog: Should surveillance scare you?

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17 Jun

Video: Once upon a time, when deadlines, slugs and typeset were tangible

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Did you know a deadline was an actual line on a printing press and anything that was typeset after that line would be cut off? Or that a “slug” wasn’t just the name of a story?</p><p>Turns out, much of our journalism vernacular comes from the printing presses of a bygone era.</p><p>CBC reporter Jody Porter walked J-Source through the printing press process at University of Toronto’s Massey College, where she apprenticed while on a fellowship. </p>

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17 Jun

Innover et réseauter pour sauver le journalisme scientifique

<p><strong>Journalistes et experts du milieu scientifique se sont réunis à Oak Brook (Illinois) en février dernier à l’occasion du <em>Kavli Symposium on the Future of Science Journalism</em>, afin de discuter de l’avenir de leur profession. La teneur des échanges et des discussions ainsi que les conclusions, viennent d’être compilées dans un rapport dont <em>ProjetJ </em>a pris connaissance. Compte-rendu.   </strong></p><p><em>Par Héloïse Henri-Garand</em>, <em>stagiaire</em></p>

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