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16 Jun

Star public editor: High school newspaper award winner Jolson Lim is journalism’s future

<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/Kathy English_29.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of <em>The Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>When last year’s labour dispute between Ontario and its teachers shut down extracurricular activities in schools, high school newspaper editor Jolson Lim was determined to keep his presses running.</p>

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14 Jun

Radio-Canada: oui à la reconduction de la convention collective

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/_logo_radio_canada_2.gif" title="" />Réunis en assemblée générale extraordinaire ce matin au Palais de congrès de Montréal, les membres du Syndicat des communications de Radio-Canada (SCRC) ont voté à 90 % en faveur de la reconduction de leur convention collective jusqu’au 28 février 2015. Un résultat qui met fin, temporairement, à près de deux ans de négociations.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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13 Jun

Gesca: «On ne mènera pas de bataille pour la survie du papier»

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/gesca_1377026600122_0.png" title="" />Près d’un mois après l’annonce par les frères Desmarais de la disparition des formules papier de tous les quotidiens du groupe Gesca, et de l’intégration des journaux régionaux à La Presse+, la vie continue dans les salles de nouvelles.

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13 Jun

Live blog: Holding power to account conference day 3

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13 Jun

Live blog: Holding power to account conference day 2

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13 Jun

Live blog: Holding power to account conference day 1

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12 Jun

Journalists killed the curation star

<p><strong>By Shane Schick</strong></p><p>If content curation engines worked, I wouldn’t be writing this article. I wouldn’t have to.</p>

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12 Jun

Vancouver Sun’s Chad Skelton wins Data Journalism Award

<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/Chad Skelton_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><em>Vancouver Sun</em>’s Chad Skelton won the Data Journalism Award for the best individual portfolio.</p><p>The award was presented at the Global Editors Network summit in Barcelona.</p>

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12 Jun

Frosty relations on Parliament Hill

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Parliament Hill.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Caresse Ley</em></p><p><strong>By David McKie</strong></p><p>With federal politicians set to take a break for the summer, it’s worth taking stock of the atmosphere that has existed for journalists covering the prime minister and his cohorts and threatens to persist until the next federal election.</p>

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12 Jun

Ombudsman: Should Brunswick News have taken down its paywall following the Moncton shootings?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Brunswick News_2.JPG" title="" /></p><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/Patricia Graham_3.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Patricia Graham, Brunswick News ombudswoman </strong></p>

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