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12 Jun

Patricia Graham introduces herself as Brunswick News ombudswoman

<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_2.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /> <strong>By Patricia Graham, Brunswick News ombudswoman</strong></p><p>It is my great pleasure to introduce myself to you as Ombudswoman for Brunswick News. </p>

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12 Jun

Toronto Star wins Michener Award for Ford coverage

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Toronto Star newsroom.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Michelle-Andrea Girouard</em></p><p>The <em>Toronto Star</em> has won the 2013 Michener Award for its coverage of the activities and behaviour of Mayor Rob Ford that resulted in a police investigation and Ford being stripped of all powers.</p>

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12 Jun

Rita Celli wins Michener-Deacon fellowship for investigative reporting

<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/Rita Celli_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" />Veteran CBC journalist Rita Celli has won the <a href="http://www.michenerawards.ca/english/picfellows/picfellow2014.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michener-Deacon fellowship for investigative reporting</a>.</p><p>Celli, who hosts the radio show <em>Ontario Today</em> from Ottawa, will use the fellowship to spend up to four months investigating Ontario’s mining industry.</p>

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12 Jun

Globe public editor: Is it wrong to call Vaughan a Toronto suburb?

<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/Sylvia Stead_10.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>When is a suburb not a suburb? Can an adjacent city also be a suburb? Does it matter if the region is more suburban than urban? Does it matter if it is right next door to a major city? And what if that major city (Toronto) is also the centre of the universe?</p>

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11 Jun

Opinion: If a media union can’t make endorsements, then editorial boards shouldn’t either

<p><strong>By</strong> <strong><span style="font-size: 10px;">Ishmael N. Daro</span></strong></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/7YFmadIO7MM" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Video courtesy of Unifor</em></p><p>The union representing thousands of journalists in Ontario caused a shitstorm Monday when it asked its 2,600 members to consider the anti-labour policies a Progressive Conservative government led by Tim Hudak might enact and to vote accordingly.</p>

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11 Jun

Tim Harper: Collision between union rights and journalistic independence

<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/Tim Harper_1.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Tim Harper, national affairs columnist for the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>There is no doubt the union that represents me certainly put one on the tee for Conservatives everywhere.</p>

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11 Jun

Live blog: Global Editors Network Summit

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11 Jun

Union memo: Globe wants editorial staff to produce “branded content”

<div><em>Here's a memo obtained by J-Source on the latest bargaining talks between The Globe and Mail management and the union: </em></div><div><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=49b55b7272&view=att&th=1468667190e14104&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=8bfa71791dbdc329_0.1&zw&atsh=1" style="font-size: 10px;" type="image/jpg" /></div><p align="center"><strong>Company wants Editorial staff to produce “branded content"</strong></p>

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11 Jun

La longue et sombre nuit de Lac-Mégantic

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/!cid_F8BA15DB-4F19-49F9-B37A-702EF1460691_0.jpg" title="" />En un an, le photoreporter Michel Huneault aura passé plus de deux mois à Lac-Mégantic. Quatorze voyages au total à rencontrer la population et arpenter les rues de cette petite ville estrienne paisible, dont le centre-ville a été ravagé par l’explosion d’un train aux wagons remplis de pétrole un soir de juillet 2013.

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10 Jun

Updated: With a gunman on the loose, should Brunswick News have lowered its newspapers’ paywalls?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Brunswick News_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kyle Brown</strong></p><p>During the hunt for a gunman last week in Moncton, N.B., many of the usual questions regarding the role of the media in spot news and tragedy re-emerged. Should media publish the shooter’s name? Were citizens unwittingly abetting the gunman by posting photos on social media? Does 24/7 coverage spur copycats in search of anti-hero infamy?</p>

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