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26 Mar

Dan MacLellan resigns from CTV London amid legal issues

<p> </p><p>CTV London has announced that senior anchor Dan MacLellan has resigned in order to focus on upcoming legal challenges.</p><p>MacLellan faces assault charges from an alleged incident on Dec. 24 for which he was arrested. He has been on a leave of absence from CTV since Dec. 28 after appearing in court, as per company policy.</p><p>MacLellan, who is an Atlantic Journalism Award-winner, has been anchoring in London since 2002. Prior to that, he anchored in Edmonton and was a business reporter, videographer and weekend anchor for Global Television.</p>

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26 Mar

Multimedia journalism lessons for j-students, from a j-student

<p><i>By Melinda Maldonado</i></p><p>It’s been a bumpy ride into the world of multimedia journalism. As a self-identified writer who loves the depth of long-form writing, I decided to fill my greatest skill gap by taking all of the hands-on techie courses this semester that I could: Online and New Media, TV, Radio.</p><p>I have made my share of mistakes along the way – some so bad that I’ll probably never make the same mistake again (see #1). Here are a few tips that I picked up this semester:</p>

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26 Mar

The racial and cultural implications of rapping the Elements of Style

<p><strong>By Chris Richardson</strong></p>

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25 Mar

Live blogs offer alternative to Twitter during Stafford trial coverage

<p>By Robert Washburn</p><p>Toronto Star Public Editor Kathy English provides <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/public_editor/2012/03/23/tori_stafford_murder_trial_why_the_star_isnt_tweeting_this_trial.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an excellent explanation</a> on March 23 for the Toronto Star’s decision not to tweet proceedings from the Tori Stafford murder trial currently underway in London, Ontario.</p>

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23 Mar

Comment calculer la taille d’une foule?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><em>2e version</em></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">Combien de personnes ont envahi les rues de Montréal hier pour manifester contre la hausse des frais de scolarité? 100 000, 200 000? Les rédactions ne sont pas d'accord. Alors que <em>Le Devoir</em> titrait ce matin «200 000 fois "entendez-nous!"», <em>La Presse</em> y allait de «100 000 NON!».</p>

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23 Mar

Le PDG de l’AFP en visite à Montréal

<script src="http://storify.com/projetj/le-pdg-de-l-afp-en-visite-a-montreal.js"></script><noscript>[<a href="http://storify.com/projetj/le-pdg-de-l-afp-en-visite-a-montreal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View the story "Le PDG de l'AFP en visite à Montréal" on Storify</a>]</noscript>

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23 Mar

Journalism program among nine cut at Cambrian College

<p>On Thursday night, Cambrian College’s board of governors voted to accept a recommendation that will effectively shut down nine programs at the school – including journalism. In fact, the school of Media Studies at the Sudbury college was <a href="http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3510419">eliminated completely</a>.</p>

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23 Mar

Aggregation, real reporters and local ads: CBC tests online-only news in Hamilton

<p><em>The CBC Hamilton news service is a first for the public broadcaster: A stand-alone website with no radio station and no television outlet. <strong>Arik Ligeti</strong> reports on why CBC decided to try this now, and looks at what it will add to the local media market, which has already seen at least one online-only outlet fold. </em></p><p> </p><p>The CBC is pouring resources into its hyperlocal news experiment, assigning more journalists to the digital-only Hamilton newsroom than to its radio newsroom in Thunder Bay.</p>

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22 Mar

Student journos: apply now to attend ONA12

<p>Do you produce or study digital media?</p><p>Applications are now open for an all-expenses-paid trip to San Francisco to attend and cover the Online News Association's annual conference from Sept. 20-22.</p><p>Twenty applicants will be selected to work in the Student Newsroom, a digital media environment that will provide "hands-on experience producing content for the ONA12 website before and during the conference, under the personal guidance of professional mentors."</p><p>Students will also be able to attend sessions and network with experts and journalists.</p>

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22 Mar

How can Canadian magazines get greener?

<p> </p><p>All too often, there is talk of environmental sustainability and “going green,” in an abstract manner, with no specific strategies set out to reach these ambiguous goals. But now, Canadian magazines have a guide to take real steps toward reducing their respective carbon footprint.</p>

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