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9 Jun

Organizing precarious workers: Unions think sector-wide to help freelancers

<p><strong>By H. G. Watson</strong></p><p>At a downtown Toronto hotel in late April, a mixed group of about 50 students and 20-something's are mixing with each other in a small conference room, trading Twitter handles and media industry war stories.</p><p>They are here to hear canada.com data journalist William Wolfe-Wylie, Torontoist writer Desmond Cole and freelance animator Sagan Yee discuss the intersection of the digital world and storytelling -- though the free drink tickets probably helped too.</p>

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9 Jun

College of the North Atlantic develops drone journalism code of conduct

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Drone class.JPG" title="" /></p><p align="center"><em>Photos courtesy of Stephen Winsor/CNA journalism</em></p><p><strong>By Jeff Ducharme</strong></p><p>Journalism is often slow to adopt new technologies, but if we are to survive and thrive, then we must embrace new technologies. And as journalism educators, we have to be ahead of the trends, not playing catch up.</p>

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9 Jun

CBC leads at RTDNA Canada awards with 24 wins

<p>CBC was the big winner at the RTDNA Canada awards in Toronto on June 7.</p><p>The public broadcaster picked up 24 awards, including CBC Edmonton winning the Dan McArthur Awards for investigative reporting in both the radio and TV categories.</p><p>For a complete list of award winners, <a href="http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/news/electronic-journalism-celebrated-with-rtnda-awards/1003101777/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a>.</p><hr /><p><strong>Related content on J-Source:</strong></p>

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9 Jun

Ricochet souhaite devenir le Médiapart canadien

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/kIJ8Iv03_0.png" title="" />Une nouvelle campagne de sociofinancement lancée par des journalistes est en cours sur la plateforme Indiegogo, afin de créer un nouveau média, qui en réponse à l’ultra-concentration de l’industrie, se veut véritablement indépendant.

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9 Jun

The Walrus leads at NMA with seven golds

<p><em>The Walrus</em>, which celebrated its 10<sup>th</sup> anniversary last year, led at the National Magazine Awards with seven gold awards. </p><p>Meanwhile, <em>Cottage Life</em> picked up the magazine of the year award, <em>Sportsnet</em> won tablet magazine of the year and Macleans.ca won magazine website of the year.</p><p>For a complete list of award winners, <a href="http://www.magazine-awards.com/multimedia/nmaf/NMA37_Winners_Press_Release_EN.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a>. </p><hr /><p><strong>Related content on J-Source:</strong></p>

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9 Jun

Kristine Owram joins Financial Post as transportation reporter

<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/Kristine Owram_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Kristine Owram will join <em>Financial Post</em> as its transportation reporter on June 23.</p>

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9 Jun

Cottage Life, Spacing lead at CSME awards with four wins

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/csme-winners_0.jpg" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of CSME</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><em>Cottage Life</em> and <em>Spacing</em> led at the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors awards in Toronto on June 4 with four wins each.</p>

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9 Jun

Globe public editor: More on political titles during election campaigns

<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_21.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>There are many passionate advocates for Canadian political parties and some who believe that the news media are biased against their particular party or view.</p>

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6 Jun

10 départs volontaires souhaités à la Presse canadienne

<p><strong>Le président de la Presse canadienne,</strong> <strong>Malcom Kirk, était à Montréal cet après-midi pour rencontrer la salle de nouvelles. Devant la quasi totalité de la rédaction, il a annoncé qu’une dizaine de postes seraient coupés et que l’agence de presse allait se recentrer sur les sujets qui fonctionnent bien, tout en diversifiant son offre.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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6 Jun

Memo: Matt Frehner named Globe’s senior editor of mobile and interactive news

<p><strong>Here is <em>The Globe and Mail</em> memo on Matt Frehner's new appointment. </strong></p><p>We’re pleased to announce that Matt Frehner will be taking on the new role of Senior Editor, Mobile & Interactive News.</p><p><span style="font-size: 10px;">He will manage a new mobile and interactive news unit that will focus on three things:</span></p><p>-          Driving impactful, ambitious long-term multimedia projects on all digital platforms in collaboration with reporters and editors.</p>

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