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24 Jan

Lara Logan on her recovery, her family, and journalism after sexual assault

<p>In an <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/television/1.1009501" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exclusive interview with <em>New York Daily News</em></a>, Lara Logan speaks candidly about the sexual assault she endured in Egypt last winter, her recovery and how she is handling and covering stories now.</p>

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24 Jan

MarketingMag readers believe media will stay free, paywalls not the future

<p> </p><p>In light of Postmedia’s Paul Godfrey’s assertion that more Canadian media will employ some sort of metered system for online news in the near future, MarketingMag conducted an <a href="http://www.marketingmag.ca/news/media-news/poll-media-always-finds-a-way-to-be-free-44839" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unscientific online poll</a> that asked if readers believed this to be true.</p><p>Apparently, they do not. MarketingMag.ca asked “Is Postmedia’s Paul Godfrey right? Will all Canadian media go pay-per-view online?” The responses:</p>

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24 Jan

A hundred tweets a day keeps the sickness at bay

<p><em>How does a student journalism conference handle a norovirus outbreak? Through social media, of course. <strong>Emma Godmere</strong>, Canadian University Press national bureau chief, gives a first-person account of how she and her team used a myriad of digital tools to handle a situation that was unprecedented for them and what it was like as a journalist to become the subject of a national media story. </em></p><p> </p><p>I don’t think many of us had ever used “diarrhea” in a tweet before.</p>

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23 Jan

Has Apple just invented a new kind of longform journalism?

<p><em>The launch of the new Apple iBooks Author tool is aimed at challenging the textbook publishing market. <strong>Wayne MacPhail</strong> argues the new platform also gives journalists a new opportunity to create innovative, media-rich and longform stories for the audience.</em></p>

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23 Jan

Tips for preparing for a journalism job interview

<p><a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/skills/how-to-prepare-for-a-journalism-job-interview/s7/a547546/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Journalism.co.uk has a handy list</a> of things to do (and not to do) when you land an interview for a journalism job. Among them are the basics: Do your research, give examples, ask a few questions (but not too many!) and come with story ideas.</p>

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23 Jan

Exclusivité réchauffée et réassaisonnée

<p>(texte mis à jour à 17h22)</p><p>Imperial Oil commandite et participe au contenu de l'exposition «<a href="http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/francais/whatson/2011-exposition-l-energie-pouvoir-choisir.cfm">Énergie, le pouvoir de choisir</a>» du Musée des sciences et de la technologie à Ottawa. La nouvelle est présentée comme une exclusivité par Radio-Canada ce matin. Pourtant, elle était en substance dans le magazine <em>Maclean's</em> le mois dernier.</p>

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23 Jan

Media outlets post Vancouver riot photos online before handing over to police

<p>Six media outlets in British Columbia will hand over thousands of photos and videos of last June’s Vancouver riot to police under a court order – but not before some put them online for readers to see.</p>

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23 Jan

Community Media and the Arab Spring Conference to be held in Tunis March 2012

<p>January 17, 2012. The Middle East and North Africa Community Media Working Group, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) the Community Media Network (CMN) in partnership with International Media Support (IMS), Oxfam Novib and EED SIDA, among others, organize the first international conference on Community Media and the Arab Spring, to be held in Hotel Majestic, Tunis, March 9-10, 2012.

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23 Jan

A look behind the scenes at Toronto City Hall reporting

<p><em>For many people, Toronto’s civic politics are more intriguing than they’ve been in over 30 years. <strong>Rhiannon Russell</strong> reports from the CJF-hosted “Fear and Loathing at City Hall” panel discussion where reporters and columnists opened up and debated Ford’s boycott of the </em>Toronto Star<em>, the mayor’s now-infamous 911 calls and the daily challenges of working the City Hall beat. </em></p>

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21 Jan

New Editor for Canadian Medical Association Journal Announced Two Days After Interim Editor Posts Controversial OP-ED

<p><strong>New Editor for Canadian Medical Association Journal Announced Two Days After Interim Editor Posts Controversial OP-ED</strong></p>

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