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5 Jun

Live blog: RTDNA National Conference

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5 Jun

Updated: Howard Green leaves BNN

<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/Howard Green.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><span style="font-size: 10px;">Long-time BNN anchor Howard Green left the network after 15 years last month.</span></p><p>Green was one of the founding anchors of BNN and the host of the network's flagship program, <em>Headline with Howard Green</em>. He did not say what was next for him or why he left in his tweet.</p>

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5 Jun

Ask a Mentor: Tips for a newbie freelancer

<p><em>Ask a Mentor is a collaboration between J-Source and the Canadian Association of Journalists. The goal of the section is to provide advice to journalists and journalism students who may not have direct access to a mentor or subject matter expert on a particular topic.</em></p><p><strong>Question:</strong> I've worked as a newspaper reporter and have about five years of experience. Now, I'm striking out as a freelancer. How do I get magazines, which I've never written for before, to give me a chance? Should I take a course in magazine writing?</p>

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5 Jun

Updated: Dave Breakenridge joins Edmonton Sun as editor-in-chief

<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/Dave Breakenridge_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Dave Breakenridge is the new editor-in-chief of the <em>Edmonton Sun</em>.</p><p>Breakenridge, currently online content editor of the <em>Calgary Sun</em>, will start his new role in Edmonton on June 23. His replacement in Calgary has not yet been named.</p>

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5 Jun

L’Écho de Frontenac, honoré par la Fondation pour le journalisme canadien

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/cjfpencil_0.JPG" title="" />Les prix ont été remis hier soir à Toronto lors d’un diner de gala organisé à l’hôtel Fairmont Royal York devant un parterre de cinq cents personnalités issues du monde des médias et des affaires.

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4 Jun

Live blog: Canadian Journalism Foundation Awards

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4 Jun

Reliving D-Day

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/D-Day_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Image courtesy of CBC</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Imagine if you could go back to a pivotal moment in history and cover it with the technology of today. That is the concept behind CBC’s ambitious project D-Day Live, which will be rolled out June 5 and June 6 to mark the 70<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Allied troops landing in Normandy.</p>

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4 Jun

Up Here Business, CAmagazine lead at Kenneth R. Wilson Awards

<p><em>Up Here Business</em> and <em>CAmagazine</em> both won three gold awards at Kenneth R. Wilson Awards for the Canadian B2B magazine industry in Toronto on June 3.</p><p><em>BCBusiness</em> won the B2B magazine of the year award in the professional division while <em>Retail News</em> won the award in the trade division.</p><p>A complete list of award winners can be found at <a href="http://krwawards.ca/">Kenneth R. Wilson Awards website</a>.</p><hr /><p><b>Related content on J-Source:</b></p>

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4 Jun

Deux fois plus de bourses cette année pour les pigistes couvrant des conflits

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Capture_19.JPG" title="" />Pour la quatrième année, le </strong><strong>Forum du journalisme canadien sur la violence et le traumatisme</strong> <strong>attribue des bourses pour permettre à des journalistes à la pige œuvrant en milieu hostile de suivre une formation en sécurité de la personne en zone de conflit. Un financement qui voit cette année son assiette doubler, en réponse à la recrudescence des risques.</strong></p>

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4 Jun

Karen McColl wins Gordon Sinclair roving reporter bursary

<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/Karen McColl_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Whitehorse freelance journalist Karen McColl is this year’s winner of the Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary.</p><p>She will use the $15,000 bursary to fund a canoe expedition to document the impact of oil, gas and construction development on remote communities along the Mackenzie River.</p>

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