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15 Nov

Call-out for NMA judges

<p>The National Magazine Awards Foundation is on the hunt for new judges. Each year, the foundation recruits more than 200 volunteers to evaluate the many, many submissions it receives from across the country.</p><p>This year, the foundation needs English, French, and bilingual judges for its written, visual, digital, integrated and special categories. In other words, for everything.</p><p>The NMAF is keen to find veterans of the magazine industry – all aspects, from editing to circulation – and those with relevant expertise.</p>

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14 Nov

Pas d’éthique sans bonnes conditions de pratique

<p>Par Malorie Gosselin, étudiante au baccalauréat en journalisme de l'UQAM</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%; text-align: left; "><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">L'AJIQ plaide en faveur d'un statut pour les journalistes professionnels sous conditions. Sans la reconnaissance du droit à la négociation collective pour les journalistes indépendants, un statut pour les journalistes professionnels ne sera pas suffisant pour soutenir et promouvoir la qualité de l'information. </font></font></font></p>

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14 Nov

CBC hands over documents to committee – but only some

<p>After weeks of fighting dozens of access-to-information requests, the CBC has now relinquished some – but not all – of the requested documents to the parliamentary committee demanding the files.</p><p>As <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cbc-turns-over-some-but-not-all-requested-files-to-mps/article2235594/" target="_top" rel="noopener"><em>The Globe and Mail </em></a>reports, while the CBC has handed over some of the documents it is keeping others sealed after it receiving a legal opinion from firm Borden Ladner Gervais.</p>

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11 Nov

One soldier, one Tweet: remembering Canada’s war dead

<p><em>Twitter gives its users a platform to broadcast, to promote, and to converse. <strong>Melanie Coulson </strong>tells us how one journalist used it to help Canadians remember the history of our fallen soldiers. This post was originally published on Coulson's blog, <a href="http://journomel.com/2011/11/09/one-soldier-one-tweet-remembering-canadas-war-dead/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Journomel.com</a></em></p><p>Twitter gives its users a platform to broadcast, to promote, and to converse.</p><p>On Wednesday, Twitter gave our hundreds of thousands of war dead a voice.</p>

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11 Nov

Torstar offers 1,050 voluntary buyouts

<p>It’s confirmed: Torstar is offering 1,050 voluntary severance packages to its 6,000-plus employees.</p><p>"The company is in negotiations with the union leadership," Torstar representative Bob Hepburn told <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/11/10/torstar-layoff-buyout.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian Press</a> Thursday. Once those negotiations are complete, the company will throw out the offer to editorial, circulation, advertising and human resources staff.</p>

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10 Nov

Quebecor vs Radio-Canada: Gesca s’en mêle

<p>Le président et chef de la direction de Quebecor, Pierre Karl Péladeau a tenu «des propos inexacts et injustifiés à l'égard de La Presse Télé», selon le vice-président aux Affaires juridiques de Gesca, Patrick Buchholz. En réponse à la comparution de M.Péladeau, le mois dernier, devant le Comité permanent de l'accès à l'information de la Chambre des communes, M.Buchholz a adressé une lettre à la présidente du comité, Jean Crowder.</p>

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10 Nov

Toronto Star buyouts?

<p><em>updated</em></p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/10/torstar-idUSN1E7A90VA20111110" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a> is reporting that some big changes are on the way for the <em>Toronto Star</em>. According to three journalists at the paper – two of whom aren’t named by Reuters – the paper is offering buyouts to editorial staff, and also plans to outsource layout, other editing duties, and ad-building.</p><p>It looks like the first rumblings of the news broke on Twitter with two tweets by <em>Star</em> reporter Richard Brennan.</p><p>First:</p>

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10 Nov

Participatory Journalism: an interview with Alfred Hermida

<p><em><strong>Lisa Lynch</strong> chats with Participatory Journalism co-author and UBC associate professor <strong>Alfred Hermida</strong> about citizen involvement in the news, comment policies, and newsroom innovation</em>.</p>

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10 Nov

Canadian Journalism Foundation Job Posting for Associate Editor, Canadian Journalism Project (J-Source.ca)

<p><strong>Canadian Journalism Foundation<br />Job Posting for Associate Editor, Canadian Journalism Project (J-Source.ca)   </strong><br /><br /><strong>Full-time contract position</strong><br /><strong>Start Date:</strong> November 2011<br /><strong>Term of Contract:</strong> 1 year contract<br /><strong>Salary: </strong>$35,000 - $40,000 / year<br /><strong>Application Deadline:</strong> November 11, 2011<br />

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9 Nov

ONG et journalistes: une relation amour-haine

<p>«Les ONG sont des entreprises habillées en Mère Teresa et les journalistes ne le voient pas.» C'est sur cette citation tirée du livre <em>The Crisis Caravane</em> de la journaliste néerlandaise Linda Polman, qu'a commencé aujourd'hui une table ronde intitulée «Les ONG et les journalistes» et organisée par le Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERIUM) à l'Université de Montréal.</p>

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