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27 May

J-Source launches new education column by veteran political reporter and educator Janice Tibbetts

<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/Janice Tibbetts_5.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Bruce Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief</strong></p><p>I’m pleased to announce that veteran political reporter and teacher Janice Tibbetts will write a new column for J-Source focused on journalism education in Canada. In Education Matters, Tibbetts will examine issues of interest to instructors, students and industry professionals as they relate to training and the classroom.</p>

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27 May

The Unknowable Country: Why journalists and governments no longer know what Canadians value

<p><strong>By Sean Holman</strong></p><p>As a result of a lack of federal government funding, Canada wasn't included in the most recent <a href="http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/wvs.jsp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Values Survey</a>—one of the few means we have of knowing what our values are, how we differ from people in other countries and whether those values have changed over time.</p>

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26 May

Why some journalism grads no longer wait for a job offer

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Worsr_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Jimmy Thomson</strong></p>

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26 May

CBC ombudsman: One point of view at a time works for achieving balance

<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/Esther Enkin_6.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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26 May

Xtra managing editor Danny Glenwright leaves for JHR

<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/Danny Glenwright_0.JPG" title="" />Danny Glenwright, the managing editor of <em>Xtra</em> in Toronto and Ottawa, is leaving the news magazine to join Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) as its <a href="http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1361233/danny-glenwright-appointed-interim-executive-director-of-journalists-for-human-rights">interim executive director</a> on June 23.</p>

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26 May

Chantelle Bellrichard wins inaugural CJF Aboriginal journalism fellowship

<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/Chantelle Bellrichard_0.JPG" title="" />Chantelle Bellrichard, an associate producer at CBC Vancouver and a web developer at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism, is the winner of the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s inaugural Aboriginal journalism fellowship.</p>

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26 May

This week in Canadian media history: First newspaper delivered by airplane in Canada

<p><strong>By Eric Mark Do, Reporter</strong></p>

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26 May

National Post names Anne Marie Owens as editor

<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/Anne Marie Owens_0.JPG" title="" />Anne Marie Owens is the new editor of the <em>National Post</em>.</p><p>When she assumes the role on June 9, Owens will become the first female editor-in-chief of a Canadian national newspaper.</p>

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26 May

Long-time CBC anchor Knowlton Nash died at 86

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Knowlton Nash_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Knowlton Nash. Photo courtesy of Frank Gunn at the Canadian Press.</em></p><p>Knowlton Nash, long-time anchor of CBC’s <em>The National,</em> has died at 86.</p>

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26 May

Stuart Thompson joins WSJ as senior interactive graphics editor

<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/Stuart Thompson_2.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><em>The Globe and Mail</em>’s multimedia editor, Stuart Thompson, is leaving to join <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> as its senior interactive graphics editor.</p><p>Thompson’s last day at the <em>Globe </em>is May 30.</p>

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