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8 May

What journalists and public figures can learn from the Tom Flanagan takedown

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Person non grata_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>Reviewed by Jamie Cameron</strong></p>

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8 May

Canada’s slow shift to mobile-first news

<p><strong>By Arik Ligeti</strong></p>

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7 May

David Topping joins Toronto Life

<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/David Topping_0.JPG" title="" />David Topping is joining <em>Toronto Life</em> magazine as its online executive editor.</p><p>Topping was recently a staff writer at <em>The Grid</em>, but was laid off in June along with three other staff. Prior to that, he was an editor with Torontoist and Toronto editor at OpenFile.</p>

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7 May

Using hidden cameras ethically

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Hidden camera_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Hidden cameras—by their very name—sound surreptitious, deceptive and the opposite of what journalism is supposed to stand for—transparency.</p>

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7 May

Updated: Union holds byline strike at Toronto Star

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Byline strike.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=CAN_TS&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newseum</a></em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The <em>Toronto Star</em> newsroom is staging a byline strike to protest what it’s calling a two-tiered pay scale.</p>

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6 May

Union bulletin: Filing grievances over Toronto Star’s digital hires

<p style=" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="undefined" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_5515" scrolling="no" src="//www.scribd.com/embeds/222453077/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true" width="100%"></iframe></p>

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6 May

James Bradshaw named Globe media 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/James Bradshaw_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>James Bradshaw is <em>The Globe and Mail</em>’s new media reporter.</p><p>Bradshaw, who is currently the postsecondary education reporter for the <em>Globe</em>, will fill in the spot that has been vacant since Steve Ladurantaye left for Twitter Canada in January. </p><p> </p>

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6 May

Docteur Pierre Karl et Mister Péladeau

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/pierre-karl-peladeau_0.jpg" title="" />Dans une lettre publiée ce matin par plusieurs quotidiens à travers le Québec, Pierre Karl Péladeau prend la défense de Radio-Canada, pourfend les récentes compressions et affirme que l’information n’est pas une «simple marchandise», laissant ainsi entrevoir une nouvelle facette de sa personnalité.

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6 May

Did the Globe buy the news or just the Rob Ford pictures?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Ford cover_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=CAN_TGAM&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newseum</a></em></p><p><strong>By Ross Howard</strong></p>

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6 May

Has the “selfie” gone too far?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Selfie_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Screen grab from New York Magazine</em></p><p><strong>By Masha Scheele </strong></p>

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