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29 Apr

Veteran Toronto journalist Jonathan Jenkins dead

<p>Jonathan Jenkins, a veteran Queen’s Park journalist in Toronto, has died.                </p><p>Jenkins was the <a href="https://twitter.com/jmdjenkins" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bureau chief</a> at <em>QP Briefing, </em>an electronic newsletter about the Ontario Legislature. <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jonathan-jenkins/14/1ba/914" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prior to that</a>, he was the Queen’s Park bureau chief and police reporter for the <em>Toronto Sun</em> from 2000 to 2013.</p>

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29 Apr

Scanning for stories: Behind the scenes working overnight camera

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Tony Smyth_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>When most of Toronto is fast asleep, CBC's Tony Smyth is scanning the airwaves for the next big story. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to be a camera operator capturing local news in the dark of night.</em></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do, Reporter</strong></p>

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29 Apr

Un livre blanc pour débattre de l’avenir de Radio-Canada

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/534236_452359444775193_1494185859_n_0.jpg" title="" />On l’attendait depuis l’automne mais la longue négociation que mène le Syndicat des communications de Radio-Canada (SCRC) dans le but de renouveler une convention collective échue depuis plus de quinze mois aura retardé sa parution.

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29 Apr

Infographic: Canadian media musical chairs—part 1

<p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/pVYoNhX.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Media-musical-chairs_8.jpg" title="" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Click on the image to zoom in. Graphic updated on April 30, 2014</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>With so many moves in Canadian media, especially at top-level management, J-Source created a graphic to help you keep track.</p>

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29 Apr

Globe public editor: When the spoiler alert becomes pointless

<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/Sylvia Stead_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor for <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>There was a brief flurry on Twitter and also an e-mail to me about a spoiler (spoiling?) headline and photograph with a <em>Game of Thrones</em> story.</p>

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28 Apr

Quebecor CEO Robert Dépatie retires for health reasons

<p>Robert Dépatie has announced he has retired as CEO and president of Quebecor Media for health reasons. He will be replaced by Pierre Dion effective immediately.</p><p>Dépatie will help oversee the transition until May 30. He stepped in for Pierre Karl Péladeau, who left as president and CEO in March 2013.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Pierre Dion will be Quebecor's third CEO in just over a year. But he was also part of Péladeau's inner circle.</p>

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28 Apr

Ask a Mentor: What are the essential tools for a journalist’s kitbag?

<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>:</p>

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28 Apr

Public editor: Star readers don’t want profanity spelled out

<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/Kathy English_0.PNG" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>“Call me old-fashioned but I don’t want to see foul language printed in full in news media,” wrote reader Barbara Dietrich.</p>

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28 Apr

Book Review: Killer Weed argues the news media have stoked “grow-op mania”

<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/KillerWeed_1.PNG" title="" /></p><p><strong>Reviewed by Ian Mulgrew</strong></p><p>The 1930s film <em>Reefer Madness</em> laughably epitomized the excesses of marijuana prohibitionist propaganda in the 20<sup>th</sup> century.</p>

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28 Apr

5 choses que tout journaliste devrait comprendre à propos de Twitter

<p><em><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Twitter_1.JPG" title="" />Par Melanie Coulson, journaliste spécialiste en éducation. <a href="http://journomel.com/2014/04/11/5-fundamentals-you-must-understand-about-twitter/">Traduction d’un article paru sur son blogue MediaMel.com</a></em></p><p>Quel bien joli nom pour un outil si utile que ce média social!</p>

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