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28 Apr

This week in Canadian media history: Government accused Soviet journalist of espionage

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Soviet_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Montreal's The Gazette newspaper headline on April 29, 1964</em></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do, Reporter</strong></p>

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25 Apr

Journalistes et entrepreneurs

<p><strong>Trois journalistes indépendants lancent cette semaine au Québec, deux nouveaux médias. D’un côté, Planète F, confondé par Mariève Paradis et Sarah Poulin-Chartrand, de l’autre Inouï, codirigé par Marc-André Sabourin. L’occasion de se demander ce qui pousse les journalistes à devenir entrepreneurs. </strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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25 Apr

Sinclair Stewart promoted to Globe deputy 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/Sinclair Stewart_1.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Sinclair Stewart, currently manager of news and sports at <em>The Globe and Mail,</em> has been promoted to deputy editor.</p><p>Editor-in-chief David Walmsley said Stewart will assume the new role on Monday.</p>

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25 Apr

Memo: Sinclair Stewart named Globe’s deputy editor

<p>Sinclair Stewart has been appointed Deputy Editor of The Globe and Mail.</p><p>I have made this appointment to provide further emphasis to what I believe the editorial department needs - consistently disciplined journalistic muscle. </p><p>Sinclair is no stranger to you but I wanted to explain the merit behind my decision.</p>

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24 Apr

Live blog: Covering the oil patch

<p><strong>By Bryce Visser</strong></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="800" src="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=530940&ThemeId=16198" width="700"></iframe></p><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/Bryce Visser.jpg" title="" /></p>

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24 Apr

Live blog: Reporting on mental health

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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24 Apr

Oui, les chroniqueurs influencent l’opinion… des autres!

<p><strong>C’est ce qui ressort d’une enquête menée cet automne par le Centre d’études sur les médias de l’Université Laval. Alors que le débat autour de la Charte des valeurs prenait toute la place dans les quotidiens québécois en général et montréalais en particulier, l'auteur de cette étude a voulu savoir qu’elle influence les chroniqueurs ont réellement sur l’opinion publique. Et les résultats sont pour le moins contradictoires…</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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24 Apr

Katie Simpson joins CTV National

<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/Katie Simpson_0.JPG" title="" />CP24’s Katie Simpson is leaving Toronto to join CTV National as a reporter in Ottawa.</p>

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24 Apr

CBC makes changes to paid speeches policy

<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/CBC_6.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The CBC has made several changes to its policies about paid speeches following the recent controversy of prominent journalists Peter Mansbridge and Rex Murphy accepting payments from members of the oil industry.</p>

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23 Apr

Has social media finally killed the press release?

<p><strong>By <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/chogg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Hogg</a></strong></p><p>If a press release were to fall in the forest, would anyone hear it? <a href="http://digitaljournal.com/article/280710" target="_blank" rel="noopener">That’s a question I’ve asked publicly for many years</a>, and I’ve long believed social media would be a significantly disruptive force to public relations and press releases.</p>

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