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4 Sep

6 reasons why interviewing streeters is awesome

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/TV camera_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Jimmy Thompson</em></p><p><strong>By Julie McCann, Field Notes Editor</strong></p>

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3 Sep

Colin Horgan joins federal Liberals as a speech writer

<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/Colin Horgan_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Colin Horgan, a former Parliament Hill reporter, is joining the federal Liberals as a speech writer.</p>

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3 Sep

Ask a Mentor: How do you network with journalists?

<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>Question:</p>

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3 Sep

Transcontinental shuts down 20 weeklies, lays off 80 employees

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor </strong></p><p>Transcontinental is <a href="http://tctranscontinental.com/en/-/transcontinental-inc-announces-the-results-of-the-sale-process-of-the-weekly-newspapers-in-quebec-designated-by-the-competition-bureau" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shutting down</a> 20 weekly newspapers in Quebec and laying off 80 employees.</p>

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3 Sep

Recent hires at Canadian j-schools

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>As journalism students head back to the school, here’s a look at some of the new people who will greet them in j-school classrooms across the country.</p><p><strong>Carleton University</strong> <strong>hires Aneurin Bosley</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/aneurinbosley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aneurin Bosley</a>, an online editor at the <em>Toronto Star</em> until May, joined Carleton University, in Ottawa, as an assistant professor.</p>

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3 Sep

TC Media ferme 20 hebdos en région

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/logo-transcontinental_0.png" title="" />Conséquence du rachat en décembre des soixante-quatorze hebdos québécois de Sun  Media par TC Media, vingt titres vont cesser de paraitre à compter d’aujourd’hui. Coup humain: quatre-vingts licenciements.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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3 Sep

Video: How to shoot a streeter

<p><strong>By Nicole Blanchett Neheli, Executive Video Editor</strong></p><p>A lot of people consider a streeter, also called a man on the street (MOS), a waste of airtime. But done properly, it can be a great tool to give your audience a voice and provide context on important issues. So how do you shoot a good streeter?</p>

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3 Sep

CBC ombudsman: On loaded language

<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_38.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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3 Sep

Toronto Star Master Glass: Favourite equipments

<p>In the newsgathering business, photographers must shoot in all types of lighting conditions, and often have only moments to capture the best possible shot. It requires skill and experience and knowing photography and lenses like the back of your hand. In this “Master Glass” series, <em>Toronto Star</em> photographers reveal how they do it: the settings, the angles, the lenses, the approach.</p><p>Here, members of <em>Toronto Star</em>'s photo department share the one thing from their photo kit they can't do without.</p>

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2 Sep

How TRU’s Community News Collective prepares j-students for a rapidly changing industry

<p><strong>By Charles Hays, Education Editor</strong></p><p>Thompson Rivers University’s journalism program has a new unique partnership with local media in Kamloops, B.C.</p><p>The Community News Collective, now in its second year, helps journalism students and interested community members learn the nuts and bolts of reporting in the region by sending them on rotations at <em>The Omega</em>, the independent campus newspaper; CFBX-FM, an independent community radio station and the Kamloops CBC bureau.</p>

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