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15 Apr

Toronto Star Master Glass: Runway photography

<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, photographer <strong>Carlos Osorio</strong> showcases his best tips for covering the runway.</p>

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15 Apr

Canadian University Press appoints three industry pros to board of directors

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CUP logo_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Canadian University Press has appointed three industry professionals to its board of directors.</p><p>President Erin Hudson said the appointees will bring to CUP strong skills and expertise in financial accountability, professionalism and seeking new partnerships and grants.</p>

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15 Apr

Une bourse pour mieux appréhender les enjeux autochtones dans les médias

<p><strong>La fondation pour le journalisme canadien octroiera cette année une bourse à un jeune journaliste autochtone afin de favoriser  une meilleure compréhension des enjeux liés aux Premières nations dans les grands médias à travers le pays. Une initiative à saluer tant la question amérindienne demeure au choix, absente, stéréotypée ou sensible, dans la plupart des journaux, magazines et réseaux canadiens.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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14 Apr

Social media tips for community newspapers

<p><strong>By Monique Beech, Sun Media digital content director</strong></p><p>I had the distinct pleasure of addressing a group of journalists at the <a href="http://www.ocna.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ontario Community Newspapers Association’s</a> annual convention. Journalism is a tough job these days and running a smaller newsroom is among the toughest. I tried to offer this group a basic social media strategy that they could take back to their newsrooms.</p><p>Here it is:</p>

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14 Apr

Why CUP needs to die

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CUP logo_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Robert Murray</strong></p><p>You would have to be living under a rock not to have heard about the problems of the Canadian University Press.</p>

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14 Apr

This week in Canadian media history: Ontario’s first newspaper published in 1793

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Upper Canada Gazette_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>First edition of Upper Canada Gazette </em>(<em><a href="http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/April_18" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy of Today in Canadian History</a>)</em></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do, Reporter</strong></p>

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11 Apr

Peter Bregg on what it means to win a lifetime achievement award

<p><strong>By Mark Taylor, Photojournalism Editor</strong></p>

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11 Apr

New Torstar code of business conduct raises conundrums for journalists

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Toronto Star -2_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p><strong>By David Swick</strong></p>

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11 Apr

5 fundamentals journalists must understand about Twitter

<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/Twitter.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Melanie Coulson, Education Editor</strong></p><p>Such a lovely, silly name for such an important social media tool.</p>

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11 Apr

Why my unpaid internship worked for me

<p><strong>By Andrew Snook</strong></p><p>There has been a significant amount of debate around writers’ water coolers lately on whether it is appropriate for journalists to work for free.</p><p>This is an understandable concern for anyone working in the newspaper industry, which has witnessed the virtual gutting of some of the industry’s best and brightest.</p>

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