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8 Apr

Toronto Star Master Glass: Mastering depth of field

<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>Lucas Oleniuk</strong> explains three factors that help control Depth of Field, and how to use them to better your photography.</p>

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7 Apr

ROB telecom reporter Rita Trichur joins WSJ Canada

<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/Rita Trichur_0.JPG" title="" /> Rita Trichur, a telecom reporter for <em>The Globe and Mail</em>’s business section, is joining the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> as its banking reporter based in Toronto.</p>

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7 Apr

4.1 PR professionals for every journalist in Canada

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Sara MacIntyre_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>B.C. Premier Christy Clark's director of communications Sara MacIntyre told reporters they could not talk to the premier at a photo op in 2012. Screen grab taken from CTV footage. </em></p><p><strong>By Ira Basen, Future of News editor</strong></p>

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7 Apr

7 données intéressantes en provenance de l’étude Pew sur l’état des médias

<p><em>Par Tamara Baluja, <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/7-interesting-facts-pew-state-media-2014-report">traduction d’un article paru sur J-Source le 26 mars 2014.</a></em></p>

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7 Apr

Newspaper war brewing as Chronicle Herald expands in Nova Scotia

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Chronicle Herald-1.jpg" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo illustration courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p><strong>By Kelly Toughill, Business of Journalism editor</strong></p><p>An old-fashioned newspaper war is brewing in Nova Scotia, where the dominant daily has taken on competitors in three regions of the province.</p>

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7 Apr

Live blog: What’s life like after j-school?

<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="800" src="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=517319&ThemeId=18720" width="700"></iframe></p>

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7 Apr

This week in Canadian media history: Newspaper Guild signs its first contract in Canada in 1949

<p><strong>By Eric Mark Do, Reporter</strong></p>

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5 Apr

Live blog: The art of war photography

<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="800" src="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v7.aspx?Id=526637&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/peter.jpeg" title="" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>This event will be live blogged by </em><em>Peter Lozinski, a journalism student at Ryerson University in Toronto. His work has appeared on Canada.com, the Canadian Press wire, and in The Grid.</em></p>

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4 Apr

Canadian-born journalist Kathy Gannon wounded in attack in Afghanistan

<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/Kate Gannon_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By the Canadian Press</strong></p><p>A Canadian-born journalist working for the Associated Press was wounded Friday while on assignment in Afghanistan.</p>

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4 Apr

The Golden Age of Journalism? You’ve got to be kidding!

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Newsroom_2.jpg" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons</em></p><p><strong>By Paul Benedetti and James R. Compton</strong></p>

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