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2 Sep

Charles Hays is J-Source’s new Education 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/Charles Hays_0.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Bruce Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief</strong></p><p>I’m pleased to welcome Charles Hays as J-Source’s new Education Editor.</p>

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2 Sep

Robert Picard named North American representative at Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford

<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/Robert Picard_2.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Robert Picard has been named the North American representative at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford. </p>

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2 Sep

Craig Silverman joins Tow Center for Digital Journalism as fellow

<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/Craig Silverman_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Craig Silverman is joining Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism as a fellow, conducting research into how news organizations deal with rumours and unverified information.</p>

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2 Sep

Je twitte donc j’informe?

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/index_9.jpg" title="" />Lors du dernier congrès de l’Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) en mai dernier, trois journalistes indépendants ont été mandatés pour twitter directement via les comptes de l’organisme. Info ou promo? Travail journalistique ou de communication institutionnelle? Problèmes éthiques?

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2 Sep

Richard Kanee named CBC head of digital

<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/Richard Kanee_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Richard Kanee is the CBC’s new head of digital for English Services.</p>

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2 Sep

Globe public editor: Why Rob Ford makes balanced coverage difficult

<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_30.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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2 Sep

Public editor quiz: Are you smarter than a Star journalist?

<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_43.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p>

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29 Aug

Ward’s Words: Is talk of a Canadian press council outdated?

<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/Stephen Ward_3.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Stephen J.A. Ward</strong></p><p>Newspapers Canada, an industry voice, is soliciting feedback on behalf of the provinicial press councils for <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/newspapers-canada-reveals-proposal-national-press-council">a national press council to be launched in 2015</a>.</p>

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29 Aug

Allison Jones, Maria Babbage swap beats at The Canadian Press

<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/Allison Jones.JPG" title="" /><img align="right" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Maria Babbage.JPG" title="" /> <em>Left: Allison Jones, Right: Maria Babbage</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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29 Aug

Jennifer Dettman named CBC executive director of unscripted content

<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/Jennifer Dettman_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Jennifer Dettman is CBC’s new executive director of unscripted content and will oversee factual, arts and documentary programming.</p><p>Sally Cato, general manager of programming at CBC Television, said in a memo that the appointment is driven by how to implement the public broadcaster’s 2020 strategy.</p>

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