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24 Feb

Globe public editor: Even disturbing photos tell a story

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_65.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>“I suppose the intent was to shock, but you crossed the line.” That is what one unhappy reader had to say about a photo on last Wednesday’s front page.</p>

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24 Feb

Globe public editor: How should countries be ranked in the Olympics?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_61.JPG" title="" /></p><div><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></div><p>A reader asked this week why <em>The Globe and Mail</em> doesn’t use the official Olympic method of ranking countries when presenting medal counts.</p>

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24 Feb

This week in Canadian media history: Predecessor of CBC Radio One broadcasted for the first time in 1924

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/CBC Radio One.JPG" title="" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do, Reporter</strong></p>

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24 Feb

Remembering Peter Desbarats

<p><strong>By David Spencer and Jim Etherington</strong></p><p>A widely recognized figure in Canadian journalism, author, playwright and former Dean of Journalism at Western University, Peter Desbarats died February 11, 2014, after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease.</p>

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24 Feb

Who does the CBC compete with?

<p><strong>By Jo-Ann Roberts</strong></p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/CBC LOGO_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p>There’s nothing like hockey to get your attention in this country. So now that we know CBC has lost the rights to NHL games, let’s talk.</p>

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23 Feb

Al-Jazeera, CJFE plan vigil for jailed journalists

<p><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Al-Jazeera English</a> and <a href="http://www.cjfe.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian Journalists for Free Expression</a> will hold <a href="http://www.cjfe.org/resources/media_releases/journalism-not-crime-al-jazeera-english-and-cjfe-hold-day-action" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a vigil on Feb. 27</a> for three imprisoned Al-Jazeera journalists. Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, Australian Peter Greste and Egyptian Baher Mohamed have been imprisoned in Egypt since Dec. 29 on charges of spreading false<sup> </sup>news.</p>

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21 Feb

Canadian University Press in financial crisis

<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/CUP_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The Canadian University Press (CUP) will lay off 12 part-time staff effective March 1.</p>

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21 Feb

CUP memo on laying off part-time staff

<p>Dear CUP members,<br /><br />I’m sorry to inform you that CUP is no longer able to employ its part-time staff for the duration of this academic year. Effective March 1, 2014, our 12 current part-time staff will be laid off from their jobs.<br /><br />This decision was not taken lightly by the CUP Board of Directors and it is not a reflection of the time, energy and commitment our staff demonstrated consistently throughout this year. The decision was based solely on CUP’s dire financials, which constitutes a state of emergency for our organization.<br />

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21 Feb

Five media outlets ordered to turn over photos, video of New Brunswick protest to RCMP

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Rexton_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of RCMP</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><by associate="" p="" tamara="">The RCMP have obtained a court order compelling five media outlets—the CBC, Global, APTN, Brunswick News and Rogers—to turn over footage and photos of the Oct. 17 riots in Rexton, NB.</by></p>

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21 Feb

Global’s Tom Vernon named new Alberta provincial affairs reporter

<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/Tom Vernon_0.JPG" title="" />Tom Vernon, who works as a reporter for Global Edmonton, has been promoted to the network’s provincial affairs reporter in Alberta. He replaces <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/vassy-kapelos-joining-global-national%E2%80%99s-ottawa-bureau">Vassy Kapelos, who joined Global National</a> as a parliamentary correspondent in Ottawa in December.</p>

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