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11 Feb

Toronto Star Master Glass: How to use remotes

<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>Randy Risling</strong> shows us how he got his rooftop base-jumping shot using a remote.</p>

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11 Feb

Les dilemmes du journaliste mexicain

<p><em>Par Sébastien Gauthier, M.A. en communication, Université d’Ottawa</em></p><p>Le Mexique est reconnu comme étant l’un des endroits le plus dangereux au monde pour exercer la profession de journaliste. Depuis 2000, plus de quatre-vingt journalistes y ont été tués. Cette violence est attribuable à la lutte au narcotrafic. Pris au centre d’un véritable feu croisé, voire triangulé, les journalistes subissent les pressions exercées par le crime organisé, les médias qui les emploient et les autorités gouvernementales.</p>

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10 Feb

Book Review: Verification Handbook is a must-read for all digital journalists

<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/Verification Handbook_2.PNG" title="" /></p><p><strong>Reviewed by Diana Pereira</strong></p><p>It's nice to know that the process of verification in modern-day journalism now has an entire handbook dedicated to it.</p>

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10 Feb

Comment les programmes en journalisme préparent les étudiants à devenir pigistes… ou pas

<p><strong>Le métier vit des bouleversements. Non seulement, le journaliste d’aujourd’hui doit être polyvalent, multitâche et multimédia, mais il doit aussi s’attendre, à un moment ou à un autre sa carrière, à être pigiste. Les écoles préparent-elles bien à cette nouvelle réalité? Elles prétendent que oui. Mais l’AJIQ se permet d’en douter.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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10 Feb

This week in Canadian media history: Vancouver Sun published its first issue in 1912

<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/Vancouver Sun_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do, Reporter</strong></p>

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10 Feb

The Unknowable Country: What Postmedia’s torching of its parliamentary bureau means for the future of investigative reporting on the Hill

<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/Postmedia newspapers_3.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sean Holman</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.postmedia.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Postmedia Network Inc.</a>'s decision to <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/postmedia-eliminates-parliamentary-bureau">torch</a> its parliamentary bureau last week will inevitably compromise the newspaper chain's ability to produce investigative public affairs reporting.</p>

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7 Feb

TVO hiring vice-president of current affairs and documentaries

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7 Feb

A visionary photojournalist ahead of his time: Q&A with Larry Towell, Canada’s first member of Magnum Photos

<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/Larry Towell_0.JPG" title="" /></p>

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7 Feb

Ryerson School of Journalism hiring assistant professor

<p>Deadline to Apply: Friday, March 7th, 2014</p><p><a href="http://www.ryerson.ca/journalism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The School of Journalism’s</a> faculty prides itself on combining professional experience with research and teaching expertise. The School is part of Ryerson’s Faculty of Communication & Design (FCAD), which focuses on programs in communication, design and the performing arts, and works closely with professional groups in Toronto, Canada’s cultural and business centre.</p>

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6 Feb

Trouver un emploi via LinkedIn: cinq conseils aux journalistes

<p><a href="http://j-source.ca/article/finding-job-using-linkedin-top-5-tips-journalists"><em><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/Maximize your social_1.JPG" title="" />Par Diane Pereira - Traduction d’un article paru sur J-Source le 21 janvier 2014</em></a></p>

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