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30 Jan

Star public editor: Zero tolerance for the manipulation of news photos

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Kathy English_2_1_15.JPG" title="" /></p><div><strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the<em> Toronto Star</em></strong></div><p>In journalism, the truth of images matters every bit as much as the truth of words.</p><p>Just as fabrication is the cardinal sin of those who write the news, manipulating pictures is the zero-tolerance transgression of those who photograph the news.</p>

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30 Jan

Globe public editor: The top five grammatical mistakes

<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_47.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>The English language is tough to master – apparently even for those paid to write and edit it. Yes, that means newspaper pros. And readers notice when they get it wrong. They contact me about misplaced homophones, apostrophes and spelling errors.</p>

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30 Jan

CBC ombudsman: The fiction of race

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Enkin_13_1_32.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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30 Jan

Susan Delacourt receives Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism

<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/Susan Delacourt_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><em>Toronto Star</em> political journalist Susan Delacourt will be awarded the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism on April 10. The award acknowledges a journalist whose work explains how public policy affects Canadians and provides insight into the policy-making process.</p>

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30 Jan

Bloomberg hiring First Word FX/Rates Strategist

<p>The Role</p><p>Bloomberg News is seeking strategists for its First Word FX service as it expands coverage of FX and rates markets to Canada and Latin America, particularly Brazil and Mexico.</p>

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30 Jan

Journalisme: les écoles prennent le train de la révolution

<p><strong>Il n’y a pas que les salles de nouvelles qui ont intérêt à s’adapter aux bouleversements que connait la profession depuis quelques années, les formations en journalisme aussi. Toutes s’y mettent, avec plus ou moins d’ampleur.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p><p>Il y a trois ans, l’Université Laval est la première à dégainer.</p>

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30 Jan

Does an aboriginal Canadian need to be “drumming, dancing, drunk or dead” to make the news?

<p><strong>By Duncan McCue</strong></p><p>An elder once told me the only way an Indian would make it on the news is if he or she were one of the 4Ds: drumming, dancing, drunk or dead.</p><p>C’mon, I said, that’s simplistic. I can show you all kinds of different news stories—about aboriginal workers running a forestry operation, an aboriginal student winning a scholarship or an aboriginal group repatriating a sacred artifact.</p>

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30 Jan

Live blog: Toronto Star columnist Tim Harper on politicians and the media

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30 Jan

Toronto Star Master Glass: What you should pack in your camera kit

<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>David Cooper </strong>gives a glimpse into some of the essential camera bag accessories he takes to every photo shoot.</p>

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29 Jan

UTSC study shows magazines targeting specific audiences more likely to attract advertising dollars

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