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25 Aug

CBC ombudsman: No bias here, just human error

<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/Esther Enkin_36.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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25 Aug

Star public editor: Disturbing images of James Foley’s beheading spark global debate

<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_41.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>When violence goes viral, when is enough enough?</p></div><div style="clear:none;"><p>How much is too much when brutal, barbaric images are widely available for publication and sharing?</p>

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25 Aug

CTV, CJFE protest arrest of journalist Tom Walters in Ferguson

<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 Walters_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>CTV said the arrest of correspondent Tom Walters in Ferguson, Mo., was unwarranted and an infringement on freedom of the press.</p>

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22 Aug

Chinese media banned from Arctic trip with Stephen Harper

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Parliament Hill_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Caresse Ley</em></p><p><b>By The Canadian Press</b></p><p>Canada said Friday "past incidents and behaviours" are to blame for China's official news agency and the Communist Party newspaper being banned from an Arctic trip with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.</p>

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22 Aug

Ryan Hicks named CBC Quebec City political correspondent

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Ryan Hicks is the new CBC political correspondent for the National Assembly in Quebec City.</p><p>Hicks currently works for the CBC in Montreal. He has also worked for the public broadcaster in Winnipeg, Prince Edward Island and Ottawa as well as Global Television and CTV in Ottawa, according to his <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanhicks1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LinkedIn profile</a>.</p><p> </p>

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22 Aug

Presse canadienne: place à la «réorganisation»

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/la-presse-canadienne-(1)_0.jpg" title="" />Dans une note interne envoyée à tous les employés la semaine dernière, la Guilde canadienne des médias annonce la conclusion du programme de départ volontaire initié par la direction de la Presse canadienne dans un objectif de réduction des coûts. Bilan: cinq départs volontaires, une mise à pied et trois postes laissés vacants ces derniers mois qui ne seront pas remplacés.</strong></p>

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22 Aug

Tyler Harper leaving The Canadian Press for TheScore

<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/Tyler Harper_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Tyler Harper is leaving The Canadian Press to join TheScore as a supervising editor.</p><p>Harper, a sports reporter-editor at CP, has worked at the newswire for six years and will join TheScore on Sept. 2.</p><p>“I'm excited for a new role at a very cool newsroom,” Harper told J-Source in an email.</p>

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21 Aug

Le journalisme, un métier d’hommes?

<p><strong>Alors que les jeunes femmes sont majoritaires dans les écoles de journalisme, elles n’ont par la suite qu’une place minoritaire sur le marché du travail. Un constat qui a fait l’objet d’une table ronde lors de  la 97e conférence de l’Association pour l’éducation en journalisme et communication de masse (AEJMC), qui a eu lieu à Montréal au début du mois. Compte-rendu.</strong></p><p><em>Par Héloïse Henri-Garand, stagiaire </em></p>

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21 Aug

CBC ombudsman: Make sure viewers know what they are seeing an unverified video

<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/Esther Enkin_34.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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21 Aug

Madeline Ziniak steps down as OMNI TV national VP

<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/Madeline Ziniak.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>OMNI Television’s national vice-president Madeline Ziniak has decided to step down after a 34-year career.</p><p>She will leave in October to pursue new opportunities with ethnic media, said a press release from OMNI’s parent company, Rogers Media.</p>

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