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9 Dec

Globe public editor: Here’s what readers would ask Rob Ford

<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/Stead_8.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>I asked readers to be reporters for the day and offer (up to) five questions they have for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. The questions were personal, political and some I haven’t included because they really should be directed instead to the police and the courts.</p>

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9 Dec

My morning with Nelson Mandela

<p><em>Many journalists have worked on a Nelson Mandela story, far fewer are lucky enough to have met him. Michael Smith (left) shares his personal brush with greatness, and describes how Mandela left an impression that will last a lifetime.</em></p><p><img alt="Michael Smith with Nelson Mandela" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/michaelmandela_0.png" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Michael Smith</strong></p>

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9 Dec

Star public editor: Journalists honoured in Toronto for pursuit of truth

<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_11.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the Toronto Star</strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>“I am a journalist and my job is to tell the truth.”</p></div><div style="clear:none;"><p>The mission and motto of any journalist, anywhere, does not get any simpler than that.</p>

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9 Dec

The ethics of Rolling Stone’s Boston bomber cover

<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/Rolling Stone_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Adam Williams</strong></p><p>In August 2013, <em>Rolling Stone</em> published Janet Reitman’s feature <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/jahars-world-20130717" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Jahar’s World,”</a> which explored the life of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. </p>

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9 Dec

Crowdsourcing broadcast tips on Canadian Broadcasters Facebook group

<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/simonpic_0.png" title="" /></p>

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6 Dec

Why journalists should practise safe data hygiene

<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/Doig_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" />At the Investigative Reporters and Editors workshop in Toronto last month, Steve Doig talked to journalists about <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/ire-toronto-watchdog-workshop-day-1">protecting themselves and sources from government surveillance</a>.</p>

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6 Dec

The story I never really told and the guilt I felt

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Kenya_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>The outdoor market in Kisumu, Kenya in 2010. Kisumu was a flashpoint for clashes between police and protesters in Kenya's post-Election violence of 2007 and 2008. Credit: Jacob Kuehn</em></p><p><strong>By Jacob Kuehn</strong></p><p>“Journalism is about people sharing consciousness by telling each other stories,”  </p>

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6 Dec

Why sustaining an advertising-driven business model is difficult for community newspapers

<p><em>When a community newspaper closes, it is a great loss. Still, publishers will argue it is the economic reality of the times. Many scholars argue the importance of community journalism to democracy and citizenship, often separately from the business decisions. The historic tension between public service and economics is longstanding. But what if there is another set of lenses beyond journalism, political, economic, communications theory and other traditional disciplines to shed light on the significance of news media in rural Canada?

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6 Dec

Ask a Mentor section to re-launch in January

<p><strong>By Bruce Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief</strong></p><p>I’m pleased to announce that we will re-launch J-Source’s <a href="http://j-source.ca/category/advice-resources/ask-mentor">Ask a Mentor</a> section in January with the help of one of our long-time partners, the <a href="http://www.caj.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian Association of Journalists.</a></p>

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6 Dec

Conseils de réseautage pour futurs journalistes

<p><em>Par By Mary-Katherine Boss, <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/networking-tips-journalism-students">traduction d’un article initialement paru sur J-Source le 14 novembre 2013</a></em></p><p>Trouver un emploi lorsqu’on est étudiant ou finissant en journalisme peut paraître déconcertant tant le marché actuel est devenu complexe. Et si l’on entend souvent que le réseautage est la meilleure façon pour les jeunes journalistes de se faire des contacts dans l’industrie, personne n’explique vraiment comment s’y prendre.</p>

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