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3 Dec

Globe and Mail media reporter Steve Ladurantaye joins Twitter Canada

<p><em>The Globe and Mail’</em>s media reporter, Steve Ladurantaye, is joining Twitter Canada.</p><p>The announcement was tweeted by Kirstine Stewart, the managing director and head of Twitter Canada.</p>

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3 Dec

Chatelaine seeking web, copy editing and editorial interns

<p><em>Chatelaine </em>is currently seeking one web intern immediately, and two copy/research interns and one editorial intern for the new year.</p>

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3 Dec

Le sociofinancement, la nouvelle arme des journalistes indépendants?

<p><strong>Après Nouveau Projet, en kiosque depuis deux ans, et Inouï qui verra le jour au printemps, c’est au tour du webzine Planète F, de tenter l’aventure du sociofinancement. Ce magazine, cofondé par les journalistes indépendantes Mariève Paradis et Sarah Poulin-Chartrand, a pour objectif de parler aux familles, et de la famille, différemment.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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3 Dec

Toronto Star Master Glass: How to use an on-camera flash

<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, <em>Star </em>photographer <strong>Andrew Francis Wallace</strong> explains how to light a subject using an on-camera flash.</p>

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2 Dec

Black Press shuts down Abbotsford/Mission Times

<p>Black Press Media has shut down the <em>Abbotsford/Mission Times</em>, a little more than a month after purchasing the B.C. paper from Glacier Media. The company also took down the <a href="http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">newspaper’s website</a> and closed its Twitter account.</p><p>When asked why the company was shutting down a newspaper it considered a worthy purchase in October, Rick O’Connor, president and CEO of Black Media, told J-Source the newspaper was losing “too much revenue” and not making enough money on advertisements.</p>

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2 Dec

Globe public editor: What five questions about Rob Ford do you want answered?

<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_21.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>A week from today, assuming no appeals or setbacks, readers will be able to see almost all of the 500-page document police have pulled together in their investigation into Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.</p>

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2 Dec

Globe public editor: Stories with grammatical errors are not formally corrected

<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_19.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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2 Dec

Star public editor: When transparency trumps independence

<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_3.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p>

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2 Dec

Hausse importante des plaintes à l’encontre de Radio-Canada

<p><strong><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/index_4.jpg" title="" />C’est ce que révèle le rapport annuel de l’ombudsman de la SRC, rendu public la semaine dernière. 1130 plaintes ont en effet concerné l’information durant la saison 2012-2013, contre seulement 690 en moyenne lors des cinq dernières années. Une hausse justifiée par l’effet combiné du conflit étudiant et de l’élection provinciale.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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29 Nov

CBC ombudsman: Elections change the rules on balanced reporting

<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_19.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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