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27 Mar

Live blog: Becoming a successful freelance journalist

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10 Mar

What I learned during my Olympics internship at Yahoo

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3 Mar

Canadian University Press launches fundraising campaign to save itself

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The Canadian University Press (CUP) has launched a <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/keep-cup-strong?show_todos=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fundraising campaign to raise $50,000 to save itself</a>. The newswire in dire financial straits, and if the money cannot be raised by April 13, it will likely shut down.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="275" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/87839890" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe></p><p><em>Video courtesy of CUP</em></p>

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21 Feb

Canadian University Press in financial crisis

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21 Feb

CUP memo on laying off part-time staff

<p>Dear CUP members,<br /><br />I’m sorry to inform you that CUP is no longer able to employ its part-time staff for the duration of this academic year. Effective March 1, 2014, our 12 current part-time staff will be laid off from their jobs.<br /><br />This decision was not taken lightly by the CUP Board of Directors and it is not a reflection of the time, energy and commitment our staff demonstrated consistently throughout this year. The decision was based solely on CUP’s dire financials, which constitutes a state of emergency for our organization.<br />

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31 Jan

The Concordian forced to issue second apology for plagiarizing from Canadian University Press

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20 Jan

Brunswickan gets reprieve to continue publishing for five more weeks

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Brunswickan-2.PNG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><em>The Brunswickan</em>, a weekly campus newspaper for the University of New Brunswick, has received a reprieve that will allow it to resume printing hard-copy editions—at least for the next five weeks. </p>

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13 Jan

Highlights of Canadian University Press NASH 76 live blog

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10 Jan

Canadian University Press NASH76 Conference Day 4

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10 Jan

Canadian University Press NASH76 Conference Day 3

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