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25 Jun

Twitter rules for journalists? Here are 26 of Steve Ladurantaye’s

<p><strong>By Steve Ladurantaye</strong></p><p>Someone asked me if I had any guidelines for how I use Twitter, and I thought I could think of maybe five things that I believe to be true.</p><p>I’ve been on it for a few years now, and have made lots of mistakes. I’ve been boring, I’ve been funny, I’ve been not funny when I thought I was being funny, I’ve been argumentative, I’ve shared too much information, I’ve killed Gordon Lightfoot.</p>

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14 Jun

Access granted: AMI makes media available for all Canadians

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5 Jun

Toronto Star radio room internship remains in-house; interns take 32 per cent pay cut

<p>The Toronto Star's radio room program is staying in-house after the union negotiated a 32 per cent pay cut for the interns. </p><p>"The hourly rate for the students working in the radio room will now be $17, down from about $25 in the old contract," the <a href="http://www.song.on.ca/files/SONG%20Sheet%20May%2021(1).pdf">union bulletin </a>said. "As well, vacation, overtime and holidays will be governed by the Employment Standards Act, rather than the contract. The students will, however, continue to have full union protection on matters of discipline, etc."</p>

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28 May

Toronto Star publisher, Globe and Mail editor-in-chief on journalism and the Fords

<p><strong>By Eric Mark Do</strong></p><p>John Stackhouse and John Cruickshank stood behind their publications' recent coverage of the Fords in an <u><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/episodes/2013/05/27/standing-by-the-story/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview on CBC's Metro Morning</a></u> on Monday.</p>

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23 May

Newsana looking for a community intern (unpaid)

<p><em>See the <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/newsana-looking-community-interns-fall-term-unpaid">updated internship listing here</a>.</em></p><p>There’s simply too much content out there. Ask anyone, and they’ll probably tell you that they’re tired of sifting through it all to find the good stuff.</p><p>We certainly are.</p>

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16 May

Windsor U student newspaper will cut 5 positions, reduce staff salaries

<p><em>The Lance</em> will be cutting at least five staff positions and will reduce the salaries of remaining staff following a new budget approved by the University of Windsor Student Alliance last week.</p>

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7 May

Copy editors: an endangered species?

<p><em>In an era when the Toronto Sun misspells "Correction" in a correction column, is there any hope for a revival of good copyediting?</em></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px;">By Gin Sexsmith, for the<em> Ryerson Review of Journalism</em></span></strong></p>

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1 May

Spirit Dancing: How two UBC students gained access to report on this secretive Aboriginal tradition

<p><em>The University of British Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism offers a one-of-a-kind class on Reporting in Indigenous Communities.</em> <em>Developed in partnership with several B.C. Aboriginal communities, the course is designed to elevate Canada's not-so-great coverage of</em> <em>Aboriginal issues and focuses on a specific theme.

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1 May

Student internship opportunities shrinking across the country

<p><strong>By Joshua Rapp Learn</strong></p><p>An internship is often the golden ticket to scoring a job in journalism. But with media outlets, such as the Toronto Star and Sun News, laying off staff, are there still jobs to be had for interns? And will the unions allow that? Well, it ain’t quite what it used to be.</p>

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15 Apr

What does responsible journalism mean in today’s fast-paced newsworld?

<p><strong>By Katharine Starr</strong></p><p>Responsibility is a word I was first taught by my parents.</p><p>At the time, it meant making my bed, delivering the newspapers on my neighbourhood paper route by a certain time and carrying through on promises I made to my friends and siblings. As I grew older, the definition expanded to include curfews, designated drivers, annual checkups and monthly payments.</p>

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