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25 Mar

Updated: JHR northern Ontario initiative gets mixed reaction

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/JHR3.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>JHR trainer Kimberly Stintson leading a photography session with mentees in Fort Severn. Photo courtesy of Robin Pierro.</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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24 Mar

6 tips on how to do a great live interview

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Panel_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>A panel of journalists discuss social media and political reporting in Ottawa. Photo courtesy of Matthew Lee for the Canadian Journalism Foundation</em></p><p><strong>By David Swick</strong></p><p>Onstage was Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Richard Ford. With him: a university professor poorly selected to interview the author.</p>

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11 Mar

Why Langara College is teaching its journalism students how to use drones

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Drone final_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Langara College journalism student Tyler Hooper</em></p><p><strong>By Ethan Baron</strong></p><p>It swoops, it soars, it hovers, it rips up the sky like a bat out of hell. But best of all, it shoots high-resolution imagery from the air.</p>

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10 Mar

What I learned during my Olympics internship at Yahoo

<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/Sports_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Alex Chippin</strong></p><p>In school, an “A” is a great mark. In the workforce, that’s the standard. Therein lies the greatest difference between the two worlds.</p>

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7 Mar

New database of Canadian journalism research

<p><strong>By Angela MacKenzie</strong></p><p>A new <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkGSfH01IUXjdEhMTFBrZEFuQlV6WC1xdGloMkx4WGc&usp=sharing#gid=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">public database of Canadian journalism research</a> will make it easier to discover which topics are being explored in journalism schools across the country.</p>

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5 Mar

Journalism program on hold another year at uOttawa

<p><strong>By Melanie Coulson, Education Editor</strong></p><p>The University of Ottawa won’t be welcoming a new crop of journalism students through its doors this fall as its program remains under review for a second year.</p><p>The bachelor of arts degree program remains in limbo as the department of communications and the faculty of arts decide what to do next. After a decision has been made, a proposal will be presented to the university senate, Evan Potter, associate professor and head of the program, told J-Source in an email.</p>

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6 Feb

Craig Silverman explains how The Verification Handbook closes a gap in social media best practices

<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/Verification Handbook.PNG" title="" /></p>

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6 Feb

Opinion: Why journalism schools must teach code—even if every journalist is not wired that way

<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/Coding_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By William Wolfe-Wylie</strong></p><p>Two years after beginning this journey, I'm more intimidated by what I don't know than when I started. That's what learning code will do to you.</p>

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31 Jan

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

<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/Concordian_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Laurent Corbeil Bastien</strong></p><p><em>The Concordian</em>, a student newspaper at Concordia University, issued an apology after one of its news editors, Tim Weynerowski, was accused of plagiarizing an article on the Quebec government’s charter of values from the Canadian University Press (CUP).</p>

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28 Jan

The Mayor and the Media: How Toronto’s news gave j-students a crash course in media law and journalism ethics

<p><em>When Ryerson professors Ivor Shapiro and Brian MacLeod Rogers sat down to plan their annual graduate seminar in ethics and law for last fall, they quickly realized that they wouldn’t need to look far for examples. News coverage of Rob Ford and his family provided case studies in almost every aspect of journalists’ rights and wrongs. The result was a fascinating set of guest lectures and case studies—and a unique collection of term papers, including those published here. </em></p>

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