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13 Nov

What happens during Question Period in the press gallery?

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12 Nov

How Postmedia live-blogged the senators’ suspension debate

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11 Nov

Covering council: how to survive as a rookie reporter

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/council_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><em>Municipal politics can be a tough beat to cover, especially for a new reporter. Katie Starr, the council reporter for </em>Norfolk News<em> in southwestern Ontario and recent graduate of Western University’s journalism program, offers her tips to get through it all.</em></p>

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5 Nov

A journalist’s guide to searching on Twitter

<p><strong>By Monique Beech, national community manager for Sun Media</strong></p><p>I had a request from a reporter recently asking me to help her find tweets sent out by a particular Twitter user on a specific day. Challenge accepted.</p>

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1 Nov

10 tips for the savvy environmental journalist

<p>Science and environmental issues can be challenging for the public to understand due to the technical language and complexity, so journalists should act as translators by using clear, concise language and relevant examples to explain the science and the issues. Here are 10 tips by environmental writer <strong>Stephen Leahy</strong>, adapted from a chapter written by him in the newly published book <em>Reporter's Guide to the Millennium Development Goals</em>, published by the International Press Institute in Vienna.</p>

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26 Oct

Ingram: What journalists must do when information is everywhere

<p><strong>By Melanie Coulson, Education Editor</strong></p><p>Journalists need to embrace their changing role as a trusted curator and aggregator of news, <a href="https://twitter.com/mathewi" target="_blank" title="Follow Ingram on Twitter" rel="noopener">Mathew Ingram</a> said at a recent <a href="http://www.meetup.com/third-tuesday-ottawa/events/144262962/" target="_blank" title="more on that event here" rel="noopener">Third Tuesday event</a> in Ottawa.</p>

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24 Oct

Behind-the-scenes: How UBC journalism students uncovered the roots of global illegal logging

<p><strong>By Keith Rozendal</strong></p><p>We covered 29,000 kilometres in 11 days to get our story. Why? It’s on our course syllabus.</p>

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17 Oct

Multimedia journalism is like sex in junior high: Garcia

<p><strong>By Melanie Coulson, Education Editor</strong></p><p dir="ltr">Media consultant <a href="http://garciamedia.com/blog/" target="_blank" title="Follow Mario's blog here" rel="noopener">Mario Garcia</a> was at the <em><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/index.html" target="_blank" title="Ottawacitizen.com" rel="noopener">Ottawa Citizen</a></em> today to share his thoughts on a new wave in storytelling, in which four platforms (mobile, tablet, web and print) are considered at the conception of a story.</p>

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4 Oct

Live blog: Journalism: How It’s Done, Where It’s Headed

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13 Sep

Creative problem-solving key to Ryerson’s innovation workshop

<p><strong>By Joyce Smith </strong></p><p>It’s no surprise that I agree with Maija Saari’s <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/opinion-j-schools-should-innovate-prioritizing-research-and-discovery-instead-waiting-indust">recent piece on innovation</a> on J-Source.</p>

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