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15 Jul

Toronto Star Master Glass: How to quickly sort and select photos

<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>Toronto Star </em>Visuals Editor, Taras Slawnych demos the quick tool he uses to narrow down his shoot to the top picks.</p>

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23 Jun

J-Source is on summer hiatus

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>J-Source will be on summer hiatus from June 23 to July 14 as our editors take a vacation and then complete work on a website redesign that will be launched later this summer.</p><p>We will resume publishing on July 15.</p>

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21 Jun

Call for papers: Seriously Funny, Humour in Journalism

<p>Call for Papers<br /> <br />Seriously Funny – Humour in Journalism<br /> <br />Humour has been a vital ingredient of the print media since it emerged in the 17th century. Yet it has hardly featured in academic studies of media history. This new text is aiming to fill that gap with a collection of papers by international scholars. It will draw from an eclectic range of disciplines such as media history, international literary journalism, English/American studies, humour studies, media content analysis, cultural studies.<br /> 

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19 Jun

Advertisement: Globalnews.ca hiring a social media strategist

<p><strong>Social Media Strategist</strong><br />Job Category: Digital Media<br />Work Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />Employment Type: Full-time<br />Position ID: J0614-1105</p><p><strong>Job Description</strong></p><p>Shaw is a family-oriented, Canadian owned business with over 14,000 employees across the country, providing services to more than 3.4 million customers with top quality cable TV, Internet, digital phone, direct-to-home satellite services, and programming including Global Television and 19 of the country's most popular specialty channels.</p>

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19 Jun

Q&A with Tim Bousquet on the launch of Halifax Examiner

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Halifax Examiner_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>When Tim Bousquet announced he was leaving Halifax weekly <em>The Coast</em> to launch a new venture, there was a lot of buzz. Bousquet made his mark with groundbreaking investigations, such as his reporting on then-mayor Peter Kelly’s impropriety in handling the estate of a family friend, and won several awards.</p>

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19 Jun

Tyee looking for editor-in-chief, as Dave Beers takes on new role

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Dave Beers_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The Tyee is looking for a new editor-in-chief as founding editor Dave Beers takes on a new role with the online magazine.</p>

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19 Jun

Privacy and surveillance: 8 things every Canadian should know

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CJFE_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Chris Pandza for the CJFE</em></p><p><strong>By Nouran Sedaghat, for the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression</strong></p>

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19 Jun

Ken Whyte named Rogers senior vice-president of public policy

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Ken Whyte_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Ken Whyte is the new Rogers senior vice-president of public policy.</p><p>He was previously the president of Rogers’ magazine bundling service, Next Issue Canada, which launched in October.</p>

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18 Jun

Will Haligonians open their wallets for Tim Bousquet’s paywalled news site?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Halifax Examiner_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Geoff Davies</strong></p><p>Tim Bousquet took a bold leap a few months back—quitting one of Halifax’s most prominent media gigs to launch a new venture, and the industry started buzzing.</p>

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18 Jun

Canadian Media Guild details where cuts at CBC will happen

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CBC Edmonton_0.jpg" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Alex Midgal</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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