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17 Jun

Chris Wilson-Smith named Globe’s deputy national editor

<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/Chris Wilson-Smith_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" />Chris Wilson-Smith has been named <em>The Globe and Mail</em>’s deputy national editor.</p><p><span style="font-size: 10px;">He was promoted from assistant national editor to the new role.          </span></p>

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17 Jun

Live blog: Should surveillance scare you?

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17 Jun

Video: Once upon a time, when deadlines, slugs and typeset were tangible

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Did you know a deadline was an actual line on a printing press and anything that was typeset after that line would be cut off? Or that a “slug” wasn’t just the name of a story?</p><p>Turns out, much of our journalism vernacular comes from the printing presses of a bygone era.</p><p>CBC reporter Jody Porter walked J-Source through the printing press process at University of Toronto’s Massey College, where she apprenticed while on a fellowship. </p>

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17 Jun

Ontario Press Council upholds complaint against Windsor Star

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Windsor Star_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Illustration courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p>Ontario Press Council Decision </p><p><strong>Matter Regarding</strong>:  Tunks vs Windsor Star<em>- </em>Article entitled<em>:  Man convicted of running marijuana ‘factory’</em>, by Sarah Sacheli, published January 30, 2014 (2014-06)</p><p><strong><u>Decision:</u></strong></p>

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17 Jun

Edmonton Journal picks up seven awards at the Society for Features Journalism

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Edmonton Journal building small 2.jpg" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Alex Midgal</em></p><p>The <em>Edmonton Journal</em> won seven awards at the Society for Features Journalism awards.</p><p>Jana Pruden, a crime reporter at the <em>Journal</em>, won first prizes for narrative writing and feature speciality writing portfolio, while staff reporter Fish Griwkowsky won the third prize in the latter category.</p>

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16 Jun

Toronto Star, union compromise on digital hires

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Toronto Star newsroom_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Michelle-Andrea Girouard<strong> </strong></em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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16 Jun

Union bulletin on Toronto Star digital hires

<p style=" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"> </p><p>Read the union bulletin on <em>Toronto Star</em>'s digital hires:</p>

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13 Jun

Live blog: Holding power to account conference day 3

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13 Jun

Live blog: Holding power to account conference day 2

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13 Jun

Live blog: Holding power to account conference day 1

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