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21 May

Toronto Star Master Glass: Kidding around

<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>

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20 May

Publishers: New BC recycling legislation could result $10 million loss for newspapers

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/recycling box_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>BC’s newspaper industry says it is facing a catastrophic threat as the province gets ready to launch a new environmental program that will shift the cost of recycling from municipal governments to companies that produce the recyclables. </p>

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20 May

This week in Canadian media history: Fist fight between Moncton mayor and newspaper publisher in 1906

<p><strong>By Eric Mark Do, Reporter</strong></p>

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20 May

Forum Freelance Fund accepting applications for conflict zone journalist training

<p>The Forum Freelance Fund is ready to double the number of conflict training bursaries it will award to Canadian freelance journalists this year in response to increased risks to their safety.</p><p>"The death of Ali Moustafa, a twenty-nine-year-old Canadian freelance photographer, in Aleppo, Syria in March was another terrible reminder that our industry is increasingly relying on freelancers while the risks to them are mounting as never before," said Cliff Lonsdale, president of the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma.</p>

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20 May

Updated: Postmedia unveils new four-platform strategy for print, web, smartphone and tablet

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Postedia redesign_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>With the unveiling of a new print, online, tablet and smartphone editions of the <em>Ottawa Citizen</em>, Postmedia Network has kicked off a four-platform strategy that it hopes will breathe new life into the struggling company.</p>

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15 May

Register Before Early Deadline for Winnipeg Investigative Conference

<blockquote style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;" type="cite">More than 70 speakers from around the world are coming to <span class="il" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Winnipeg</span> for Holding Power to Account, an international conference on investigative journalism, democracy and human rights,<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1463460987" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class=

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13 May

Rising star: What makes Toronto photojournalist Ian Willms stand out

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Willms1.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>A young man fishes in a river that is known to be contaminated with cholera, in the village of Mirebalais, Haiti, March 29th, 2014. According to the Pan American Health Organization, the Haitian cholera epidemic is estimated to have killed approximately 9000 people in four different countries. <em style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy of Ian Willms for the New York Times.</em></em></p>

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13 May

Jacqueline Loch joins TC Media as publisher for English language magazines

<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/Loch_0.JPG" title="" /> Jacqueline Loch will join TC Media as vice-president and group publisher for its English language magazines, include <em>Canadian Living</em>, <em>ELLE Canada</em>, <em>Style at Home</em>, <em>Canadian Gardening</em>, <em>The Hockey News</em>, <em>Western Living</em>, <em>Vancouver Magazine </em>and<em> TV Guide</em>. </p><p>Loch will join TC Media on May 20.</p>

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13 May

How Sheridan students ended up shortlisted for a Data Journalism Award

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/GenY.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Nicole Blanchett Neheli, Field Notes Editor</strong></p>

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13 May

Janet McFarland wins Landsberg Award

<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/Janet McFarland_0.JPG" title="" />Janet McFarland, a business reporter with <em>The Globe and Mail</em> whose reporting raised the issue of gender inequality on corporate boards, is the winner of the inaugural <a href="http://cjf-fjc.ca/awards_landsberg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Landsberg Award</a>.</p>

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