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9 May

Canadian Association of Journalists conference Day 1

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8 May

Union: Globe proposes reporters write advertorial copy

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><em>The Globe and Mail </em>wants its management to have the right to assign editorial employees to write and edit advertorial copy as part of their regular duties, according to this union bulletin. </p><p>The following is the opening proposals from both management and the union's side. Bargaining resumes on May 20. </p><p>Both sides have said they will not talk about the proposals. </p>

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8 May

CBC’s Linden MacIntyre, Alison Smith, Nancy Wilson announce retirement

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Linden MacIntyre, the host of <em>The Fifth Estate</em>, said he felt compelled to retire to stave off the layoffs of younger journalists at CBC who would lose their jobs as part of a $130-million budget cut. Meanwhile, <em>World at Six</em> host Alison Smith and CBC Newsnet's Nancy Wilson said they will retire soon.  </p>

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8 May

Scott Deveau joins Bloomberg as M&A reporter

<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/Scott Deveau_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Scott Deveau is joining Bloomberg as its merger and acquisitions reporter based in Toronto on May 12.</p>

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8 May

Canada’s slow shift to mobile-first news

<p><strong>By Arik Ligeti</strong></p>

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7 May

David Topping joins Toronto Life

<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/David Topping_0.JPG" title="" />David Topping is joining <em>Toronto Life</em> magazine as its online executive editor.</p><p>Topping was recently a staff writer at <em>The Grid</em>, but was laid off in June along with three other staff. Prior to that, he was an editor with Torontoist and Toronto editor at OpenFile.</p>

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7 May

Using hidden cameras ethically

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Hidden camera_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Hidden cameras—by their very name—sound surreptitious, deceptive and the opposite of what journalism is supposed to stand for—transparency.</p>

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7 May

Updated: Union holds byline strike at Toronto Star

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Byline strike.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=CAN_TS&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newseum</a></em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The <em>Toronto Star</em> newsroom is staging a byline strike to protest what it’s calling a two-tiered pay scale.</p>

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6 May

Union bulletin: Filing grievances over Toronto Star’s digital hires

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6 May

James Bradshaw named Globe media reporter

<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/James Bradshaw_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>James Bradshaw is <em>The Globe and Mail</em>’s new media reporter.</p><p>Bradshaw, who is currently the postsecondary education reporter for the <em>Globe</em>, will fill in the spot that has been vacant since Steve Ladurantaye left for Twitter Canada in January. </p><p> </p>

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