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6 May

Richard Warnica named new National Post Toronto 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/Richard Warnica_0.JPG" title="" />Richard Warnica, who is a staff reporter at <em>Canadian Business</em>, will join the <em>National Post</em> as its new Toronto reporter.</p><p>According to his <a href="http://richardwarnica.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, Warnica previously reported for <em>Maclean’s</em>, <em>Edmonton Journal</em> and<em> The Tyee</em>.</p>

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5 May

Postmedia outsources print production of Montreal’s The Gazette

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Printing Press wide shot.JPG" title="" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-6df9f0d4-cd8e-eedf-fed1-86af65d85ba6">The Regina Leader-Post is printed in-house by Postmedia Network. Photo courtesy of Evan Radford.  </span></em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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5 May

CBC memo on future of public broadcaster

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CBC Vancouver building_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Matt Meuse</em></p><p><strong>Here is the CBC memo from president Hubert Lacroix on the future of the public broadaster post-budget cuts. </strong></p><p>Hi,</p>

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5 May

CAJ ethics committee case study: When to unpublish?

<p><strong>By Tim Currie</strong></p><p>Managing editors at online news outlets have likely heard a number of stories like these in the past few years: a law student charged in connection with a prank bomb threat finds his job prospects harmed months later—and wants the news story about those charges removed. Another man who once shared gritty details about his drug addiction for a feature story just wants to get on with his life—but says he can’t until his name disappears from the online story.</p>

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5 May

Global Calgary sports anchor Grant Pollock retiring

<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/GRANT_POLLOCK_0.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Grant Pollock, sports anchor and director of sports at Global Calgary, announced he will retire on May 29. </p>

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5 May

John Cruickshank named CJF chair

<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/John Cruickshank_0.jpg" title="" /><em>Toronto Star</em> publisher John Cruickshank is the new chair of the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s board of directors.</p>

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2 May

New report looks at the impact of digital media on Canadian journalism

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Newsroom_2.jpg" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons</em></p><p><strong>By Angela MacKenzie</strong></p><p>A <a href="http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/mapping-digital-media-canada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent report</a> published by The Open Society Foundations gives an overview of how Canadian media are faring in the digital landscape, including the impact it has had on journalists and newsrooms.</p>

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2 May

Letter from imprisoned Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy on World Press Freedom Day

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Fahmy.PNG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy, a Canadian-Egyptian national, stands in a metal cage during his trial in a court in Cairo March 24, 2014. Photo courtesy of Reuters/ Youm Al Saabi Newspaper.</em></p>

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2 May

Toronto Star Master Glass: Adding movement to video

<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, photographer <strong>Randy Risling</strong> shares his wisdom on how to add movement to your camera, in order to make your videos more interesting.</p>

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1 May

Why the Globe paid $10,000 for Rob Ford photos

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Ford cover_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=CAN_TGAM&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newseum</a></em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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