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21 Mar

Live blog: Why journalists need to think like startups

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21 Mar

UPPERCASE named Magazine of the Year at Alberta Magazines Showcase Awards

<p><em>UPPERCASE</em> was named the magazine of the year at the Alberta Magazines Showcase Awards. The five-year-old, Calgary-based magazine’s publisher and editor, Janine Vangool, also won the editor of the year award.</p><p><em>Glass Buffalo</em>, a creative writing magazine showcasing University of Alberta student and alumni work, won the best new magazine award.</p><p>For a complete list of winners, please go to <a href="http://www.albertamagazines.com/awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.albertamagazines.com/awards</a>. </p>

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21 Mar

Peter Bregg the first photojournalist to win CJF lifetime achievement award

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Peter Bregg.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Canadian Journalism Foundation</em></p><p>Peter Bregg is the first photojournalist to win the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s lifetime achievement award.</p>

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20 Mar

Editor-in-chief Steve Meurice leaves the National Post

<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/Steve Meurice_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><em>National Post</em> editor-in-chief Steve Meurice is leaving the company, effective Thursday, after 17 years with the newspaper.</p><p>In a memo, Gerry Nott, senior vice-president for the eastern region of Postmedia Network, said he will assume the editor-in-chief role until a permanent replacement is named.</p>

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20 Mar

Memo: Editor-in-chief Steve Meurice leaves National Post

<p>National Post editor Steve Meurice is leaving the company, effective today. With his departure, we have lost a terrific editor, friend and colleague.</p><p>In his 17 years here, Steve has provided superior editorial leadership through often difficult times and helped make the National Post and Financial Post essential reads in print and digitally.</p><p>Please join me in thanking him and wishing him well in his next endeavour.</p><p>In the interim, I will act as editor of the Post until a permanent replacement is named.</p><p>A town hall will be held in the Post newsroom at 3:05 today.</p>

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20 Mar

RTDNA national conference scheduled for June

<p> </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/RTDNA_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p> </p><p>National Conference 2014</p><p><strong>June 5-7, 2014 • Toronto, Ontario</strong></p><p>Electronic journalism has come a long way since the 1900s.</p>

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20 Mar

CJFE calls for donations in support of annual Review of Free Expression in Canada

<p>Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is calling for donations in support of its fifth annual <em>Review of Free Expression in Canada</em>.</p>

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19 Mar

Winnipeg Free Press hiring data journalism intern

<p><strong>Winnipeg Free Press summer digital interactive internship</strong></p><p>The Free Press is looking for a web-savvy journalism intern to use data to tell stories on winnipegfreepress.com.</p><p>This intern will collaborate with reporters, editors and developers to help create data visualizations, interactives, infographics and multimedia experiences on our apps and websites, as well as gain experience in journalism production on all our platforms.</p>

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19 Mar

Canadian Jewish News redesigns print edition

<p><br /><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CJN redesigned_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>A preview of the redesigned Canadian Jewish News, which will be launched on April 10</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The <em>Canadian Jewish News (CJN)</em> is undergoing a major redesign for the first time in 30 years, said editor-in-chief Yoni Goldstein.</p>

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19 Mar

Global News: BC1—a success story?

<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="437" src="http://globalnews.ca/video/embed/1209557/" width="670"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Video courtesy of Global News</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>When Global News decided to test the market with a 24-hour news channel, it did so with BC1 on March 14, 2013, in a province where it attracts the lion’s share of the audience. One year later, did the gamble pay off?</p>

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