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11 Mar

Andrew Lundy named interim editor-in-chief of Canadian Press

<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/Andrew Lundy_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Andrew Lundy has been named interim editor-in-chief of Canadian Press.</p>

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11 Mar

Rogers appoints new group publishers for current affairs and business magazines

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Roger's Magazines_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Jef Catapang, for <em><a href="http://www.mastheadonline.com/news/rogers_fills_group_publisher_ranks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Masthead</a></em></strong></p>

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10 Mar

Toronto Star builds technology to post professional camera photos instantly on live blogs

<p><strong>By Mark Taylor, Photojournalism Editor</strong></p><p>Imagine a gadget that attaches to a professional DSLR camera and sends photos directly to a live blog, almost as fast as you can snap them. Taras Slawnych did—and then he built one. Slawnych, visuals editor at the <em>Toronto Star</em>, is still tinkering with his game-changing gizmo. But <em>Star</em> photographers are already using a prototype in the field, one of which zapped pictures from the Olympics in Sochi to Toronto in record time.</p>

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10 Mar

CBC leads at RNAO health reporting awards

<p>The CBC lead the pack with three wins at the 2013 Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario's health reporting awards.</p><p>Here are the award winners, according to the <a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1781299" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>:</p>

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10 Mar

ROB editor Derek DeCloet leaves Globe for Rogers

<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/Derek DeCloet_1.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" />Report on Business editor Derek DeCloet is leaving <em>The Globe and Mail</em> to become director of content strategy at Rogers Publishing.</p>

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10 Mar

How to cover the logistical beast that is the Olympics

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/flagceremonysochi_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>All photos courtesy David Common</em></p><p><strong>By David Common</strong></p><p>The Olympics is a beast. Next to war and mass refugee exodus, it is perhaps the largest undertaking of human logistics in modern times. The task is huge. Create a city to impress, host the top athletes in world-class spectacles and broadcast everything around the world in dozens of languages.</p>

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10 Mar

Memo: ROB editor Derek DeCloet leaving The Globe and Mail

<p>I’m deeply sorry to announce that Derek DeCloet is leaving the Globe, to pursue a new opportunity at Rogers.</p><p>Derek will be director of content strategy for Rogers Publishing, leading the editorial operations of their consumer magazines, including Maclean's, Canadian Business, Chatelaine, MoneySense and Sportsnet Magazine. It’s an enormous opportunity and exciting challenge as Derek will lead a group of 300 journalists and be charged with setting a new digital direction for them and their magazines.</p>

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10 Mar

What I learned during my Olympics internship at Yahoo

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Sports_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Alex Chippin</strong></p><p>In school, an “A” is a great mark. In the workforce, that’s the standard. Therein lies the greatest difference between the two worlds.</p>

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10 Mar

This week in Canadian media history: World’s first radio play-by-play of hockey game in Regina

<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/Pete Parker_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do</strong></p>

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7 Mar

New database of Canadian journalism research

<p><strong>By Angela MacKenzie</strong></p><p>A new <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkGSfH01IUXjdEhMTFBrZEFuQlV6WC1xdGloMkx4WGc&usp=sharing#gid=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">public database of Canadian journalism research</a> will make it easier to discover which topics are being explored in journalism schools across the country.</p>

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