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7 Mar

Updated: Union concerned Toronto Star management is creating a two-tiered pay system

<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/Toronto Star_5.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The <em>Toronto Star</em> union says it’s concerned management is creating a two-tiered system of employees with its plan to hire 17 new digital staff who will be paid “significantly less” than similar existing positions in the newsroom. </p>

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7 Mar

Union bulletin on Toronto Star hiring 17 new digital staff

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6 Mar

Surveillance in Canada: A balance between freedom of expression and national security

<p>Last week, PEN Canada hosted a panel discussion on the challenges of balancing freedom of expression with national security. </p><p>The panel, called Surveillance after Snowden, was moderated by Canadaland media critic Jesse Brown and featured Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert, <em>Globe and Mail</em> investigative reporter Colin Freeze and Wesley Wark, former national security adviser to the prime minister.</p>

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6 Mar

5 lessons from CSME’s new editors panel

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CSME.JPG" title="" /></p><p><em>CSME's "Secrets from the new EICs" event was held at Gabby's in Toronto. From left: Jennifer Reynolds, Allan Britnell, Karine Ewart and Sasha Emmons</em></p><p><strong>By Jef Catapang, for <em>Masthead</em></strong></p>

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5 Mar

Toronto Star claims Rob Ford coverage helped newspaper profits

<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/Toronto Star_3.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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5 Mar

Editorial shakeup in Globe’s features department

<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/Globe and Mail_3.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><em>The Globe and Mail</em> has shaken up its features department with new appointments in the Arts and Books, Life and Style sections.</p><p>Jared Bland will expand his role as books editor to oversee arts and books, features editor Gabe Gonda said in a memo to staff.</p>

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5 Mar

Journalism program on hold another year at uOttawa

<p><strong>By Melanie Coulson, Education Editor</strong></p><p>The University of Ottawa won’t be welcoming a new crop of journalism students through its doors this fall as its program remains under review for a second year.</p><p>The bachelor of arts degree program remains in limbo as the department of communications and the faculty of arts decide what to do next. After a decision has been made, a proposal will be presented to the university senate, Evan Potter, associate professor and head of the program, told J-Source in an email.</p>

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5 Mar

Landsberg Award accepting applications

<p>The Landsberg Award is proudly presented by The Canadian Journalism Foundation in association with the Canadian Women’s Foundation.</p><p>The award will celebrate a journalist who is raising awareness about women’s equality issues in Canada and aims to inspire an increase in the media coverage and voice of women in Canada.</p><p>The award is named after Michele Landsberg—an award-winning Canadian journalist, author, social activist and feminist—to acknowledge the tremendous impact that Michele has had as an advocate and role model for all women in Canada.</p>

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4 Mar

J-Source hiring a part-time business manager

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/JSOURCE_logo.jpg" title="" /></p><p>The Canadian Journalism Project is seeking a part-time business manager based at the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University, in Ottawa, to work with the J-Source and ProjetJ editorial teams in Toronto (Ryerson) and Quebec City (Laval) in managing the business operations of J-Source and ProjetJ.</p><p><strong>Start date: </strong>May 5, 2014</p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p>

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4 Mar

Canadian journalists ramp up efforts to free jailed Al Jazeera colleagues in Egypt

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