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4 Feb

Toronto Star Master Glass: How to shoot aquariums

<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 Rene Johnston shows you how to capture great images when shooting through glass at an aquarium.</p>

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3 Feb

Budget lockups: a journalist’s survival guide

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Budget_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>A reporter files a story on the federal budget during the media lock-up prior to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's speech in the House of Commons on June 6, 2011. Photo courtesy of Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press. </em></p><p><strong>By Ellen Russell</strong></p>

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3 Feb

New station 105.9 The Region provides local news for York Region

<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/105.9 FM The Region_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>York Region, a suburb of Toronto, has a new independent radio station that started airing local news, traffic and weather programming in December. The station, <a href="http://www.1059theregion.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">105.9 FM The Region</a>, will celebrate its official launch on Feb. 5.</p>

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3 Feb

Newfoundland and Labrador to review controversial access-to-information law

<p><strong>By Grant Buckler</strong></p><p>Tom Marshall, interim premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, has announced that three independent experts will review the province’s controversial access to information law, The Canadian Press <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/newfoundland-to-hold-independent-review-of-contentious-access-to-info-law/article16619480/#dashboard/follows/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a>.</p>

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31 Jan

Jack Webster Foundation accepting applications for professional development fellowships

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31 Jan

Amber Schinkel named co-host of Global Calgary’s Morning News Show

<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/Amber Schinkel_0.PNG" title="" /> Amber Schinkel will join Scott Fee as co-host of Global Calgary's <em>Morning News Show</em> on Feb. 3. She replaces Susanne Fox, who left the show in December to pursue a master’s in communication<em>.</em></p>

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31 Jan

The Concordian forced to issue second apology for plagiarizing from Canadian University Press

<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/Concordian_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Laurent Corbeil Bastien</strong></p><p><em>The Concordian</em>, a student newspaper at Concordia University, issued an apology after one of its news editors, Tim Weynerowski, was accused of plagiarizing an article on the Quebec government’s charter of values from the Canadian University Press (CUP).</p>

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30 Jan

Susan Delacourt receives Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism

<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/Susan Delacourt_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><em>Toronto Star</em> political journalist Susan Delacourt will be awarded the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism on April 10. The award acknowledges a journalist whose work explains how public policy affects Canadians and provides insight into the policy-making process.</p>

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30 Jan

Bloomberg hiring First Word FX/Rates Strategist

<p>The Role</p><p>Bloomberg News is seeking strategists for its First Word FX service as it expands coverage of FX and rates markets to Canada and Latin America, particularly Brazil and Mexico.</p>

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30 Jan

Live blog: Toronto Star columnist Tim Harper on politicians and the media

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