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22 Jan

Xtra lets go of reporter Andrea Houston

<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/Andrea Houston_1.PNG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>LGBT biweekly magazine <em>Xtra</em> has fired Andrea Houston, one of its well-known journalists.</p>

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22 Jan

John Intini named editor-in-chief of Sportsnet magazine

<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 Intini_0.PNG" title="" />John Intini is the editor-in-chief of <em>Sportsnet</em> effective immediately.</p><p>Intini, who held the position of editor at <em>Sportsnet</em> since September 2013, has been promoted to editor-in-chief by Steve Maich, who left the magazine in November to take on a more senior role at the magazine’s parent company, Rogers Media.</p>

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22 Jan

Matt O’Grady back at BCBusiness as editor

<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/Matt O'Grady_0.PNG" title="" /> Matt O’Grady is returning to <em>BCBusiness</em> as its editor, the magazine’s publisher, Peter Legge, tweeted, three years after he resigned from the magazine.</p>

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22 Jan

Taylor Owen joins UBC School of Journalism as assistant professor

<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/Taylor Owen_0.JPG" title="" /> Taylor Owen, the research director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia School of Journalism, is joining the UBC journalism faculty in July as an assistant professor of global studies and digital media.</p>

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21 Jan

Finding a job using LinkedIn: top 5 tips for journalists

<p><img align="right" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Maximize your social.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Diana Pereira</strong></p>

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21 Jan

Ask a Mentor: How to approach families of victims

<p><em>Ask a Mentor is a collaboration between J-Source and the Canadian Association of Journalists. The goal of the section is to provide advice to journalists and journalism students who may not have direct access to a mentor or subject matter expert on a particular topic.</em></p><p>The question:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/jsource">@JSource</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AskMentor&src=hash">#AskMentor</a> What advice do you have for j-students that have to speak with victims of crime or families of victims?</p>

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21 Jan

Toronto Star Master Glass: How to use the highspeed motordrive effectively

<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>Steve Russell</strong> shares his tips on how to effectively use the highspeed motordrive, without hitting the buffer.</p>

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20 Jan

Brunswickan gets reprieve to continue publishing for five more weeks

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Brunswickan-2.PNG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><em>The Brunswickan</em>, a weekly campus newspaper for the University of New Brunswick, has received a reprieve that will allow it to resume printing hard-copy editions—at least for the next five weeks. </p>

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20 Jan

Canadian farmers to lose veteran political correspondent in Ottawa

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Barry Wilson.PNG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Barry Wilson, correspondent for the Western Producer, is seen in his office in the Press Building near Parliament Hill Thursday, January 16, 2014 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld.</em></p>

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20 Jan

This week in Canadian media history: The birth of CTV Montreal

<p><br /><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/CFCF_0.JPG" title="" /></p>

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