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9 Jan

Canadian University Press NASH76 Conference Day 2

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9 Jan

Postmedia memo on first quarter earnings

<p>Subject: Quarterly Update</p><p><span style="font-size: 10px;">Today we announced our company’s financial results for the first quarter of our 2014 fiscal year – September 2013 to November 2013. You can view the full details of the quarterly results at </span><a href="http://postmedialink/Pages/Default.aspx" style="font-size: 10px;">Postmedia Link</a><span style="font-size: 10px;"> or </span><a href="http://www.postmedia.com" style="font-size: 10px;">www.postmedia.com</a><span style="font-size: 10px;">.</span></p>

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9 Jan

Toronto Star Master Glass: How to capture good audio

<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, visuals deputy editor <strong>Scott Simmie</strong> demonstrates the many options out there to capture audio, besides the in-camera microphone.</p>

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8 Jan

Canadian University Press NASH76 Conference Day 1

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8 Jan

Karine Ewart named editor-in-chief of Chatelaine

<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/Karine_0.JPG" title="" />Karine Ewart, current editor-in-chief of <em>Today’s Parent</em>, will join <em>Chatelaine </em>as its editor-in-chief on Jan. 13. Ewart replaces Jane Francisco, who become the editor-in-chief of <em>Good Housekeeping</em>, an American women’s lifestyle magazine owned by Hearst, in December.</p>

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8 Jan

Q&A with photojournalist Donald Weber

<p align="left"><strong>By Mark Taylor, Photojournalism Editor</strong></p><p align="left">Donald Weber has won two World Press Photo Awards, the Lange-Taylor Documentary Prize, completed the Guggenheim and Canada Council fellowships and is a member of the acclaimed VII Photo Agency. After years abroad, the Canadian photojournalist is back living in North America and wrapping up a new project, War Sand. He recently took time from his busy schedule to talk about the project, how he does what he does and why working at a newspaper is an awesome job.</p>

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8 Jan

Jessica Murphy named Sun Media’s Washington correspondent

<p>Jessica Murphy is Sun Media’s new Washington correspondent.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Also: Good luck to former Parl Hill bureau colleague <a href="https://twitter.com/Murphy_Jessica_">@Murphy_Jessica_</a> , now our Chief Washington Correspondent!</p>

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8 Jan

Iain Marlow named Globe’s Asia-Pacific reporter

<p>Iain Marlow, who mainly wrote about RIM for the Report on Business section of The Globe and Mail, is moving to Vancouver as the newspaper’s new Asia-Pacific reporter.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I'm really excited about this: Today, I'm off to start a new role as The Globe and Mail's Asia-Pacific reporter, based out of Vancouver.</p>

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7 Jan

New technology Dejero changing how broadcasters do live hits

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Dejero-2.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Mike McArthur</em></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do, Reporter</strong></p><p>When CTV Toronto reporter Colin D'Mello and photojournalist Peter Leclair set out to do four live hits from different locations across the city capturing the severity of a snowstorm, they didn't travel in a traditional satellite or microwave truck. </p>

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7 Jan

Toronto Star Master Glass: How to keep your gear working in cold weather

<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>Rick Madonik </strong>shows you how to keep your camera gear working when taking photographs out in the cold weather.</p>

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