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16 Dec

Ed Greenspon leaves Star Media Group

<p>Ed Greenspon, vice-president of business development at the <em>Toronto Star,</em> is leaving the newspaper.</p><p>Greenspon joined Star Media Group after leaving his post as editor-in-chief of <em>The Globe and Mail</em> in 2009. At Star Media Group, Greenspon headed up Star Content Studios, the marketing and custom content department at the <em>Star, </em>and the short-lived experiment with <em>yourmississauagabiz</em> and <em>yourhamiltonbiz</em>.</p>

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16 Dec

CBC London correspondent Ann MacMillan retires

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/MacMillan_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p>CBC’s London correspondent Ann MacMillan is retiring after more than 40 years in the business. Her last day is Dec. 16.</p>

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16 Dec

Monique Beech named Sun Media’s digital content director

<p>Monique Beech, Sun Media’s national community manager, will become its digital content director on Dec. 20.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Taking on the job of Sun Media's digital content director as of Dec. 20. Thank you, <a href="https://twitter.com/lisalisle">@lisalisle</a> for having confidence in me <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ToughActToFollow&src=hash">#ToughActToFollow</a></p>

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16 Dec

Does Alberta’s Bill 45 threaten media freedom?

<p><strong>By Grant Buckler</strong></p><p>Labour legislation passed by the Alberta government at the beginning of December is causing concern not just in government workplaces and union offices, but also in some newsrooms.</p>

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13 Dec

Doug Ford says Toronto Star Daniel Dale’s lawsuit is attempt to sell newspapers

<p>Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s brother, councillor Doug Ford, dismissed Daniel Dale’s libel notice as an attempt to sell newspapers.</p>

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13 Dec

Andrew Cash’s urban worker strategy bill tackles unpaid internships

<p><strong>By Justin Ling</strong></p><p>As freelancing and unpaid internships become the norm in today’s bleak media landscape, Andrew Cash has a tiny ray of light. In October, the NDP MP for Davenport tabled a private member’s bill in the House of Commons that calls on the government to establish a legal framework for the labour laws that govern what has become the new normal in the Canadian job market: precarious employment. Cash calls his proposal the <a href="http://petition.ndp.ca/urban-workers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Urban Workers Strategy</a>.</p>

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13 Dec

The future of community journalism spells economic survival of rural communities

<p><em>When a community newspaper closes, it is a great loss. Still, publishers will argue it is the economic reality of the times. Many scholars argue the importance of community journalism to democracy and citizenship, often separately from the business decisions. The historic tension between public service and economics is longstanding. But, what if there is another set of lenses beyond journalism, political economy, communications theory and other traditional disciplines to shed light on the significance of news media in rural Canada?

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13 Dec

Everything a journalism professor should be: Carleton’s Catherine McKercher retires

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Catherine.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Stuart Adam, professor emeritus at Carleton University</strong></p>

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13 Dec

Exploring new channels for journalism education over Twitter

<p><strong>By Melanie Coulson, Education Editor</strong></p><p>Talk about using different channels to discuss journalism education. On Dec. 10, PBS' MediaShift hosted a twitter discussion that explored new channels for journalism education. Using the hashtag #edshift, Katy Culver, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison tweeted out questions from Sue Robinson, also at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Poynter's Al Tompkins.</p><p>The discussion was fascinating. They have been gathered in a storify below. </p>

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12 Dec

Updated: Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale serves libel notice Mayor Rob Ford, Vision TV for libel

<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/Dale2.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p><em>Toronto Star</em> reporter Daniel Dale will sue Mayor Rob Ford for libel related to an interview he gave with former media baron Conrad Black on Vision Television, in which the mayor insinuated that Dale was a pedophile.</p>

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