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22 Aug

Tyler Harper leaving The Canadian Press for TheScore

<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/Tyler Harper_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Tyler Harper is leaving The Canadian Press to join TheScore as a supervising editor.</p><p>Harper, a sports reporter-editor at CP, has worked at the newswire for six years and will join TheScore on Sept. 2.</p><p>“I'm excited for a new role at a very cool newsroom,” Harper told J-Source in an email.</p>

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21 Aug

Madeline Ziniak steps down as OMNI TV national VP

<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/Madeline Ziniak.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>OMNI Television’s national vice-president Madeline Ziniak has decided to step down after a 34-year career.</p><p>She will leave in October to pursue new opportunities with ethnic media, said a press release from OMNI’s parent company, Rogers Media.</p>

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21 Aug

Mohamed Fahmy will appeal sentence

<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/Mohamed Fahmy_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Grant Buckler</strong></p><p>Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy will appeal his conviction on terrorism charges that placed him in an Egyptian prison for seven years. The family of the former Al-Jazeera English bureau chief announced the appeal August 20. </p>

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20 Aug

Newspapers Canada reveals proposal for a national press council

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/General newspapers_4.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Illustration courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Clarification: The proposal for the national press council comes from the provincial press councils led by the Ontario Press Council. Newspapers Canada revealed the proposal online and is soliciting feedback from its members on behalf of the press councils.</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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20 Aug

Updated: Body of missing sports editor found

<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/Steve Pettibone_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p>Police have found the body of missing <em>Brockville Recorder and Times </em>sports editor Steve Pettibone near where his car was found abandoned.</p><p><a href="http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/08/20/body-of-missing-ontario-sports-reporter-found-no-foul-play-suspected">QMI Agency reports</a> that foul play is not suspected in Pettibone’s death.</p>

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19 Aug

Brockville Recorder and Times sports editor Steve Pettibone is missing

<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/Steve Pettibone_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><em>Brockville Recorder and Times</em> sports editor Steve Pettibone is missing.</p>

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19 Aug

What good luck and kind people meant for a Brandon Sun reporter’s flood coverage

<p><strong>By Julie McCann, Field Notes Editor</strong></p><p>It was a Friday at noon in early July 2014 and <em>Brandon Sun</em> reporter Graeme Bruce needed a club sandwich and a place to collect his thoughts. He was on day three of a tour of the flood-damaged communities of southwestern Manitoba for a feature series. A coffee shop in Deloraine, about 100 km south of Brandon, Man., seemed like just the place.</p>

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19 Aug

Walrus editor John Macfarlane to retire

<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 Macfarlane_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>John Macfarlane, editor and co-publisher of <em>The Walrus</em>, has <a href="http://thewalrus.ca/john-macfarlane-announcement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> he will retire at the end of 2014.</p><p>Macfarlane joined <em>The Walrus</em> in July 2008.</p>

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19 Aug

Toronto Star Master Glass: Image stabilization

<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, <em>Toronto Star</em> video journalist <strong>Randy Risling</strong> explains how to best utilize image stabilization in your photography.</p>

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18 Aug

The Tyee brings reader-funded reporter to Parliament Hill

<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/Jeremy Nuttall_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The Tyee has brought Jeremy Nuttall, a new reader-funded reporter, to Parliament Hill.</p><p>The Ottawa-based reporter is part of The Tyee’s plan to expand nationally. The Vancouver-based online publication successfully ran a crowdfunding campaign last year to raise $100,000 towards the expansion.</p>

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