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4 Jun

Karen McColl wins Gordon Sinclair roving reporter bursary

<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/Karen McColl_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Whitehorse freelance journalist Karen McColl is this year’s winner of the Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary.</p><p>She will use the $15,000 bursary to fund a canoe expedition to document the impact of oil, gas and construction development on remote communities along the Mackenzie River.</p>

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3 Jun

Trevor Melanson joins BCBusiness

<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/Trevor Melanson_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Trevor Melanson is joining <em>BCBusiness</em> as its associate editor on July 7 in Vancouver.</p><p>He used to work at <em>Canadian Business</em> as its online editor until Rogers let him go last month along with two other staff.</p><p> </p>

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3 Jun

Kevin Libin named ME of Financial Post

<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/Kevin Libin_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Kevin Libin is the new managing editor of the <em>Financial Post</em>.</p>

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3 Jun

CJOB shakes up morning lineup in Winnipeg

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Corus Entertainment has revamped the lineup at Winnipeg’s 680 CJOB, with a new morning show.</p><p>The station’s news director, Richard Cloutier, and Kathy Kennedy are the new hosts <em>Winnipeg Morning News</em>, which launched on June 2. The pair replaced popular host Hal Anderson, whom the station let go in May, according to the <a href="http://www.winnipegsun.com/2014/05/30/cjob-names-new-morning-show-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Winnipeg Sun</em></a>.</p>

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3 Jun

Sophie Cousineau leaves Globe for Caisse

<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/Sophie Cousineau_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><em>The Globe and Mail</em>’s chief Quebec correspondent Sophie Cousineau is leaving the newspaper to join Caisse de depot et placement.</p><p>She will become chief of staff to Caisse CEO Michael Sabia, <a href="https://twitter.com/jembradshaw/statuses/473552700131782656" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted the <em>Globe</em>’s media reporter James Bradshaw</a>.</p>

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28 May

Louise Egan leaves Reuters to join Bank of Canada

<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/Louise Egan_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Louise Egan, who covers the Canadian economy and central banking for Reuters from Ottawa, is leaving to join the Bank of Canada as a senior communication consultant.</p>

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28 May

Washington correspondent Robin Stickley to anchor Early News on Global BC

<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/RobinStickley_0.jpg" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Global News Washington correspondent Robin Stickley will return to Vancouver to anchor <em>Early News</em> on Global BC in August.</p><p>Stickley will replace Deb Hope, who retired earlier this year, and will also contribute regularly to <em>News Hour</em> on Global BC.</p>

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27 May

J-Source launches new education column by veteran political reporter and educator Janice Tibbetts

<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/Janice Tibbetts_5.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Bruce Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief</strong></p><p>I’m pleased to announce that veteran political reporter and teacher Janice Tibbetts will write a new column for J-Source focused on journalism education in Canada. In Education Matters, Tibbetts will examine issues of interest to instructors, students and industry professionals as they relate to training and the classroom.</p>

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26 May

Xtra managing editor Danny Glenwright leaves for JHR

<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/Danny Glenwright_0.JPG" title="" />Danny Glenwright, the managing editor of <em>Xtra</em> in Toronto and Ottawa, is leaving the news magazine to join Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) as its <a href="http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1361233/danny-glenwright-appointed-interim-executive-director-of-journalists-for-human-rights">interim executive director</a> on June 23.</p>

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26 May

Chantelle Bellrichard wins inaugural CJF Aboriginal journalism fellowship

<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/Chantelle Bellrichard_0.JPG" title="" />Chantelle Bellrichard, an associate producer at CBC Vancouver and a web developer at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism, is the winner of the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s inaugural Aboriginal journalism fellowship.</p>

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