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7 Apr

ROB telecom reporter Rita Trichur joins WSJ 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/Rita Trichur_0.JPG" title="" /> Rita Trichur, a telecom reporter for <em>The Globe and Mail</em>’s business section, is joining the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> as its banking reporter based in Toronto.</p>

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4 Apr

Canadian-born journalist Kathy Gannon wounded in attack in Afghanistan

<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/Kate Gannon_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By the Canadian Press</strong></p><p>A Canadian-born journalist working for the Associated Press was wounded Friday while on assignment in Afghanistan.</p>

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2 Apr

Veteran anchor Kimothy Walker leaves CTV Ottawa

<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/Kimothy_0.JPG" title="" />Veteran weekend news anchor Kimothy Walker has left CTV News Ottawa after 25 years with the station.</p><p>In her final broadcast on March 28, Walker said she wants to focus more on documentary filmmaking, fundraising and volunteering.</p>

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31 Mar

Remembering Heather Robertson

<p><strong>By Michael OReilly </strong></p><p>When Heather Robertson died recently, the world lost a great author and a passionate activist. I lost a friend.</p><p>The Heather I knew was a tenacious advocate for the rights of her fellow authors and freelance journalists. Although I knew Heather for many years by reputation only—a respected journalist and author—I came to know her personally as the driving force behind our long struggle for the rights of freelancers in this new digital age.</p>

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21 Mar

Heather Robertson, a champion for Canadian freelance journalists

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Journalist and author Heather Robertson died at age 72 on Wednesday.</p><p>For more than a decade, Robertson championed on behalf of Canadian freelancers in two major lawsuits—and she won. In 1995, she went up against the <em>Globe and Mail</em> after it put three of her articles in its database. The lawsuit went all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, and in 2006, the ruling supported the right of freelance journalists to protect their copyright when newspapers put their work in databases.</p>

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21 Mar

Peter Bregg the first photojournalist to win CJF lifetime achievement award

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Peter Bregg.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Canadian Journalism Foundation</em></p><p>Peter Bregg is the first photojournalist to win the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s lifetime achievement award.</p>

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20 Mar

Editor-in-chief Steve Meurice leaves the National 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/Steve Meurice_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><em>National Post</em> editor-in-chief Steve Meurice is leaving the company, effective Thursday, after 17 years with the newspaper.</p><p>In a memo, Gerry Nott, senior vice-president for the eastern region of Postmedia Network, said he will assume the editor-in-chief role until a permanent replacement is named.</p>

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20 Mar

Memo: Editor-in-chief Steve Meurice leaves National Post

<p>National Post editor Steve Meurice is leaving the company, effective today. With his departure, we have lost a terrific editor, friend and colleague.</p><p>In his 17 years here, Steve has provided superior editorial leadership through often difficult times and helped make the National Post and Financial Post essential reads in print and digitally.</p><p>Please join me in thanking him and wishing him well in his next endeavour.</p><p>In the interim, I will act as editor of the Post until a permanent replacement is named.</p><p>A town hall will be held in the Post newsroom at 3:05 today.</p>

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19 Mar

John Stackhouse replaced as editor-in-chief of Globe and Mail by David Walmsley

<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 Stackhouse_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>John Stackhouse has been replaced as editor-in-chief of <em>The Globe and Mail</em>.</p><p>He will hand over the reins to Walmsley, current CBC director of news content, on March 24.</p>

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19 Mar

Memo: David Walmsley replaces John Stackhouse as Globe and Mail editor-in-chief

<p><a name="Crawley"><br /><strong>Here is the Globe and Mail memo from publisher Phillip Crawley:</strong></a></p><p>I am pleased to announce that David Walmsley will become Editor in Chief of The Globe and Mail, effective March 24, 2014.</p>

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