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5 Sep

Memo: Cathrin Bradbury named EIC Metro English Canada; Charlotte Empey leaves

<p><strong><em>The following is a memo obtained by J-Source stating that Cathrin Bradbury will join Metro English Canada as its vice-president and editor-in-chief on Oct. 14.</em></strong></p>

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5 Sep

Stéphanie Marin, Mélanie Marquis swap positions at The Canadian Press

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Reporter-editors Stéphanie Marin and Mélanie Marquis are swapping positions at The Canadian Press.</p><p>Marin, a parliamentary bureau reporter, will join the Montreal bureau at the end of the month, while Marquis will start in Ottawa on Sept. 8.</p>

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3 Sep

Colin Horgan joins federal Liberals as a speech writer

<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/Colin Horgan_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Colin Horgan, a former Parliament Hill reporter, is joining the federal Liberals as a speech writer.</p>

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3 Sep

Recent hires at Canadian j-schools

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>As journalism students head back to the school, here’s a look at some of the new people who will greet them in j-school classrooms across the country.</p><p><strong>Carleton University</strong> <strong>hires Aneurin Bosley</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/aneurinbosley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aneurin Bosley</a>, an online editor at the <em>Toronto Star</em> until May, joined Carleton University, in Ottawa, as an assistant professor.</p>

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2 Sep

Charles Hays is J-Source’s new Education Editor

<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/Charles Hays_0.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Bruce Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief</strong></p><p>I’m pleased to welcome Charles Hays as J-Source’s new Education Editor.</p>

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2 Sep

Robert Picard named North American representative at Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford

<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/Robert Picard_2.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Robert Picard has been named the North American representative at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford. </p>

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2 Sep

Craig Silverman joins Tow Center for Digital Journalism as fellow

<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/Craig Silverman_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Craig Silverman is joining Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism as a fellow, conducting research into how news organizations deal with rumours and unverified information.</p>

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2 Sep

Richard Kanee named CBC head of digital

<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/Richard Kanee_0.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Richard Kanee is the CBC’s new head of digital for English Services.</p>

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29 Aug

Allison Jones, Maria Babbage swap beats at The Canadian Press

<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/Allison Jones.JPG" title="" /><img align="right" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Maria Babbage.JPG" title="" /> <em>Left: Allison Jones, Right: Maria Babbage</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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29 Aug

Jennifer Dettman named CBC executive director of unscripted content

<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/Jennifer Dettman_0.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Jennifer Dettman is CBC’s new executive director of unscripted content and will oversee factual, arts and documentary programming.</p><p>Sally Cato, general manager of programming at CBC Television, said in a memo that the appointment is driven by how to implement the public broadcaster’s 2020 strategy.</p>

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