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16 Nov

More Magazine editor undergoing treatment for leukemia

<p>When readers of <em>More Magazine </em>received their holiday issue this week, they were shocked to read that the editor-in-chief, Linda Lewis, is in hospital fighting cancer. In her editor's note, she describes how she's fighting AML, "a particularly brutal form of leukemia."</p>

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8 Nov

Thomas McKee dies at 76 after lengthy illness

<p> </p><p>Veteran broadcaster Thomas McKee has died at the age of 76 “following a lengthy illness,” <a href="http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/obituary-thomas-mckee/1001826961/90w824Mw48yWsl4srvwM20/?link_source=aypr_BM&AF=&utm_source=BM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BM-EN11082012&link_targ=DailyNews">Broadcaster Magazine reports</a>.</p>

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6 Nov

CBC names executive producers for 2014 Sochi Game

<p> </p><p>Mark McInnis and Chris Irwin will head CBC’s planning and programming of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, respectively, the <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cbc-names-mark-mcinnis-chris-386872">Hollywood Reporter has reported</a>.</p><p>McInnis comes to CBC from Bell Media, where he was vice president of production for Much MTV group. Irwin, who has been a part of CBC’s Olympic coverage in the past, has most recently been in the position of executive producer of sports content for CBC Sports. </p>

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2 Nov

Susan Riley pens final regular column for The Ottawa Citizen

<p>In her final regular political column for <em>The Ottawa Citizen</em>, Susan Riley tries to define her political worldview. In a testament to how complicated such worldviews really are – how many journalists see themselves as any sort of capital-letter partisan? – Riley’s classification spans at least six paragraphs and culminates in no clear consensus.</p><p>"<span style="font-family: arial, verdana, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 11.111111640930176px; ">I am not a partisan — and no journalist worth reading will be," she writes.</span></p>

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30 Oct

Ira Glass on the allure of radio and the search for ‘the universal something’

<p><em>On Saturday, an audience at Toronto’s Massey Hall was able to put a face to the familiar voice of This American Life’s Ira Glass. <strong>Rhiannon Russell</strong> was there, and describes Glass’ unique ideas and radio storytelling techniques that put his show apart from a news media world that is so full of dark stories.</em></p>

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16 Oct

Full transcript with Globe and Mail publisher Phillip Crawley on forthcoming paywall

<p> </p><p><em>The following is the full transcript of Belinda Alzner's interview with </em>The Globe and Mail<em> publisher Phillip Crawley on the newspaper's upcoming implementation of a paywall.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong>J-Source: First I’d like to talk about the logistics of the paywall. What is going to count as a “read article”? Is it a click on an article, or is it counted after a certain amount of time that is spent on the page?</strong></p>

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10 Oct

Q&A with Toronto Star managing editor Jane Davenport

<p><em>When Jane Davenport was appointed managing editor of the Toronto Star in June she said it was a bit “daunting.” Now, a few months into the job, she talks with <strong>Eric Mark Do</strong> about her past experience launching Metro Halifax, the Star’s digital future and what it’s like managing coverage of a mayor who boycotts your newspaper.</em></p><p> </p>

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3 Oct

J-Links: Alan Toulin dead at 63; Journalists up for Governor General lit awards; DJ Journo?

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/News/Ottawa/Best+read+journalist+Alan+Toulin+dead/7334645/story.html">Journalist Alan Toulin dead at 63</a></p>

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24 Sep

J-Links: The Guardian picks up Wente plagiarism story; Henry Champ passes away; Mother Jones’ emergence

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/sep/24/canada-plagiarism?CMP=twt_gu">The Guardian picks up Margaret Wente plagiarism story</a></p>

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4 Sep

J-Links: Bob Johnstone passes away; 2012 Freelance Industry report; Friends’ CBC Town Hall in Halifax

<p> </p><p><strong>In Canadian media:</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/09/03/journalist_bob_johnstone_was_gifted_storyteller.html">Bob Johnstone dead at 82</a></p>

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