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28 Aug

Five questions for Kim Kierans on teaching journalists in the Philippines

<p><em>Every summer for the last six years, Kim Kierans has travelled to the Philippines to teach working journalists new skills and help them develop old ones. <strong>Angelina Irinici</strong> finds out what unique challenges these journalists face in terms of ethics and press freedom and why Kierans’ biggest desire is to become obsolete. </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-right inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-right/images/Kierans1.PNG" title="" /></p>

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28 Aug

Ryerson appoints Paul Woods as Rogers distinguished visiting professor in journalism

<p> </p><p>Paul Woods, a long-time journalist for the Canadian Press, has been named Ryerson University’s <em>Rogers Distinguished Visiting Professor in Journalism</em> for the 2012 – 2013 Academic Year.</p><p>Woods is no stranger to Ryerson’s journalism program, having taught in its Masthead course for fourth-year students in 1999-2000 and having created and taught a continuing education class in 2002-2003.</p>

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28 Aug

Former NFB president Jaques Bensimon has passed away

<p>Jacques Bensimon, the former president of the National Film Board, has passed away at the age of 69. Bensimon was president of the NFB from 2001 to 2006, and produced, directed and wrote for several NFB productions between 1967 and 1987.</p>

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22 Aug

Lorne Rubenstein: As rare as a double eagle

<p> </p><p><em>When he announced his retirement in July, Lorne Rubenstein was surprised at the reaction he received from readers; he was a unique and invaluable voice in the world of golf, consensus showed. <strong>Jeff Krever</strong> sat down with Rubenstein to talk about how the 32-year veteran golf columnist began writing on the now-unique beat, and how he changed his mind about retirement, showing he isn’t quite ready to give up writing about the sport he loves.</em></p><p><strong>By Jeff Krever</strong></p>

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26 Jul

Canadian London 2012 press room named after Randy Starkman

<p> </p><p>Randy Starkman <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/randy-starkman-award-winning-sports-journalist-passes-away-51" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed away suddenly in April</a>, but his legacy at the Olympic Games will continue to live on, as <a href="http://olympic.ca/news/team/canadian-press-room-named-after-starkman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">it was announced today</a> that the press room at Canada’s Olympic House in Trafalgar Square would be named in his honour.</p>

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25 Jul

Toronto Star legal affairs reporter Tracey Tyler dies of cancer at 50

<p> </p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/tyler_2.jpeg" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center; "><em>             Lisa Taylor (left) and Tracey Tyler (right) </em><em>at Ryerson's Press Freedom Conference. </em><em>(Photo: Amir-Pashah Tabrizian) </em></p>

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18 Jul

A community news start-up: The Saskatoon Express

<p><em>They left the big daily in town to start their own community weekly, and Dale Brin and Cam Hutchinson aren't looking back. <strong>Angelina Irinici </strong>talks to the two men about how their community news start-up came to be and how it is different from the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, where Brin and Hutchinson spent many years as publisher and managing editor, respectively.</em></p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Express paper .jpg" title="" /></p>

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13 Jun

Telling your own story: Kamal Al-Solaylee talks Intolerable

<p><em>Journalists make a career of telling the stories of other people. But what about when it comes time to tell their own? <strong>Jeff Fraser </strong>explains how Kamal Al-Solaylee coped with this in the writing of his new book </em>Intolerable<em>, a personal memoir that documents his life as a gay man in the Middle East, his distinguished career and how his stories have affected his family.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong>By Jeff Fraser</strong></p>

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11 Jun

The journalists of the honorary degree class of 2012

<p>Spring convocation season is well underway, and a number of journalists have received or will be receiving honorary degrees from universities across Canada for their contributions to the industry. Among them, with the conferring school listed in parenthesis, are:</p>

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7 Jun

Q&A with CJF Lifetime Achievement Award winner Jack Sigvaldason

<p><em>Jack ‘Sig’ Sigvaldason is this year’s Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner. <strong>Belinda Alzner</strong> caught up with the Northern News Service publisher to talk about the award, why their online paywalls have worked and how things have changed in northern journalism over the last 40 years.</em></p>

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