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6 Jun

Joanne Kates’ lifelong love affair

<p><em>UPDATED: Mon June 11</em></p><p>Joanne Kates woke up thinking about the gnocchi with toasted garlic and blue cheese salad she made for dinner the night before. She described it until my mouth was watering — and it was only 9 a.m. I suppose I should have expected it though: Kates has made a living off of bringing food to life with words.</p>

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25 May

Five questions for managing editor Kenny Yum on HuffPo Canada’s first birthday

<p> </p><p><em>Happy first birthday Huffington Post Canada! We chatted with managing editor Kenny Yum about HuffPost Canada's first year, gaining respect as an original news source and their unique approach to social media. </em></p><p> </p>

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24 May

Five questions for CBC Hamilton executive producer Roger Gillespie

<p> </p><p style=""><em>It’s been two weeks since CBC Hamilton launched, marking the Corporation’s entrance into the local and responsive news website business. <strong>Angelina Irinici</strong> spoke with executive producer Roger Gillespie about the challenges they’ve faced so far, on taking criticism and what it’s like running CBC’s first digital-only service.</em></p><p> </p>

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23 May

On the record with Jan Wong

<p><em>Jan Wong was a high-profile reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail up until “L’affaire Wong” in 2006. Earlier this month she self-published </em>Out of the Blue<em>, a book that documents the fallout from her infamous column on the Dawson College shootings. Now, she tells <strong>Belinda Alzner</strong> how one column changed her career and her life.</em></p><p> </p>

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22 May

Five questions for award-winning photojournalist Peter Bregg

<p><em>Photojournalist Peter Bregg has returned from a three-week tour of Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan where he was photographing senator Roméo Dallaire and his work in the demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers. He spoke to <strong>Angelina Irinici</strong> about his experience and how difficult assignments can still choke him up.</em></p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Peter Bregg_0.jpeg" title="" /></p>

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18 Apr

Journalism, humanized: Remembering Randy Starkman

<p>In my first year of journalism school, I'm sure I was instructed that you don't go into this profession if you want to make friends; that good reporting depends on being ruthless, neutral and aloof.  Of course, that creed is pretentious claptrap: the relationship between a journalist and sources is between humans and has to be humane.

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16 Apr

Randy Starkman, award-winning sports journalist, passes away at 51

<p>Randy Starkman covered 12 Olympic Games, won two National Newspaper Awards and was generally lauded as one of the best amateur sports reporters in the country. He passed away this morning in a Toronto hospital at the age of 51.</p>

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11 Apr

Classic Gopnik

<p><em>In the latest issue of the <a href="http://rrj.ca/rrj2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ryerson Review of Journalism</a>, <strong>Matthew Braga</strong> profiles Adam Gopnik and explains why The New Yorker essayist aspires to be the “rococo, Jewish, city-bound, Canadian E.B. White.”</em></p><p> </p>

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30 Mar

Jim Curran’s CBC traffic reporting career celebrated

<p> </p><p>If you’ve ever braved driving during rush hour in the Greater Toronto Area, you know you sometimes need someone to help you navigate the sea of bright red brake lights that stretch down the highway in the same manner the morning sunrise spills over the horizon.</p><p>Jim Curran has been that someone for CBC since 1972. Today was his final traffic reporting broadcast.</p>

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27 Mar

Former CBC cameraman Dean Heywood has passed away

<p> </p><p>A former CBC cameraman, father, husband and news junkie passed away from a heart attack last month while snorkelling in Costa Rica.</p><p><em>The Ottawa Citizen</em> has run a <a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/cameraman+always+searching+perfect+shot/6355830/story.html">touching obituary</a> for Dean Heywood that delves into the cameraman's mischievous side that allowed him to get the best shots on Parliament Hill, as well as his dedication to his job and to his family.</p>

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