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3 Sep

Video: How to shoot a streeter

<p><strong>By Nicole Blanchett Neheli, Executive Video Editor</strong></p><p>A lot of people consider a streeter, also called a man on the street (MOS), a waste of airtime. But done properly, it can be a great tool to give your audience a voice and provide context on important issues. So how do you shoot a good streeter?</p>

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29 Aug

How to use hidden cameras: CBC’s Marketplace undercover

<p><strong>By Nicole Blanchett-Neheli, Executive Video Editor</strong></p><p>Ever wonder how and why hidden cameras are used in a journalistic investigation? Check out this video showing the ways CBC's <em>Marketplace</em> uses the most unsuspecting items, even a child's toy, to secretly record audio and video, and get to the bottom of a story. And if you want to learn more, read this story by J-Source's Associate Editor Tamara Baluja on <a href="http://http://j-source.ca/article/hidden-cameras-ethically">how to use hidden cameras ethically</a>.</p>

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29 Aug

Video: Separating fact from fiction online

<p><strong>By Nicole Blanchett-Neheli, Executive Video Editor</strong></p><p>Figuring out what's fact or fiction online is a struggle for anyone, but for a journalist it's an essential skill to be mastered. This TED Talk by Markham Nolan, the managing editor of <a href="http://www.vocativ.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vocativ.com</a>, is an excellent resource for journalism students and journalists alike. It offers great tips and tools for wading through a sea of information on the Internet to uncover the truth.</p>

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24 Jul

Julie McCann is J-Source’s new Field Notes 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/Julie McCann_0.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/Nicole Blanchett Neheli.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Bruce Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief</strong></p><p>I’m pleased to welcome Julie McCann as J-Source’s new Field Notes editor.</p>

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17 Jun

Video: Once upon a time, when deadlines, slugs and typeset were tangible

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Did you know a deadline was an actual line on a printing press and anything that was typeset after that line would be cut off? Or that a “slug” wasn’t just the name of a story?</p><p>Turns out, much of our journalism vernacular comes from the printing presses of a bygone era.</p><p>CBC reporter Jody Porter walked J-Source through the printing press process at University of Toronto’s Massey College, where she apprenticed while on a fellowship. </p>

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7 May

Using hidden cameras ethically

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Hidden camera_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Hidden cameras—by their very name—sound surreptitious, deceptive and the opposite of what journalism is supposed to stand for—transparency.</p>

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4 Oct

Paginator says goodbye to Sun Media colleagues with fun video

<p>When Brad Demers’s position as a paginator at the <em>St. Catharines Standard</em> was eliminated, he decided he wanted to say goodbye in his own cheeky way.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bhANnoj8FLI?rel=0" width="420"></iframe></p>

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7 Mar

VIDEO: Jorge Barrera on winning the 2012 J-Source Newsperson of the Year

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