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25 Nov

Updated: Waterloo Region Record centralizing copydesk with sister Metroland newspaper Hamilton Spectator

<p>The <em>Waterloo Region</em> <em>Record</em> will centralize editorial page production in early 2014 at the <em>Hamilton Spectator. </em>Fourteen copy-editing jobs will be lost at the daily Waterloo, Ont., paper, which covers Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge.</p>

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21 Nov

Globe public editor: How do you define the middle class?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_14.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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19 Nov

Canadian Media Guild data shows 10,000 job losses in past five years

<p><strong>By Jan Wong</strong></p><p>A student of mine, a freshly minted journalism graduate, recently asked to meet for coffee to discuss her new job. In addition to her duties as weekend newsreader at a local radio station, she had begun covering Fredericton city hall. She loved her work, but it didn’t take long for her to experience her first bloodbath: the station manager abruptly fired three veteran journalists. That left only one other reporter and my student—let’s call her Katrina.</p>

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19 Nov

Make this your new mantra for contract negotiating: Don’t make things worse for the next writer

<p><strong>By Ann Douglas</strong></p>

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19 Nov

J-Source launches new Work and Labour section

<p><strong>By Bruce Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief</strong></p><p>Today, we launch a new section on J-Source dedicated to covering <a href="http://j-source.ca/category/news-views/work-and-labour">work and labour issues in Canadian journalism</a>. At a time when work in our industry seems more precarious than ever, as news of layoffs and closures seems to come on a weekly basis, this section seems more timely than ever. Our Work and Labour section will provide regular news, analysis and commentary on a wide range of issues, including contract negotiations, internships, outsourcing and layoffs.</p>

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19 Nov

Call for papers on unpaid internships

<p>The debate about unpaid internships in Canada is raging, fuelled by stories such as <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/intern-s-death-after-overnight-shift-sparks-outcry-1.1704532" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andy Ferguson’s tragic death</a>, <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/10/19/unpaid_interns_mp_andrew_cash_to_table_private_members_bill_targeting_illegal_internships.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrew Cash’s private member’s bill targeting unpaid internships</a>, backlash from underemployed, indebted youth who can no longer work for free and the formation

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