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Western University accepting applications for CanWest Global Fellowship in Media

Western University is accepting applications for the CanWest Global Fellowship in Media Deadline: July 1, 2013 or until position is filled. The Fellow will promote public discussion on the nature of Canadian…
Opinion: On Brian Burke, journalism and Internet anonymity

Brian Burke says anonymous bloggers have deliberately set out to ruin his good name. As his defamation suit against those bloggers goes forward, perhaps it is time to begin a discussion about…
Windsor Star wins big at Ontario Newspaper Awards

The Windsor Star took home the most prizes with 8 awards at the Ontario Newspaper Awards. Here are the complete list of winners, according to the press release: JOURNALIST OF…
Longtime Province journalist Tony Eberts has died

Tony Eberts, a retired journalist who had worked in The Province newsroom for over thirty years has died, has died, the newspaper reported. [node:ad] Eberts was born July 11, 1932 in…
Spirit Dancing: How two UBC students gained access to report on this secretive Aboriginal tradition

The relationship between media and First Nations peoples in Canada has not always been a positive one. And in many ways, two UBC students say they felt they were paying for the…
Opinion: The CBC’s ‘no whites’ policy is a mistake, but no accident

By Matt Gurney, for the National Post On Monday, a job ad was posted seeking a new host for a CBC children’s program. They were seeking a male between 23 and 35…
Student internship opportunities shrinking across the country

With many students beginning their summer internships this week, J-Source takes a look at their job prospects. An internship is often the golden ticket to scoring a job in journalism. But with…
Toronto Life leads nominees at National Magazine Awards

Toronto Life is leading the nominees at the National Magazine Awards with 29 nods, followed by L'actualité with 24 and The Walrus with 23. Meanwhile, Cottage Life, Corporate Knights, Uppercase and…
Radio-Canada: Ottawa veut-il s’ingérer dans les conventions collectives?

Le gouvernement Harper est-il en train de s’ingérer dans le fonctionnement de Radio-Canada? C’est ce que des syndicats affirment, à la suite du dépôt, lundi, du projet de loi de mise en…
Postmedia Network replaces 10 daily newspaper publishers with 3 regional managers

In a bold step for the company, Postmedia Network has fired three publishers, eliminated the position entirely and replaced oversight of its 10 newspapers with three managers for the eastern, Prairies and…

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