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J-Source is hiring: Editor-in-Chief (part-time)

Job posting: Editor-in-Chief, J-Source.ca (part-time) The Canadian Journalism Project, a collaboration of journalism schools and organizations currently led by the Canadian Journalism Foundation, seeks an Editor-in-Chief for J-Source.ca, a national online project…
Global’s data journalism team “a first” in Canada

That’s not to say that other newsrooms don’t have investigative teams that employ data analysts or do regular data-led investigations, but he hasn’t heard of any other newsroom that had a dedicated…
Five free visualization tools recommended by Global’s data desk

Global News data desk journalist Patrick Cain outlines his favourite five free data journalism tools: Google Fusion tables, NodeXL, Scapetoad, JQuery Data Tables, and Tableau Public.
Why so many journalists are making the switch from BlackBerry to iPhone or Android

There was a time in the not-so-distant past when BlackBerry ruled Canadian newsrooms. But when all CBC employees handed in their BlackBerry Torch and Bold phones for shiny, new iPhones and Samsung Galaxies…
Postmedia employees spent $100,000 on U.S. and international roaming charges since September

Even as Postmedia engages in cost cutting measures to make up for advertising revenue shortfall, its employees incurred U.S. and international roaming charges in excess of $100,000, with some individual users racking…
Live blog of The Walking Dead: Do Traditional Art Critics Have A Future?

With armchair art and theatre critics proliferating online, media cutbacks reducing the number of those who critique for a living, and celebrity news trumping cultural coverage, is the relevance of the traditional…
Live blog: CJF J-Talk with Tyler Brûlé

This journalist-turned-entrepreneur is the chairman of brand and design agency Winkreative and editor-in-chief of Monocle, an ever-expanding global media venture encompassing a magazine, video and audio programming via the web, a biannual…
Compressions chez TC Média: une gifle à l’info hyperlocale à Montréal?

TC Media aurait signifié à 11 journalistes de ses hebdos de quartier de Montréal qu’ils perdaient leur poste, soit la moitié des effectifs. Le syndicat estime que l’entreprise «met la hache dans…
Fox News anchor: Canada “not great at the television”

While news from Canada of the arrests of two alleged terror suspects made headlines around the world, Fox News anchor Shepard Smith took a swipe at Canada, saying "they're not great at…
Globe and Mail offers staff voluntary buyouts

The memo doesn’t outline the target savings the newspaper hopes to achieve from the buyouts, but Crawley told staff at a town hall meeting that “If we get 60, I’ll be happy,” The…

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