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    Globe and Mail Public Editor: ‘Worst mass shooting’ in U.S. history

    [[{"fid":"6188","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":""},"type":"media","link_text":null,"attributes":{"height":444,"width":361,"style":"width: 75px; height: 92px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default"}}]]By Sylvia Stead for the Globe and Mail Earlier this week, The Globe and Mail and its digital products were heavily focused on the shocking murder of 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub. Headlines and stories referred to it as “the worst mass shooting…
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    Media on the Move: June 2 to June 16

    Here's our regular update on the moves, hires and promotions in Canadian journalism for June 2 to June 15. Remember to notify us of any journalism job news on Twitter and with the hashtag #cdnmediamoves. [View the story "Media on the Move: June 2 to June 16" on Storify]
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    Winners of the National Magazine Awards announced

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor The winners of the National Magazine Awards were announced on June 10 in Toronto. Quarterly magazine Maisonneuve was named magazine of the year. Journalist Desmond Cole, writer of “The Skin I’m In” for Toronto Life, was named best new magazine writer.  Photographer Marta Iwanek won best new magazine photographer. For…
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    CBC Ombudsman: Who said that? The use of paraphrase and direct quotes

    By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman The complainant, Greg Hunter, was suspicious of statements attributed to the Syrian government and to Vladimir Putin. He thought it unlikely they had actually said what Carol Off attributed to them in the course of an interview on As It Happens. He questioned the accuracy. There was no violation of…

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    CBC Ombudsman: Trump and the Republican Party

    By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman The complainant, Steve Cherry thought it inappropriate for Neil Macdonald to refer to creationism as superstition in a column he wrote about challenges facing the Republican policy in the face of a Trump candidacy for President. Expressing opinion is prohibited by CBC policy and even this passing reference did not…
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    What 12 months as a Nieman fellow taught journalist Stephen Maher

    By Stephen Maher In September, Joshua Benton, the director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, gave a talk about trends in the media business to the incoming Nieman fellows, 23 journalists from around the world spending a year at Harvard. He marked the first slide with an asterix: * Warning: May be depressing.…
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    Meet the Press: Marc Weisblott, Twelve Thirty Six

    By Nadine Tousignant for CNW Launched in June 2015 by St. Joseph Media, Twelve Thirty Six quickly became Toronto’s go-to lunchtime tabloid. We spoke with Marc Weisblott, editor of 12:36 about the eclectic e-newsletter, his typical workday and where PR fits in the mix. Follow the outlet @1236. What has inspired you to start 12:36 and what is its mission?…
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    National Observer goes behind a paywall

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor If you want to read National Observer stories, you’re going to have to start paying for them. On May 27, the online climate, energy and politics focused publication put up a paywall. Readers now get two free articles a month. After that, they can pay 27 cents a story, or…