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    The case for local publishers in local newspapers

    In light of the news that Sun Media had laid off five regional publishers in Ontario, replacing them with advertising managers, Steve Ladurantaye turned to his former publisher to ask: What role do local publishers play in newspapers?

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    Internships and the intersection of class struggle and opportunity

    If there is one thing that many young journalists can bond over, it’s the common experience of having worked in unpaid internships to gain experience. The downside to this is obvious and well-documented. But as Belinda Alzner explains, panelists at a recent conference on precarious workers demonstrated the topic of unpaid internships still prompts a complicated…

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    Maclean’s crowd-directed coverage of Parliament Hill

      Albeit quietly, there has been an interesting journalism experiment conducted on Parliament Hill over the last week. Every day, there is a list of committee meetings, panels and other goings-on in Ottawa. The trick for most journalists on the Hill is figuring out which one to attend, and which event will hold the most interest…

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    Roundup: Newsweek to cease print publication, go digital-only in 2013

    It may not be Canadian, but a legacy weekly magazine shifting out of print production as Newsweek announced today will likely have industry-wide implications, at least serving as an example for publications thinking about going digital-only. As a result, we have created this roundup of coverage and analysis that those south of the border have provided. 

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    We made a list, you checked it twice

    We published a list of Twitter accounts we thought would be useful for Canadian journalism students to consider following. Then, we invited your suggestions to make it better. The flood of tweets that followed did help make the list much better, and much longer, but also taught us some difficult lessons about the hazards of making such…

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    John Miller on ‘Wentegate’

    Carol Wainio is an artist who has exhibited widely in Canada, including at the National Gallery. She teaches Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa. In her spare time she blogs on matters of journalistic integrity. She specializes in detecting plagiarism.Sylvia Stead is the newly named public editor of The Globe and Mail. The paper…