Iain Marlow named Globe’s Asia-Pacific reporter
Marlow, who mainly wrote about RIM for the Report on Business section of The Globe and Mail, is moving to Vancouver as the newspaper’s new Asia-Pacific reporter.
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New technology Dejero changing how broadcasters do live hits
Dejero’s application is so easy for broadcasters to use that its founder says every television news organization in Canada—except Global—uses it. Its clients in the U.S. include ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox. J-Source looks at how Dejero works.
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Toronto Star Master Glass: How to keep your gear working in cold weather
In this Toronto Star video series on photojournalism, photographer Rick Madonik shows you how to keep your camera gear working when taking photographs out in the cold weather.
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How to butcher your students’ writing…nicely
Did your journalism student turn in a cringe-worthy headline? Completely missed the point in the nut graf? You may not think you can nicely butcher a student's story, but Sheridan College's Nicole Blanchett Neheli seems to have mastered that impossible task and shares her tips.
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To pay or not to pay? Canadian magazines grapple with the unpaid internship debate
In the Canadian journalism industry, internships are often tied to post-secondary programs—and unpaid. Eric Mark Do takes a look how several Canadian magazines are trying to give students the best bang for their time—even if they aren't getting paid.
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Kamloops This Week increases publishing frequency after competitor announces closure
Following the announcement that its competitor, Kamloops Daily News, is shutting down within 60 days, the publisher of Kamloops This Week says it will increase its publishing frequency
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Nominations open for Canadian Journalism Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award
Nominations are being accepted online for the annual Canadian Journalism Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding lifetime contribution to journalism in Canada.
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Deadline approaching for 2014 Canadian Hillman Prize
The Sidney Hillman Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2014 Canadian Hillman Prize honouring excellence in journalism in service of the common good. The Hillman Prize seeks out the best investigative reporting that draws attention to social or economic injustice and hopefully leads to corrective measures.
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Journalism news you might have missed during the holidays
J-Source rounded up the journalism industry news you might have missed while we were offline from Dec. 20 to Jan. 3. A sample: CBC's Tony Parsons retired; TVO's Steve Paikin was awarded the Order of Canada; and a Canadian journalist working for Al-Jazeera was arrested in Egypt.
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Kamloops Daily News shutting down after more than 80 years
Glacier Media, the parent company of the Kamloops Daily News, says it will close the newspaper within the next 60 days for economic reasons.