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    Le syndicat de TVA réclame le retour de Mélissa François

    Le syndicat des employés de TVA-Montréal estime que Mélissa François, lectrice de nouvelles à LCN, doit pouvoir réintégrer ses fonctions. La journaliste a été rétrogradée peu avant Noël après avoir annoncé la mort de Kim Jong-Deux au lieu de Kim Jong-Il.

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    J-Source Canadian Newsperson of the Year: Nominations close Jan 16

    We have received nominations from across the country – from mainstream media personalities, to those behind innovative start-ups to those who tirelessly bring news to small communities. The J-Source Canadian Newsperson of 2011 will honour a Canadian who has demonstrated excellence and had a positive impact on the quality of journalism, inspiring journalists, educators and…

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    Five questions for freelance photojournalist Nick Kozak

    On the second anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, J-Source talked to Nick Kozak about what it was like to document the devastating aftermath as a freelance photojournalist, the business of selling photos and whether or not reporters can (or should) double as photographers.

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    Un journaliste de France 2 tué en Syrie

    Le reporter de guerre français Gilles Jacquier a été tué aujourd'hui à Homs, en Syrie, au cours d'un affrontement qui a fait huit morts et plusieurs blessés dans ce haut lieu de la contestation du régime de Bachar-el-assad.

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    Web scraping: How journalists get their own data

    Don't rely on others to get you the information you need. Glen McGregor explains in the latest issue of Media magazine that the ability to program a basic script can allow you the freedom to no longer rely solely on Access to Information laws and give you the liberty to analyze data in new ways. And a foreword by David McKie, J-Source's…

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    Female foreign correspondents and the question of rape

    Heated rhetoric aside, are journalists out of touch with the risks female reporters face in conflict zones? Ruane Remy asked this question in the Winter 2012 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, and examined the unique situations that female foreign correspondents can find themselves in and how they can be better equipped to deal with them.

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    Hebdo: TC Media grandit en Montérégie

    TC Media a annoncé hier le lancement d'un nouvel hebdomadaire à Valleyfield, le Valleyfield Express.ca, ainsi que l'acquisition de Tout Magazine qui devient Tout Express. Le groupe, anciennement connu sous le nom de Transcontinental, poursuit ainsi son développement en Montérégie, une des régions qui connaît la plus forte croissance démographique au Québec.

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    The Walrus Foundation launches Walrus TV

    The Walrus Foundation is bringing its award-winning commentary to the screen in a new partnership with Toronto-based High Fidelity HDTV. Walrus TV launches today online at walrustv.ca and on television on High Fidelity’s ideas and culture channel, eqhd.

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    How a 17 year-old fell in love with journalism

    If you’ve ever doubted your career choice of becoming a journalist, check out this blog post by 17 year-old Jack Davis on The Huffington Post that describes how he fell in journalism and why he believes it is important. In it, the young man describes how he "stumbled" onto this career aspiration and why journalism's…