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    Pagination centralized for Eastern Ontario Region Sun Media chain

    From a job posting: “Reporting to Sun Media’s East Region Pagination Co-ordinator(s), these layout editors will design broadsheet and tabloid pages including news, entertainment and sports. Graphics work will also be required. Experience in the publishing industry an asset. This position involves working afternoons and evenings, as well as some weekends. The location will be…

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    Maziar Bahari remains in Iranian prison

    Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari remains in prison in Iran, where he was arrested on June 21. A correspondent for Newsweek, has been accused of helping organize anti-government protests. The CBC Radio program The Current aired a segment on Bahari on July 7, and in an editorial on July 8, The Globe and Mail  called on…

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    Detroit community newspaper survives after facing long odds

    The Birmingham Eccentric was saved from the chopping block by a group of dedicated readers and supporters. “This stuff just never happens,” says Matt Friedman, co-owner of the PR firm Tanner Friedman Strategic Communications in Farmington Hills. “That a few key people would galvanize a grass-roots effort that got a second chance from a corporate…

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    OCNA Board of Directors appoints Executive Director

    “The Board of Directors of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Anne Lannan as Executive Director, effective immediately. Lannan has been serving as Interim Executive Director since November 2008. With a staff of 12, the Ontario Community Newspapers Association is a non-profit industry association with offices in Burlington…

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    Aimer son journal… à s’en tacher les doigts!

    Journaliste au Devoir, Antoine Robitaille raconte comment il est récemment redevenu camelot – ou plus précisément l’associé de son fils, qui livre le journal « à l’ancienne », c’est-à-dire sans voiture. Une façon comme une autre de transmettre le sens des responsabilités et de passer de bons moments entre père et fils, à l’heure des…

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    Comment publier une biographie de Michael Jackson quelques jours après sa mort

    Le décès de Michael Jackson, aussi subit qu’inattendu, a bousculé le monde médiatique. Alors que plusieurs chaînes de télévision s’apprêtent à diffuser en direct les obsèques du roi de la pop, les ouvrages consacrés à Michael Jackson se multiplient à une vitesse surprenante. Le magazine en ligne Slate.fr propose un petit guide de l’édition ultra-rapide.

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    Entrevue – Correspondant de guerre 02

    Exercer le métier de journaliste en Afghanistan implique de respecter plusieurs règles de sécurité minimale. La couverture en zone de guerre, ne permet pas autant de liberté et demeure risquée. En outre, il devient impératif de suivre également certaines directives militaires, souligne Patrice Bergeron, journaliste à La Presse Canadienne. Patrice Bergeron 02