Canadian Jewish News names new president and editor
CJN vice-president Elizabeth Wolfe took helm of the Jewish newspaper as its president last week, while Yoni Goldstein will step in as the new editor as of Jan. 6, 2014.
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Ed Greenspon leaves Star Media Group
Greenspon, vice-president of business development at the Toronto Star, is leaving the newspaper.
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CBC London correspondent Ann MacMillan retires
CBC’s London correspondent Ann MacMillan is retiring after more than 40 years in the business. Her last day is Dec. 16. MacMillan has worked in the London bureau since 1981 when she signed on as a correspondent for CBC’s flagship show, The Journal, with Barbara Frum.
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Monique Beech named Sun Media’s digital content director
Monique Beech, Sun Media’s national community manager, will become its digital content director on Dec. 20.
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Everything a journalism professor should be: Carleton’s Catherine McKercher retires
After 27 years teaching journalism to undergraduate and graduate students at Carleton University, Catherine McKercher is retiring.
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Retired CTV Ottawa anchor Leigh Chapple dies
Leigh Chapple, a retired CTV Ottawa anchor, died at age 58. Chapple retired from 2012 after a 36-year career, according to an article published in The Ottawa Citizen.
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Andy Ross, former editor at The Province, dies
Andy Ross, a veteran journalist with Vancouver's The Province, has died at age 66 after a short illness.
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Miranda Purves leaves Flare
Purves, the editor-in-chief of Flare, is leaving the Canadian magazine at the end of January to move back to New York for personal reasons.
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Andrew Potter named editor-in-chief of Ottawa Citizen
Managing editor Andrew Potter has been named editor-in-chief of the Ottawa Citizen, filling a role that has been vacant since Gerry Nott’s departure in September.
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Globe and Mail media reporter Steve Ladurantaye joins Twitter Canada
Ladurantaye is joining Twitter, tweeted Kirstine Stewart, the head of the social media network’s Canadian branch.