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D.B. Scott has reported that Dan Rubinstein, acting editor of Canadian Geographic, is leaving the magazine to “write and take on a contract with the Canada Foundation for Innovation.”

Lindsey Wiebe will be joining Maclean’s magazine’s digital team in the new year as the associate web editor of macleans.ca in Toronto and told J-Source in an email that she is "totally thrilled about it." Wiebe was most recently the social media reporter and a weekend online editor for the Winnipeg Free Press until the…

Roger Gillespie has joined YourHamiltonBiz.com, a new Torstar-owned Star Media Group business news site, as its managing editor.

The Toronto Star experimented with a graphic novel representation of reporter Katie Daubs' two-week stay indoors and in Toronto's underground PATH system. It was a multi-platform project with maps, videos, photos and more. Here, Daubs answers some of Eric Mark Do’s questions about the experience.

Stephen Ward will become the director of the George S. Turnbull Center in Portland, Oregon, which is part of the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism.

Esther Enkin will take over as Ombudsman of CBC’s English services on January 1, 2013. She replaces Kirk Lapointe, who has held the role since October 2010. Lapointe will remain in a capacity to assist with the transition. 

Marni Soupcoff has joined Huffington Post Canada as its managing editor of blogs.

  [node:ad] In comings and goings in the industry this week, Andrew Lundy has resigned from Director of GlobalNews.ca, a position he had held since 2008. David Skok, who was previously managing editor, has taken on the role of Acting Director in the interim. 

Veteran broadcaster Thomas McKee has died at the age of 76 “following a lengthy illness,” Broadcaster Magazine reports.