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Midland Free Press has been shut down effective as of this week. Everything in the office was being packed up yesterday, and the last issue will be published June 20.
Journalists usually know that when they get a brown envelope with a big scoop, the source remains a secret. But the identity of who leaked information to the Barrie Advance was too explosive. The newspaper named the source – the PMO – and suddenly found themselves in the centre of a debate on journalists and government sources. Editor-in-chief Lori Martin says the fact that the Barrie Advance is making news for “doing the right thing” indicates there's a bigger problem. Martin talked to Eric Mark Do about the reaction to the story, what it says about political reporting and more.
Canada's top journalism prize was awarded tonight to Postmedia News and the Ottawa Citizen for what the jury for the Michener award called "the detailed and sustained reporting (that) exposed the use of “robocalls” to mislead and harass voters during the 2011 federal election campaign."
Stories in two of Canada's largest newspapers about Toronto's controversial mayor and his family have prompted complaints to the Ontario Press Council. Five formal complaints have been lodged against the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail for stories written about the Ford brothers and their alleged drug activity, according to Ontario Press Council executive director Don McCurdy.
Michelle Gerwing will anchor CTV Regina's 11:30 p.m. newscast and Darrell Romuld will anchor weekend sports at 6 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
CBC won 30 out of the 56 RTDNA Canada awards over the weekend. Global came in second with a total of 10 RTDNA awards and CTV followed with 9.
Georgie Binks won the PWAC award for best feature story for “Tough Love,” an investigative report on teen boot camps published in Readers Digest. Jackie Middleton’s health story in the Globe and Mail on how to “Unlock the Secrets of your Family Tree” won the short articles award. Peggy Berkowitz won the PWAC editor of the year award for her work in University Affairs.
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