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CTV Atlantic reporter Kayla Hounsell named RTDNA Canada President’s Fellow

Kayla Hounsell, a reporter and weekend anchor with CTV Atlantic in Halifax, was named the 2013 RTDNA Canada President’s Fellow. The $3,000 fellowship allows a working journalist to attend a seminar at…
All native: How Turtle Island News grew from its launch in a basement to an award-winning weekly

Lynda Powless launched Turtle Island News in the basement of her home on Six Nations Reserve 19 years, using her last paycheque from CBC to pay for its printing. Since then, the native weekly…
Up Here Business and Oilweek named Kenneth R. Wilson Awards Magazine of the Year

Yellowknife-based Up Here Business was named the professional magazine of the year at the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards presented by the Canadian Business Press. Meanwhile Oilweek, published in Calgary, was named the…
Les journalistes indépendants prennent leur destin en main

La tournée de l’AJIQ prend fin cette semaine dans les territoires nordiques du Nunavut. Durant près de deux mois, l’association a écouté les journalistes indépendants partout au Québec: entre espoir et frustration,…
Looking back, looking forward: The art of obituary writing

Older than the printing press, obituaries are a journalistic and literary form dating back to the ancient Greeks. Nowadays, journalists use social media and video along with more traditional tools such as print,…
«La loi sur l’accès à l’information a mal vieilli»

En trente ans, elle n’a pas atteint son objectif principal, celui d’en finir avec la culture du secret qui règne au sein des organismes publics. C’est le point de vue de la…
Demand for local television news coverage still strong despite abrupt closing of CityNews Channel

The abrupt closing of CityNews Channel on May 30 came at an inopportune time for news consumers in the Greater Toronto Area, because it happened while appetite for local news coverage is stronger than…
Toronto Star reporter arrested after photographing Union Station scuffle

Toronto police arrested a Toronto Star reporter, put him in a headlock and handcuffed him for taking pictures after a GO Transit officer was injured in a scuffle at Union Station, the…
Une mouche dans votre journal? Avisez le Conseil de presse du Québec!

Pour ses 40 printemps, le Conseil de presse du Québec (CPQ) s’offre une campagne de pub. Le but, faire connaître l’organisme au grand public et l’inciter à exiger une information de qualité.…
Henry Morgentaler’s love affair with the media

Canada’s famous abortion doctor, who died last week, was a masterful subject for journalists, his biographer recalls. Catherine Dunphy argues although he was womanizer who loved many, the most important love affair in…

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