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Review: A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter’s Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring

Two years after covering the Arab Spring, CBC reporter Nahlah Ayed's memoir has been released in paperback with a new epilogue chronicling the civil war in Syria and her return to Tahrir…
Readers attack: How and why journalists should respond to online comments

For the large, silent majority of readers turned off by comments sections, the solution is simple: stop reading them. But for journalists, who are frequently themselves the subjects of discussion, and who…
Job posting: Journalism instructors at Langara College

Depending on funding and other considerations, the Langara College Journalism Department is seeking instructors to fill positions ranging from a single specialty topic to half-time, three-quarter-time or full-time teaching load beginning September…
Peter Worthington: 10 facts about the journalist who wrote his own obituary

Peter Worthington, co-founder of the Toronto Sun and a four-time National Newspaper Award winner, died Monday. Worthington wrote in his obituary that he realized “for journalists, reconnaissance can be valuable, and that it’s better…
Opinion: Why all journalists should study public relations

Most journalism schools don’t like to talk to their students about public relations. They teach them nothing about PR history, theory, ethics and practice. It’s as if they believe that by teaching…
Paywalls rolled out across all Postmedia newspapers

Postmedia Network rolled out online paywalls on all 10 of its dailies Tuesday, following a two-year pilot project. Readers will be introduced to the paywalls with an advertising campaign, including full-page wraps on…
UPDATED: Chronicle Herald misspells its own name in article about winning Atlantic Journalism Awards

The Chronicle Herald, which won six gold Atlantic Journalism Awards, misspelled its own name in an article celebrating its accomplishments. Check out the image, courtesy of Craig Silverman at Poynter. [node:ad] UPDATE: On…
Publisher Doug Kelly leaving National Post

Doug Kelly, the publisher of the National Post is leaving the newspaper at the end of May, the Canadian Press reports. “Postmedia spokeswoman Phyllise Gelfand said Kelly had been considering internal opportunities…
Opinion: The Globe and Mail murky on how its error ridden pro-BC Liberal editorial was crafted

With several mistaken facts in The Globe and Mail editorial endorsing Christy Clark for premier, David Beers writes the editorial will do little to change the views of any British Columbians who resent that…
Toronto Sun co-founder Peter Worthington dies in Toronto

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