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CJF announces finalists for Excellence in Journalism Award

The Canadian Journalism Foundation has announced the finalists of its Excellence in Journalism Award in the large-media and small-media categories. The five finalists in the large-media category are:CBC News: Special Investigations UnitThe…
Michener Awards names 6 finalists for public service journalism

The Michener Awards Foundation announced six finalists for meritorious public service journalism. The finalists are: Enquête; The Coast; Postmedia News and Ottawa Citizen; La Presse; Toronto Star; and Vancouver Sun. The winner will be announced on June…
Un mémo de mauvaises nouvelles en Colombie-Britannique

Le président et éditeur du Vancouver Sun et The Province, Gordon Fisher, a fait parvenir une lettre aux employés, mercredi, annonçant des réductions massives d’effectifs, notamment par le biais d’un programme de…
UPDATED: Layoffs coming at Vancouver Sun and The Province

In a bluntly worded memo sent to all employees on Wednesday, Pacific Newspaper Group president and publisher Gordon Fisher said the two newspapers have seen an “alarming and unprecedented revenue declines.” Now staff at…
Protecting playgrounds for the rich: The Conservative government’s omnibus budget bill gave “cottages” in certain Conservative ridings special treatment

By Glen McGregor, for Media Magazine The Conservative government angered environmentalists last fall when it introduced changes to a law that protects lakes and rivers from development. The Navigable Waters Protection Act is one of…
The emergence of the market for data-journalism skills

By David McKie There has been a lot of distressing talk about the slow but sure death of journalism as we know it. With each passing week, there is news of yet…
CAJ Code of Silence – Call for nominations

It's time to get even with that publicly funded government, department or agency whose information is kept in the murky shadows.” So says the Canadian Association of Journalists which is accepting nominations for…
UPDATED: Saskatoon gets its first local CBC radio morning show; does not have CRTC licence

The new radio morning show has been in the works for almost five years, ever since CBC undertook a country-wide study looking at underserved markets. But the station will be up against…
Reporting on terror: CBC’s David Common on covering the Boston bombing

David Common was CBC's lead reporter on the ground in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, and during an unprecedented search for the two suspects. Here in J-Source, he shares his…
CBC Kitchener Waterloo Morning Edition goes off air pending CRTC approval

CBC filed its application for the Waterloo Region service with the CRTC in June 2012, but it did not recieve permission to broadcast. The show had launched just over a month ago…

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