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Around the world: U.S. midterm elections lead Canadian world headlines
By Adam Jönsson, for the International Reporting Bureau at Humber College The results of the U.S. midterm elections led many Canadian world sections Wednesday. The Globe and Mail ran its election coverage above the fold on its front page. The story by Paul Koring ran under the headline ‘‘White House faces paralysis as Republicans take the…
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Around the world: German celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall lead Canadian headlines
Canadian media documented the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall with significant coverage.
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Graphic: Newspaper ownership concentration in Canada
By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor Postmedia’s plan to buy all of Sun Media’s 175 English-language newspapers and websites has many reporters and commentators concerned about the concentration of media ownership. If this deal is approved by the Competition Bureau, Postmedia would become one of the largest media companies in Canada. But the situation is more complex than…
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Cindy Witten named senior director of CBC Radio talk department
By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor Cindy Witten is joining the CBC as senior director of the Radio Network Talk department. She starts her new role on Sept. 22 and will oversee the production of all network programming on Radio One, including shows such as The Current, Q and As It Happens. “Cindy is the perfect person to lead…
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D’Arcy Coulson is J-Source’s new business manager
Coulson comes to J-Source from CBC News and will oversee the site’s day-to-day business operations and its transition to not-for-profit status.
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Karen Ho awarded SAJA-Knowledge@Wharton Scholarship
The scholarship program is designed to enhance the quality of minority business journalism.
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The Tyee names Jane Armstrong its new editor-in-chief
It took six years and three court decisions. But earlier this year, Patrick Cain received information from the provincial government about where registered sex offenders live.
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Susan Quinn wins Peter Gzowski Life Literacy Fellowship
Quinn, news editor of the Alberni Valley News, in B.C., will write a series on adult literacy in the region.
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Memo: Postmedia announces four-platform launch date for Herald, Gazette
The Postmedia memo said Montreal’s The Gazette will launch the four platform strategy on Oct. 21, followed by the Calgary Herald on Nov. 25.