Mobilizing against precarity
How media workers are organizing to address issues of precarity, and what lessons the labour movement can learn.
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Canadian Business hiring one-year intern
The Canadian Business internship is an opportunity for young journalists to obtain real-world, on-the-job training at a monthly magazine.
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Postmedia revenue down 8 per cent in first quarter
Postmedia Network ended its first quarter with an $11.8-million net loss, a decrease of 8.4 per cent compared to the same period the previous year.
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Canadian University Press NASH76 Conference Day 2
Every year, CUP hosts a national conference that attracts more than 300 young journalists from across the country. Today's topics include: The changing face of mainstream sports journalism; Drone journalism; Social Media in Reporting: Legal Restrictions and Considerations; Who gets a voice? Journalism and social change; and a keynote speech by Mark Coatney of Al…
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Postmedia memo on first quarter earnings
Subject: Quarterly Update Today we announced our company’s financial results for the first quarter of our 2014 fiscal year – September 2013 to November 2013. You can view the full details of the quarterly results at Postmedia Link or www.postmedia.com. Revenue for the quarter totaled $194.0 million, a decrease of 8.4% compared to the same…
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The Globe and Mail’s bonus plan could backfire
The Globe and Mail’s bold new compensation experiment is its riskiest innovation yet, with the potential either to make—or break—the paper’s migration to the digital era. But as one expert told business of journalism editor Kelly Toughill, the experiment could destroy team dynamics and undermine the quality of journalism.
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Toronto Star Master Glass: How to capture good audio
In this Toronto Star video series on photojournalism, visuals deputy editor Scott Simmie demonstrates the many options out there to capture audio, besides the in-camera microphone.
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Canadian University Press NASH76 Conference Day 1
Every year, CUP hosts a national conference that attracts more than 300 young journalists from across the country. The keynote speaker today is Robyn Doolittle, a city hall reporter at the Toronto Star. Doolittle has broken some of the most talked about stories in Toronto over the last few years, including a year-and-a-long investigation into…
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Karine Ewart named editor-in-chief of Chatelaine
Ewart, current editor-in-chief of Today’s Parent, will join Chatelaine as its editor-in-chief on Jan. 13. Ewart replaces Jane Francisco, who joined Hearst last year.
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The challenges of teaching journalism in Liberia
With classes so full that students spill out in the hallways and equipment that’s constantly breaking, teaching journalism in Liberia is not easy, says Janice Neil, who went to the West African country on a Journalists for Human Rights trip.