Does media ownership matter?
The Postmedia-Sun merger isn’t a new peak in Canadian media ownership concentration. Still, our traditional media are in relatively few hands. Is that bad news?
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Live Q&A: The Freelance Life with Maryam Siddiqi and Aaron Broverman
Join us July 8, at 1 pm ET for a live chat about freelincing with Maryam Siddiqi and Aaron Broverman.
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Tuesday Tabs: CBC North, Newsgeist and encryption at the Washington Post
News about the news for the week of July 7.
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Waterloo student paper claims lease termination politically motivated
In May, University of Waterloo’s Imprint newspaper received a lease termination notice from the student union for the campus office space it has published in since 1979.
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“Social Media at BBC News” takes on crisis reporting in a connected world
New book paints a picture of how the world’s largest broadcast news organization has attempted to adapt to new editorial realities ushered in by social media.
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Jesse Brown on Canadaland’s Globe and Mail report
Yesterday morning, Canadaland’s Jesse Brown published a report claiming women were quitting positions from the Globe and Mail due to an institutionally sexist work environment.
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On newsroom sexism and the Canadaland report
If advocating for women’s equality in newsrooms is the goal, Brown’s reporting falls short of it.
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The Halifax Examiner, one year in
Last Wednesday, Halifax journalist Tim Bousquet held a birthday celebration for his one-year-old news site, the Halifax Examiner.
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Live Q&A: rural and remote reporting with Alicia Gosselin and Dali Carmichael
Join us July 2 at noon ET for a live chat on being a reporter in a rural or remote area. We’ll talk with Ont.-based Winchester Press reporter Alicia Gosselin and Dali Carmichael of the Northern Journal in Fort Smith, NWT.
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Chronicling the diversity of Yellowknife, one profile at a time
This online series from Edge YK magazine proves that, even in a small city of 20,000, there is no shortage of characters with fascinating stories to tell.