Year / 2015
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New research project examines local news poverty
The impact of newsroom cutbacks, consolidations and closures will be the focus of a new study examining local news poverty in communities outside of Canada’s major media centres.… -
News camera allowed in Saskatchewan court for first time
CTV, Global granted permission to have camera record Hales’s appeal of second-degree murder conviction.… -
Digital Publishing Awards launched
A new award program will honour excellence at Canadian digital publications. The Digital Publishing Awards will launch in 2016. There will be 15 different award categories, including tablet and web design and development, news coverage, feature writing, video production… -
New app will track variety and placement of sources in stories
An app that will allow newsrooms to monitor who journalists go to for quotes in stories is being developed by two journalism professors at Ryerson University.… -
Fahmy on foreign reportage and citizenship rights
Journalist Mohamed Fahmy speaks about the dangers of freelancers reporting overseas and the issues surrounding rights for citizens who are jailed abroad.… -
National Newsmedia Council aims to bring more media into the fold
“There’s no question we’re a product of the contraction of the newspaper business,” says NNC president and CEO John Fraser.… -
Call for submissions: Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award
Annual award gives photographers six-month assignment at the Canadian Press in Toronto.… -
Toronto Star public editor: Talking terror: What’s in a name?
Why is the media inconsistent in naming the terror group that attacked Paris?… -
The complete guide to analytics for journalists
Knowing how to use analytics is becoming just another part of being a journalist. But how do you wade way through a flood of metrics?… -
Why did a Moose Jaw Times-Herald reporter resign over a video?
Uncertainty about what MP Tom Lukiwski said stopped editors from publishing video taken by reporter Mickey Djuric.…
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