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The Uber-ization of Journalism
Media managers are wondering what went wrong. If the solutions are hard to discern, they have only to look at the technology they so eagerly embrace.
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College class project spurs Nova Scotia government to take action
Student project looks at the stunning fact that 200 years after the first Black settlers came to Nova Scotia, many people still do not have legal title to their land.
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Media concentration climbs in Canada as newsrooms shrink
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor If the Canadian media landscape is a pie, few people are getting a piece of it right now. “If we look at the mediascape as a whole,…
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Globe Public Editor: A parliamentary committee to save the news? Good luck with that
By Sylvia Stead, for the Globe and Mail This week in Ottawa, Parliament’s Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage began to study how Canadians “are informed about local and regional experiences” by…
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Toronto Star public editor: Cartoonists and the freedom to offend
By Kathy English, for the Toronto Star Just as opinion columnists have wide latitude to express views that some readers may find offensive, so too do editorial cartoonists have considerable freedom to…
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Is journalism school enough, or should you be studying more?
By Badri Murali After Marco Chown Oved finished his master’s in philosophy at the Sorbonne, in Paris, he was looking around for work. He was not particularly looking for a career in…
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New study finds people read printed newspapers—if they are free and delivered directly to them
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor People still read printed newspapers—free ones, at least. A study produced by BrandSpark International and Metroland Media found that about 75 per cent of Ontarians read one…
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How Lisa Gregoire created “Breathing Holes”
By Ilana Reimer Lisa Gregoire has read a lot of court dockets. As the managing editor at Nunatsiaq News, she gets them emailed to her each week so she knows which cases…
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Media on the Move: Feb. 11 to Feb. 24
Here’s our regular update on the moves, hires and promotions in Canadian journalism for Feb. 11 to Feb. 24. Remember to notify us of any journalism job news on Twitter and with the hashtag #cdnmediamoves.…
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Memo: Brodie Fenlon appointed Senior Director of Digital News at CBC
The following memo was sent to CBC staff on Feb. 24 from Jennifer McGuire, General Manager and Editor in Chief I am thrilled to confirm Brodie Fenlon as the Senior Director of CBC News…
