Innovation

Founder and editor-in-chief Linda Solomon Wood wants to reach Canadians who haven’t heard of the National Observer.
Read More Continue Reading National Observer aiming to raise $1 million to build audience

Student newspapers face many of the same pressures as larger media outlets.
Read More Continue Reading Carleton student newspaper launches crowdfunding campaign

There’s a lot of interest in non-profit news models — but no silver bullets for success.
Read More Continue Reading La Presse’s new not-for-profit structure “a leap of faith”

Workshops led to development of two toolkits for journalists and migrants to use.
Read More Continue Reading The Discourse hosts workshops to improve coverage of refugee stories

The Globe and Mail is testing a new feature that could enhance readers’ understanding of its online stories and the mechanics of its journalism.

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The founders of Mediafugees were alarmed by the mainstream media’s coverage of immigration and refugee issues.
Read More Continue Reading New media outlet challenging mainstream refugee coverage

The Institute is led by Patti Sonntag, former managing editor of The New York Times’ News Services Division.
Read More Continue Reading Institute for Investigative Journalism launches at Concordia

Reuters Institute Digital News report finds that Canadians trust their news more compared to other nations.
Read More Continue Reading Trust in the news is substantially up in Canada, new report finds

Micropayment model has become a marketing tool to sell frequent customers on full digital subscriptions.
Read More Continue Reading Winnipeg Free Press uses human touch to get digital subscribers

“Is it a tech story? Is it a business and tech or policy and politics story, is it a cultural story? Well, it’s actually all the above: The impact of technology on the cognitive, economic, and political ways we live is quite transformative.”
Read More Continue Reading Canada’s The Logic is a new subscription news outlet focused on the innovation economy