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Ryerson Review of Journalism cutting down to single annual issue effective immediately
In a move to cut costs and better concentrate its resources, the Ryerson Review of Journalism will only publish one issue a year. Eric Mark Do reports.
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RTDNF scholarship applications open
The Radio-Television News Directors Foundation has opened applications for its 2013 scholarships.
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Copy editors laid off more than other newsroom staffers—but can newspapers’ credibility afford the cut?
Newspapers looking to "cut fat" from their newsrooms often turn to laying off those who don't produce content—such as copy editors. But, as Natascia Lypny asks, can their credibility afford the cut?
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The issues facing Canadian University Press and how it intends to tackle them
When member organizations are strapped for cash, the co-op feels the pain. This is something the Canadian University Press knows too well, as its fees, for some members, have become more of…
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NASH75 plenary tackles membership fees and increasing staff terms
A number of significant changes were made at the 2013 Canadian University Press national conference and AGM, and many of them were hotly debated, particularly JHM Award submission fees, the creation of…
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High school student paper publishes despite extracurricular cuts: Q&A with Proxy editor-in-chief Sabina Wex
Teachers across Ontario are boycotting extracurricular activities—including the supervision of student newspaper production—as a form of protest in the ongoing contract dispute with the government. But students at North Collegiate Toronto Institute will…
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Clean up your copy: 15 common writing errors
Jaclyn Law lays down a crash course in copy editing that will help you identify common problems in your writing, power up your prose and find solutions for copy conundrums.
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7.5 take-aways from Canadian University Press #NASH75
It was a conference with perhaps the lowest average delegate age of all journalism conferences in Canada, but the Canadian University Press’s 75th annual national conference still managed to pack quite the…
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Western University Students’ Council vs. student newspaper The Gazette on campus space, press freedom
Western University's daily student paper, The Gazette, is facing threats to its press freedom from its publisher, the Western University Students' Council, according to front-page reports today penned by the paper's editor-in-chief…
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The Great Wall: Canadian dailies and online subscriptions
When a journalism student declared he had never bought a physical newspaper, Torstar chair John Honderich shot back: “Is that something you’re proud of?” But as Joy Blenman explains, the student’s statement is…