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Canadian Media Guild seeks a staff rep for Western Canada

The Canadian Media Guild has an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to make a difference in both the union and media worlds. We are seeking an energetic and self-motivated Staff Representative for our Western regional office, which serves members…
How to ‘wow’ during a newsroom internship interview

Melanie Coulson, senior editor at the Ottawa Citizen, gives tips to prospective newsroom interns on how to make a great impression during an interview.…
Shades of language: Looking into Canadian media coverage of Quebec

It seems that some Anglophone media outside Quebec see issues differently than those inside the province. Is it a question of the language barrier or perhaps a culture gap?…
Twitter rules for journalists? Here are 26 of Steve Ladurantaye’s

Someone asked me if I had any guidelines for how I use Twitter, and I thought I could think of maybe five things that I believe to be true I’ve been on it for a few years now, and have…
Access granted: AMI makes media available for all Canadians

In accepting his lifetime achievement award at the National Magazine Awards, long-time Toronto Life editor Stephen Trumper encouraged all Canadian publications to make their content available through Accessible Media Inc., a Canadian non-profit. By making print, broadcast and digital media…
Toronto Star radio room internship remains in-house; interns take 32 per cent pay cut

The Toronto Star's radio room program is staying in-house after the union negotiated a 32 per cent pay cut for the interns. "The hourly rate for the students working in the radio room will now be $17, down from about…
Toronto Star publisher, Globe and Mail editor-in-chief on journalism and the Fords

John Stackhouse and John Cruickshank stood behind their publications' recent coverage of the Fords in an interview on CBC's Metro Morning on Monday.…
Newsana looking for a community intern (unpaid)

See the updated internship listing here. There’s simply too much content out there. Ask anyone, and they’ll probably tell you that they’re tired of sifting through it all to find the good stuff. We certainly are. That’s why we…
Windsor U student newspaper will cut 5 positions, reduce staff salaries

The Lance will be cutting at least five staff positions and will reduce the salaries of remaining staff following a new budget approved by the University of Windsor Student Alliance last week. The 85-year-old newspaper was ordered to end all…
Copy editors: an endangered species?

With ad dollars falling, newspapers have responded by cutting desk staff. In an era when the Toronto Sun misspells "Correction" in a correction column, is there any hope for a revival of good copyediting and can newspapers maintain their credibility?…