Ray Guy died suddenly on Tuesday, aged 74, from cancer. He wrote about life and politics in Newfoundland and Labrador, won a National Newspaper Award, a Leacock Award, membership in the Canadian News Hall of Fame, and an honorary degree from Memorial University. The honours marked not just the role of his biting St. John's Evening Telegram newspaper…
Peter Worthington, co-founder of the Toronto Sun and a four-time National Newspaper Award winner, died Monday. Worthington wrote in his obituary that he realized “for journalists, reconnaissance can be valuable, and that it’s better to be lucky than good.” J-Source takes a look at the man behind the legend, as he describes himself in his own words.
Doug Kelly, the publisher of the National Post is leaving the newspaper at the end of May, the Canadian Press reports. “Postmedia spokeswoman Phyllise Gelfand said Kelly had been considering internal opportunities but announced Friday that he would be leaving the company,” the wire service wrote. His departure comes two weeks after Postmedia Network fired…
Ashleigh Gaul, online editor for Up Here magazine about is the winner of the Greg Clark Award for early-career journalists. The Canadian Journalism Foundation award gives a young journalist a chance to meet key decision-makers on their beats. Gaul will spend her Greg Clark experience in Cambridge Bay investigating the influence of mining developments in Nunavut. "The Nunavut Resources Corporation intrigues me…
Monday I celebrate 40 yrs with CTV News. ctvnews.ca Link to old photos &hairstyles! Thank you for welcoming me into your homes — Sandie Rinaldo (@SandieR_ctv) May 5, 2013 She began her career with the CTV by answering phones. Four decades later, Sandie Rinaldo has made history as the first woman in Canada to anchor…
Russo has been at the helm of the bureau since 2003 and he was awarded the Charles Lynch Award for lifetime achievement as a Parliamentary journalist in 2010.
Julia Belluz, senior editor at The Medical Post and creator of the Toronto-based Science-ish blog on macleans.ca, was named one of 12 Knight Science Journalism fellows. She is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Ryerson University’s journalism school, and is a National Magazine Award winner. The nine-month fellowship is based in MIT and…
Peter Mansbridge is celebrating his 25th anniversary at the helm of CBC’s flagship news show The National. The anchor took a trip down memory lane on his Inside the News blog, describing it as “long journey” of which he is proud. “Twenty-five years ago tonight I walked down the hallway towards the entrance…
Tony Eberts, a retired journalist who had worked in The Province newsroom for over thirty years has died, has died, the newspaper reported. [node:ad] Eberts was born July 11, 1932 in Vancouver. He started at B.C. tabloid covering the New Westminster beat before moving on to general assignment. He eventually became the newspaper’s environmental…