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TVO receives $2 million donation to fund journalism hubs throughout Ontario

First hub will open in Thunder Bay later this year, with three more to follow.
Rogers Media lays off 87 employees over 2 days

Rogers Media has laid off 27 full-time employees in its English-language digital content and publishing division.
A unique sports event series is bringing journalists and audiences together

By Adriel Smiley The doors of the Drake Underground open at almost a quarter past 7 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2016 for Hoop Talks, a live speaker series about basketball produced by…
Here are the confirmed Globe and Mail staff who took buyouts

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor On Nov. 18, a select number of Globe and Mail staff members packed up their belongings and left the newspaper’s offices at 444 Front St. in Toronto…
National Post memo details departures from newsroom, newsroom reorganization

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor A memo sent to National Post staff on Nov. 18 by editor-in-chief Anne Marie Owens details 20 newsroom departures, most the result of a round of buyouts…
Unions demand Postmedia executives reject $2.3 million in bonuses

By The Canadian Press Unions representing Canadian journalists want five Postmedia executives to reject bonuses totalling $2.275 million as the struggling newspaper chain continues staff reductions. The company awarded Postmedia president and…
Postmedia moving majority of local content to A section in four newspapers

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Postmedia editors across Canada have announced plans to move most local coverage to the A section of the print editions in similar editors’ notes that ran in…
How Vice News is going to get young people to watch a half hour newscast

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Vice, a media company known for its untraditional approach to journalism, has started a new program that is, in some ways, wholly traditional—a half hour news program.…
As the ink fades

By Jaren Kerr On September 11, 2001, Jeff Brodrucky helped hand out 10,000 copies of the Toronto Star to commuters passing through the Yonge-Sheppard subway station in Toronto. “I gave out, at…
Fort McMurray Today reducing print schedule

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Even after evacuating Fort McMurray, Alberta as it burned around them, the reporters at Fort McMurray Today got the print edition of the paper finished. It was…