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Meet the Press: Daniel J. Rowe, The Eastern Door

By Nadine Tousignant for CNW As Assistant Editor and Reporter at The Eastern Door, Daniel J. Rowe shares stories from the Kahnawake Mohawk community that deserve to be told. We asked Daniel about his work and what advice he has for PR professionals. What is the most rewarding part of your work? There is nothing more…
Who gets the credit when a story breaks?

J-Source survey finds many outlets across Canada lack a clear policy on when to credit a competitor’s scoop.
You don’t know what it’s like

By Lorelei Williams for the Canadian Media Guild What can media do better in reporting on our missing loved ones? Treat our missing women and girls the same as the others. It has been pointed out several times that when a non-Indigenous person goes missing, the media is all over it, but when it comes…
Crowd-sourced map tracks what’s happening to local news outlets across Canada

Map will track news outlet closures and openings across the country. Continue Reading Crowd-sourced map tracks what’s happening to local news outlets across Canada
What 12 months as a Nieman fellow taught journalist Stephen Maher

By Stephen Maher In September, Joshua Benton, the director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, gave a talk about trends in the media business to the incoming Nieman fellows, 23 journalists from around the world spending a year at Harvard. He marked the first slide with an asterix: * Warning: May be depressing.…
Meet the Press: Marc Weisblott, Twelve Thirty Six

By Nadine Tousignant for CNW Launched in June 2015 by St. Joseph Media, Twelve Thirty Six quickly became Toronto’s go-to lunchtime tabloid. We spoke with Marc Weisblott, editor of 12:36 about the eclectic e-newsletter, his typical workday and where PR fits in the mix. Follow the outlet @1236. What has inspired you to start 12:36 and what is its mission?…
There is journalism beyond journalism

The following column was adapted from the opening address at Beyond Journalism on June 2, in Toronto, Ontario. By Errol Salamon, Work and Labour Editor Moving beyond journalism may seem just as scary to emerging journalists as it is to established journalists who haven’t lost their jobs yet, or to former journalists who have already…
Talks break down as Chronicle Herald bosses tender offer worse than proposed four months ago

By Teuila Fuatai for rabble Bosses at the Canada’s largest independent newspaper are proposing more staff cuts and salary reductions than those that led to a newsroom strike four months ago, the Halifax Typographical Union says. The union (HTU), which represents 57 editorial staff currently on strike, announced this afternoon a week of negotiations with management…
Labour reporting about journalism back from the dead

New J-Source work and labour editor Errol Salamon on the importance of labour reporting.
Postmedia outsourcing printing of London Free Press; union says 135 jobs lost

By The Canadian Press The union representing workers at the London Free Press says plans to outsource printing of the southwestern Ontario newspaper will cost 135 employees their jobs. Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (TSX:PNC-A.TO - News), which has announced a number of cuts and consolidations in recent months amid declining revenue in the newspaper business, says Metroland…