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Magazines Canada introduces new magazine award program

Magazine Grands Prix comes after major publishers declared intention to leave National Magazine Awards last year.
Southern stories told on film

National Film Board heads to Saskatchewan and Alberta’s grasslands to capture local experiences.
UBC gets $200,000 government grant for new Canadian journalism outlet

Funds from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council will bring The Conversation, a news site about academic work, to Canada.
Inside Colour Code, the Globe and Mail’s new podcast

Co-hosted by Denise Balkissoon and Hannah Sung, the new podcast talks about race in Canada.
Canadian media outlets really love reporting on Pokemon Go

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Since Canadian smartphone users have been able to get their hands on it, there has been an insatiable appetite for Pokemon Go, an augmented reality game that…
Inside Arc Publishing, the Globe and Mail’s new publishing system

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor The Globe and Mail’s digital presence is getting an overhaul, courtesy of the Washington Post. On June 1, Phillip Crawley, publisher of the Globe and Mail, announced…
Coming to a Canada near you: BBC, NYTimes & more…

By Phillip Smith It’s a question that many people working in Canada’s media ecosystem must be asking this month: Are foreign publishers simply naive? How can they see an opportunity in a country where…
New Calgary media outlet hopes for a jumpstart with Kickstarter

The founder of The Calgarian wants to raise $12,000 by Jun. 5 to start reporting by September.
The good and bad of mobile, social and vertical news

Looking forward to the future of news, Kate Tenenhouse finds it is mobile, social…and vertical.
News maps allow users to explore coverage of Toronto neighbourhoods

Maps allow readers to compare the perception of how news is covered in their neighbourhood against the reality.