• The new logo for the Magazines Grands Prix, an awards program established by Magazines Canada. Photo courtesy H.G. Watson.

    Magazines Canada introduces new magazine award program

    Magazine Grands Prix comes after major publishers declared intention to leave National Magazine Awards last year. H.G. WatsonH.G. Watson was J-Source’s managing editor from 2015 to 2018. She is a journalist based in Toronto. You can learn more about her at hgwatson.com.

  • National Film Board heads to Saskatchewan and Alberta’s grasslands to capture local experiences. Screenshot by J-Source.

    Southern stories told on film

    National Film Board heads to Saskatchewan and Alberta’s grasslands to capture local experiences. Tenessa WildTenessa Wild is a Masters student at the University of Regina School of Journalism. She has just completed an investigation into the 2012 BC Inquiry initiatives suggested for missing and murdered women in northern BC. She completed a 2016 internship with…

  • The Conversation, a journalism site about academic work, will open a Canadian outpost based at UBC with funds from a government grant. Screenshot by J-Source.

    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. H.G. WatsonH.G. Watson was J-Source’s managing editor from 2015 to 2018. She is a journalist based in Toronto. You can learn more about her at hgwatson.com.

  • Colour Code is a new podcast about race in Canada from the Globe and Mail, co-hosted by Denise Balkissoon and Hannah Sung. Screenshot by J-Source.

    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. H.G. WatsonH.G. Watson was J-Source’s managing editor from 2015 to 2018. She is a journalist based in Toronto. You can learn more about her at hgwatson.com.

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    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 allows users to catch Pokemon. And Canadian media has been there to document it, every step of the way. A quick primer, in…

  • Arc Publishing, the new publishing system designed by engineers at the Washington Post, is being rolled out globally.

    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 a partnership with the Post to implement the Post’s Arc Publishing system. Built with newspaper publishers in mind, Arc will be fully implemented…

  • The BBC's announcement that they would be expanding in Canada. Screenshot by J-Source.

    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 the entire news sector appears to be downsizing rapidly? Or is the very opportunity they see to step in just as the existing institutions collapse — potentially…

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    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. H.G. WatsonH.G. Watson was J-Source’s managing editor from 2015 to 2018. She is a journalist based in Toronto. You can learn more about her at hgwatson.com.