The Globe and Mail is testing a new feature that could enhance readers’ understanding of its online stories and the mechanics of its journalism. Globe and Mail reporter Susan Krashinsky Robertson has taken a three-month leave from her reporting duties to test expandable, in-article explainers called the Globe Primer. Krashinsky Robertson said this feature acts…
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The Institute is led by Patti Sonntag, former managing editor of The New York Times’ News Services Division. Continue Reading Institute for Investigative Journalism launches at Concordia
Reuters Institute Digital News report finds that Canadians trust their news more compared to other nations. Continue Reading Trust in the news is substantially up in Canada, new report finds
Micropayment model has become a marketing tool to sell frequent customers on full digital subscriptions. Continue Reading Winnipeg Free Press uses human touch to get digital subscribers
“Is it a tech story? Is it a business and tech or policy and politics story, is it a cultural story? Well, it’s actually all the above: The impact of technology on the cognitive, economic, and political ways we live is quite transformative.” Continue Reading Canada’s The Logic is a new subscription news outlet focused on the innovation economy
The Strathcona County Library Journal is a project of Michael Hingston, writer-in-residence for the Metro Edmonton Federation of Libraries. Continue Reading Kids get the scoop in library newspaper they produced
The newsletter, launched eight weeks before the royal wedding, takes readers inside the event. Continue Reading CBC’s Royal Fascinator is an experiment in limited-run newsletters
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How reader-supported journalism is changing the equation. Continue Reading Giving readers a stake in the story