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Algonquin students offered opportunities but no pay

By Nicole McCormick Andrea Emery, coordinator of Algonquin College’s graphic design program, was sent into a tailspin when a single email from a national media outlet showed up in her inbox a few weeks back that she would later describe as a landmine. “I was livid when I got it,” she said. The email was…
Postmedia plans to cut salary expenses, reports $99.4M loss last quarter

By The Canadian Press Postmedia said Thursday it plans to reduce its salary costs by 20 per cent through voluntary staff buyouts, adding that layoffs are possible if its target isn’t met, as the media company announced its net loss for its most recent quarter nearly doubled. The company says staff have until Nov. 8…
Memo: Paul Godfrey announces fourth quarter results and buyouts at Postmedia

Memo detailing changes was sent to Postmedia staff on Oct. 20. 2016.
How a new B.C. media fund will encourage storytelling innovation

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor A group of people in British Columbia are going into uncharted territory to fund new journalism projects. The Uncharted Journalism Fund will provide grants up to $3,000 four times a year, with the aim of supporting “adventurous” storytelling projects, according to a press release. The project is the brainchild of…
Journalism groups question The Rebel’s exclusion from climate change conference

News and opinion outlet headed by right-wing commentator Ezra Levant denied on basis that it is ‘advocacy media’.
Media on the Move: October 6 to October 20

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Globe and Mail Public Editor: Evidence suggests Jays game racism story is fair

By Sylvia Stead for The Globe and Mail I get a lot of passionate e-mails from readers, especially sports fans and political partisans, who have strong feelings about whether a column is fair or a story is accurate. This week, the story that garnered that heat was about the Toronto Blue Jays’ wild card victory…
Duncan McCue works with Ryerson J-School on curriculum for covering Indigenous issues

By Jasmine Bala for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre Reporters working in Canadian newsrooms should receive diversity training just like police officers and health workers do says Duncan McCue, the newly appointed Rogers Visiting Journalist at the Ryerson School of Journalism (RSJ). McCue said the training is necessary because journalists who don’t understand Indigenous cultures can cause…
Memo: Toronto Star Executive Editor Paul Woods retiring

The following memo was sent to Toronto Star staff on October 19, 2016, from Michael Cooke, editor. Paul Woods has advised me that he will be leaving his post as Executive Editor at the end of the year. This is consistent with the two-year commitment he made when we seduced him out of semi-retirement in…
Patti Sonntag spearheads Canadian collaborative investigative journalism project

This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Jane Gerster The first time Patti Sonntag tried to pitch a hands-on investigative class about resource extraction companies to Canadian journalism schools she was met with enthusiastic but noncommittal interest. It was 2014 and while schools were interested in the topic, Sonntag said, the project was…