Media on the Move: September 22 to October 5
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Halifax’s The Coast is going Deep
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Alexander Quon There will soon be a new home for Canadian longform journalism—but Maritimers will notice a familiar name attached to it. Conceived by veteran journalists Matthew Halliday and Chelsea Murray, The Deep will be a joint venture between the pair and Halifax’s alternative weekly, The… -
Newsrooms need to talk about informed consent when reporting on LGBTQ+ communities
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Steph Wechsler In August, the CBC was named as a defendant in a lawsuit claiming that Farzam Dadashzadeh, an Iranian refugee now living in Vancouver, was outed in a 2007 documentary called Out in Iran: Inside Iran’s Secret Gay World. The film includes hidden camera footage… -
Owning up to mistakes is a way to build trust with readers
By Kirk LaPointe If the academic literature suggests one-half of all stories contain a factual error, then it is clear that corrections should be in routine order. But when and how to do so is a debate within journalism, particularly in this iterative age of digital reporting when our craft updates and doesn’t always acknowledge…
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Memo: David Skok joining Toronto Star as Associate Editor and Head of Editorial Strategy
Skok was most recently Managing Editor and Vice President, Digital, at the Boston Globe.
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Film exposes role of Ugandan newspapers in persecution of LGBTQ community
Queer Ugandan filmmaker lives in fear for his life, but is determined to keep telling stories from one of the most dangerous countries in the world for the LGBT community.
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Rogers Media reduces Maclean’s, Chatelaine publication schedules and takes four magazines online only
FLARE, Sportsnet, MoneySense, and Canadian Business will only be available online and on apps starting January 2017.
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Postmedia closes 24 Hours Vancouver office, but free paper to keep printing
Eight staff members are impacted by the closure of the office
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Memo: Robyn Urback joins CBC News as producer of new opinion and columns section
A new opinion site is launching on CBCNews.ca in November.
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Why BBC decided to set up shop in Canada
BBC News North America editor Ben Bevington tells J-Source why it was time for a Toronto office.