52 staff laid off at Torstar
Those laid off include ten reporters, five editors and 26 temporary staffers, mostly from Star Touch.
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Memo: Toronto Star Editor Michael Cooke on newsroom layoffs
In memo to staff, Cooke affirms they will “keep to the Star’s conviction and direction.”
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Memo: Toronto Star announces layoffs
Layoffs affect 22 regular employees, including 19 in the Toronto Star newsroom. A further 26 temporary staff will depart in “the next couple of months.”
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CBC Ombudsman: What’s in a Name?
The complainant objected to being described as a former board member of Vaccine Choice Canada because she said she appeared on air as a “concerned parent.”
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CBC Ombudsman: Deadline vs. Duty—Taking the time to get all sides of the story
The complainant objected to a cbcnews.ca story about a Toronto-area teacher being investigated for part of an address she made at an Al Quds rally.
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Why Postmedia is opening a digital development lab in Kitchener-Waterloo
New digital development lab will focus on business-to-business products.
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Globe and Mail Public Editor: Should the Globe fix or ban online comments?
Sylvia Stead argues to keep them but adds: I would advocate tighter rules for certain topics. By Sylvia Stead for The Globe and Mail As a rule, journalists love feedback – concrete evidence that the fruit of their labour is not only finding an audience, but having an impact. And yet there is nothing…
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“Toward 2020” makes the case for better journalism education
The crux of book is that journalism education, as it currently stands, is broken.
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Journalism Jobs: August 3
Here’s our regular listing of Canadian journalism job opportunities.
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Memo: Torstar updates conflict of interest provisions in Code of Business Conduct
New paragraph states employees are in conflict of interests if the the employee is engaged in a close personal relationship with an employee who reports directly or indirectly to them, unless approval has been obtained.