The following memo was sent to Postmedia staff on July 7, 2016, by CEO and President Paul Godfrey. Today we announced our Company’s financial results for the second quarter of our 2016 fiscal year – March 2016 to May 2016. The big news today is that we announced a proposed recapitalization transaction that will significantly…
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor In a recent article in The Atlantic, Kieran Delamont tells the story of how Indigenous people have had a difficult history of representation in video games. It’s an important story that had its genesis in a classroom in Ryerson University’s journalism school. During the 2016 Winter semester, Ryerson professor Asmaa…
By The Canadian Press The roles of president and CEO of Torstar Corp. and publisher of the Toronto Star will be amalgamated into one position, the company said Wednesday as it announced David Holland would retire this fall. Holland is retiring after 30 years with the company, including seven years as president and CEO of…
By Ato Baako for Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Canada’s abysmal Access to Information (ATI) system is slowly being reformed by the federal government, even though a full review of the ATI Act is not slated until 2018. A healthy ATI system is essential to ensuring that citizens can participate meaningfully in the democratic process,…
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Evan Radford Maclean’s writer and editor Nancy Macdonald wanted to dig deeper into carding after hearing how common it is from her Indigenous friends in her hometown, Winnipeg. The term ‘carding’ comes from Toronto, where police would stop people and write down their information on cards,…
By Patricia Graham for the Brunswick News On the night of June 13, a vigil was held in Fredericton to mourn those killed and injured at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The vigil was mentioned in a story in The Daily Gleaner about the response to the tragedy by St. Thomas University and the…
By Allison Ridgway for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre When Kamal Al-Solaylee saw a group of Filipina maids enjoying a picnic in a Hong Kong park during their time off work one Sunday afternoon in 2011, the concept for his next book began to form. That idea solidified when, back home and riding the subway…
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor The BBC’s presence in Canada is about to get bigger. On June 30, the British broadcaster and online media outlet announced plans to launch a Canadian edition of BBC.com and open a three-person bureau in Toronto. Jim Egan, CEO of BBC Global News, said in a statement that the BBC…
How did Canadian newspapers report on a busy political and sports news day?
By Ilina Ghosh for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre When Beyoncé released her latest album, Lemonade, exclusively on the music streaming service Tidal, new user sign-ups rose by 1.2 million. But since then, the service’s popularity has once again waned. The same effect can be applied to modern journalism, says Alex Watson, The Telegraph’s former head of product.…