Hello everyone. Two weeks ago, shortly after the difficult announcement that 90 of our valuable colleagues were leaving our newsrooms, I challenged our editors to help deliver the message that ambitious journalism still matters very much to Postmedia. They were asked to work with their reporters and senior editors to pitch big projects for…
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Many people don’t understand what it’s like for sexual violence survivors to go through the criminal justice system. “Often times, we think that it’s cut and dried,” said Farrah Khan, the sexual violence support and education counsellor at Ryerson University—the person reports what happens to the police and then never…
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Twelve people have taken buy-outs at the Ottawa Citizen, a Postmedia spokesperson confirmed. Georgia Sourtzis, a communications manager at Postmedia, said she cannot name who in the newsroom has taken a buy-out. A list circulated on Twitter had 15 names, including editor Andrew Potter, who actually announced his departure on…
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Brian Gorman, Crash to Paywall: Canadian Newspapers and the Great Disruption. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2015. Paperback, 320 pages, $32.95. By Marc Edge Looking for insight into the ongoing crisis in newspapering by reading news reports and commentary has been fruitless for most non-economists, as evidenced by the latest round of layoffs and consolidation, which only…
Here’s our regular update on the moves, hires and promotions in Canadian journalism for Jan. 28 to Feb. 10. Remember to notify us of any journalism job news on Twitter and with the hashtag #cdnmediamoves. [View the story “Media on the Move: Jan. 28 to Feb. 10” on Storify]
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Eighteen days into the Chronicle Herald strike, and all of the statements from Mark Lever have come in the pages of the newspaper he runs. The CEO and president of Halifax Herald Ltd. has not granted interviews to outside media as the strike at the Herald drags on, instead responding…
By Lana Hall In 2014, CBC correspondent Adrienne Arsenault cut her vacation short to accept a gig covering the worst outbreak of Ebola in history. She barely hesitated. “I can’t imagine saying no. I don’t think it’s in our DNA to say no,” she said. “I don’t think we could have lived with ourselves if…
By Christopher Johnson Want to own Canada’s largest newspaper chain? Maybe you can. If over 5,000 former and current Postmedia journalists each invested $7,750, they could own the company’s market capitalization of $41 million on the Toronto Stock Exchange. That’s at a share price of 24 cents, a fraction of its $15 value four years…