Community media groups prepare to face the cable giants
Participants at the Community Media Convergence discuss how to support their activities in advance of CRTC review of local and community broadcasting in 2016.
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Media on the Move: Nov. 19 to Dec. 2
Here’s our regular update on the moves, hires and promotions in Canadian journalism for Nov. 19 to Dec. 2
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Memo: A message from Paul Godfrey
President and CEO of Postmedia addresses “unsettling headlines” regarding the company in memo.
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Memo: Postmedia Senior Vice President of Content Lou Clancy retiring
Subject: A message from Paul Godfrey – Organizational Announcement It is bittersweet that today we announce Lou Clancy, our Senior Vice President of Content, will be retiring at the end of December. I have had the pleasure of working with Lou since back in my days at the Sun when we initially traded Financial Post…
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Toronto Star public editor: He digs for information in the public interest
Ottawa public interest researcher Ken Rubin will receive inaugural investigative award from Canadian Journalists for Free Expression.
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How three Canadian reporters told the stories of the Paris attacks
Rachel Browne, Carmen Chai and Cynthia Mulligan had their vacations and lives disrupted when terrorists attacked several locations in Paris on Nov. 13.
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Globe public editor: A ‘mastermind’ can be a criminal or a terrorist, too
By Sylvia Stead for the Globe and Mail What’s in a word? More than it may seem. Journalists are constantly reminded that their audience cares greatly about how stories are told. For example, there was a flurry on social media after intelligence officials referred to Abdelhamid Abaaoud as the “mastermind” of the Paris attacks. People…
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Uncivil Dialogue: Commenting and stories about Indigenous Peoples
CBC editors announce that they will temporarily close comments on stories about indigenous people.
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New research project examines local news poverty
The impact of newsroom cutbacks, consolidations and closures will be the focus of a new study examining local news poverty in communities outside of Canada’s major media centres.
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News camera allowed in Saskatchewan court for first time
CTV, Global granted permission to have camera record Hales’s appeal of second-degree murder conviction.