The Toronto Star has reached a compromise with the union on its controversial plan to hire digital reporters at “market-based salaries.” The union claimed the lesser pay grade led to a devaluation of digital journalism and a two-tiered pay scale.
Under the agreement, most of the new digital jobs at the Toronto Star will be made temporary positions until the current staff contract expires on Dec. 31, 2016.
In recent years, some newspapers are beginning to report on suicides, in particular those that highlight wider societal issues such as bullying or homophobia, writes Brunswick News ombudswoman Patricia Graham.
The Globe and Mail's public editor Sylvia Stead wants to hear from readers about when an individual's age should be included in an article.
An audience member complained that showing a “Vote Justin Trudeau” sign held by demonstrators at a 4/20 rally indicated bias and endorsed the Liberal Party and Trudeau’s position on legalizing cannabis. But the CBC ombudsman's Esther Enkin disagreed.
When Ontario’s dispute with teachers shut down extracurricular activities, one high school newspaper editor refused to let his paper stop publishing, writes Toronto Star's public editor Kathy English.
Réunis en assemblée générale extraordinaire ce matin au Palais de congrès de Montréal, les membres du Syndicat des communications de Radio-Canada (SCRC) ont voté à 90 % en faveur de la reconduction de leur convention collective jusqu’au 28 février 2015. Un résultat qui met fin, temporairement, à près de deux ans de négociations.
Près d’un mois après l’annonce par les frères Desmarais de la disparition des formules papier de tous les quotidiens du groupe Gesca, et de l’intégration des journaux régionaux à La Presse+, la vie continue dans les salles de nouvelles. Si les syndicats reconnaissent que cette «sortie» a créé une certaine inquiétude parmi leurs membres, ils…
Today's sessions include panels on media ethics, investigative journalism & Rob Ford as well as social media and press freedoms.
Today's sessions include a keynote by Adrienne Arsenault and Michael Hudson as well as panels on muzzling of investigative journalism, Whistleblowing, Wikileaks and Open Source Intelligence, the power of public radio and the evolution of investigative journalism in Canada.