This week in Canadian media history: Fire consumed CTV Ottawa newsroom in 2010
The blaze caused $2.5 million in damage and destroyed the local news archives.
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CTV Vancouver managing editor Ethan Faber joins JHR in Sierra Leone
Faber, managing editor and assistant news director for CTV Vancouver, will travel to Sierra Leone to lead human rights workshops and mentor local radio and TV reporters.
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Guelph Mercury ceases in-house print production
After more than 145 years, the Mercury will no longer print in Guelph. The paper will now be produced and printed at sister Torstar paper the Hamilton Spectator, resulting in 36 layoffs.
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Updated: Postmedia eliminates parliamentary bureau
Postmedia Network has laid off five parliamentary bureau staff and the remaining four staff members and manager Christina Spencer will join the Ottawa Citizen’s national political desk. Meanwhile, the Citizen is offering buyouts to its editorial staff.
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Memo: Ottawa Citizen offering buyouts; five laid off at Postmedia’s parliamentary bureau
Postmedia Network is laying off five members of the Parliament Hill bureau. Four reporters, along with manager Christina Spencer, will be joining the Ottawa Citizen.
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Long-time Sherbrooke Record editor Charles Bury dead
Charles Bury, longtime editor of the Sherbrooke Record newspaper and former chair of the Canadian Association of Journalists, died from advanced liver cancer at 67.
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Rompre le contrôle de l’image publique: le cas des débats télévisés
Dans son livre intitulé Les débats télévisés en 36 questions-réponses, le chercheur Gaël Villeneuve aide le public à comprendre comment fonctionnent les débats politiques. Ainsi selon lui, si les journalistes cherchent la perle, la perte de contrôle, les politiciens tentent de mettre leur adversaire au tapis sans employer la violence. Tous se prêtent donc au…
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Toronto Star Master Glass: How to shoot aquariums
In this Toronto Star video series on photojournalism, photographer Rene Johnston shows you how to capture great images when shooting through glass at an aquarium.
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Budget lockups: a journalist’s survival guide
With the federal budget upon us next week, Ellen Russell, a journalism professor at Wilfrid Laurier University and former senior economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives in Ottawa, offers her tips for journalists preparing to break down the budget and find the real stories within the government’s slick talking points.
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New station 105.9 The Region provides local news for York Region
105.9 FM is an independent radio station that offers local news, traffic and weather for York Region, a suburb of Toronto. The station has brought in some recognizable names, including Jim Lang, former host of the morning show on Sportsnet 590 The FAN, and Howard Glassman, also known as Humble Howard.