The owner of Canada’s largest newspaper chain saw its most recent quarterly revenue slashed by a quarter as advertising revenue decline accelerated amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but said it would stop a pay reduction program one month early thanks to government aid. Continue Reading Postmedia revenue down more than 25% amid COVID-19 advertising pullback
The ethics board issued decisions in June on four complaints, all of which were dismissed or found to have been appropriately addressed. They included dismissal of complaints that a Toronto Star column showed “bias against white people,” the accuracy of a term used in a Toronto Sun opinion column and two against two respective newspapers in Kamloops, B.C. Continue Reading Here’s what the National NewsMedia Council decided in June
The RRJ’s 2020 editor on what a print magazine on the state of journalism conceived pre-COVID can still tell us about how to move forward Continue Reading What does the past, present and future look like in unprecedented times?
The rapid shift to work-from-home shows that better conditions for disabled workers aren’t so inaccessible after all. Journalists discuss the conditions that threatened to push them out and how to bring them back in Continue Reading Newsroom accessibility in a post-pandemic world
Staff at Canadaland, an independent podcast network and news organization, have officially filed for union certification. Continue Reading Canadaland staff file to unionize
New federal rules allowing news organizations to become non-profits may not be worth the effort for Canada’s struggling media sector Continue Reading From media house to charity case
Workers at the Postmedia printing plant in Toronto have officially filed for union certification. Continue Reading Postmedia printing plant staff file to unionize
The style guide change for Black adopted unanimously across Canada’s major newsrooms is only a baby step. Systemic patterns of problematic framing on race reporting, sourcing for stories and representation in media organizations all need urgent addressing Continue Reading Capital B
Narratives about the Women’s March and anti-Trump protests gave voice to protesters and significantly explored their grievances. Protests about anti-Black racism and Indigenous people’s rights received the least legitimizing coverage, with them more often seen as threatening and violent Continue Reading Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest
A newly formed advocacy group of former Record staffers say they want to rally community journalists and civic leaders to save local journalism Continue Reading Ink-Stained Wretches want local government to fight for their newsrooms