Carl Bernstein, Peter Mansbridge and other prominent journalists are slated to attend an international conference on investigative journalism being organized by the CBC and the University of Winnipeg. The event will be held June 13-15, 2014.
Postmedia has made several new appointments including former Toronto Sun editor-in-chief as editor of Postmedia Editorial Services in Hamilton and former Winnipeg Free Press editor Margo Goodhand joining the Edmonton Journal.
Black Press has bought its first newspaper in the Yukon Territory with the acquisition of the independent Yukon News.
Sean Mallen is returning to the reporting team at Global Toronto after two years in London as Global National’s Europe Bureau Chief
Kickstarter débarque au Canada, lundi. Une petite révolution dans le monde du sociofinancement, qui trouve de plus en plus d’adeptes chez les journalistes indépendants. Au Québec, ils sont une poignée à avoir déjà utilisé ces plateformes pour lancer un projet ou partir en reportage à l’étranger. Projet J en a rencontré quelques-uns.
La crise à Lac-Mégantic semble avoir modifié la traditionnelle relation amour-haine entre les relationnistes et les journalistes. Des relationnistes parlent même de la collaboration «extraordinaire» des journalistes lors de la couverture du drame. Près de deux mois après qu’un train chargé de pétrole a explosé au centre-ville de Lac-Mégantic, Projet J a rencontré quelques-uns des…
Sun Media's national bureau chief David Akin debunks some of the myths surrounding Prime Minister Stephen Harper's dealings with the press, including who chooses the questions the PM answers and whether the questions are screened in advance.
Five veteran staff at Montreal’s The Gazette will leave the newspaper as of Sept. 1. Lucinda Chodan, current editor-in-chief of the Edmonton Journal, will also take over for current executive editor Raymond Brassard, who is retiring.
In a memo to staff, Toronto Star publisher John Cruickshank said the newspaper will reduce the width of its printed page by 5 per cent starting Sept. 16
Halifax’s The Chronicle Herald has launched a metered paywall, its publisher announced in a note to subscribers.