Eighty staff laid off in sales and shuttered community outlets Continue Reading Memo: Postmedia closing 15 community newspapers, announces permanent and temporary layoffs
University publications across the country use unique techniques and perspectives to grapple with the multi-layered challenges student reporters face in wake of COVID-19 Continue Reading Campus papers remain determined to serve their audiences
On Sunday, April 19, a gunman carried out the deadliest shooting in modern Canadian history, killing at least 18 people in the span of 12 hours in Nova Scotia. Among the victims were Lisa McCully, an elementary school teacher, Heather O’Brien, a nurse from Truro and Const. Heidi Stevenson of the RCMP. Here’s what Canadian…
National collaboration of news organizations and journalism schools undertakes “wartime effort” to map novel coronavirus data in the public interest Continue Reading Data collective ‘Project Pandemic’ launches to help local newsrooms explore COVID-19’s impact across Canada
Access to information is one of the many democratic functions taking a hit in the wake of a pandemic – and that’s really bad news as emergency measures are executed at a rapid pace to stem the crisis Continue Reading The lost year of the FOI
The Canadian wire “not optimistic” it will qualify for federal business assistance measures, seeking alternative initiatives from provincial and federal governments as cash flow tightens Continue Reading Memo: The Canadian Press and COVID-19
Two journalism professors share their thoughts on the move to alternate delivery Continue Reading COVID-19 and the end-of-semester pivot: 5 tips to help you change on the fly
Fried chicken chain partnership lets newspaper company drop paywall in April Continue Reading Postmedia and Mary Brown’s serve up free content
Public service journalism going in front of paywall made in wake of pandemic Continue Reading These Canadian news sites have removed paywalls from coronavirus coverage
The annual bursary competition, presented by the Canadian Journalism Forum for Violence and Trauma, is open until April 10 Continue Reading Apply for the 2020 Forum Freelance Fund bursaries