Torstar Corp. lost $23.5 million in the first quarter as revenue dropped 20 per cent from the same time last year amid a decline in advertising and flyer distribution, the print and digital publisher said Wednesday. Continue Reading Torstar reports $23.5-million loss as Q1 revenue falls in wake of COVID-19
Funds will support the founding of the Canada Press Freedom Project
Continue Reading J-Source wins 2020 Michener journalism education fellowship
Crowdfunding success for their first-ever scholarship shows how much people in Canada want new perspectives in media, says founder Nana aba Duncan Continue Reading Media Girlfriends garners huge support for women and non-binary creators
From pay cuts to layoffs, print reductions to closures, thousands across the industry are hit hard by the pandemic Continue Reading We mapped all the media impacts of COVID-19 in Canada
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