L’annonce a surpris tout le monde hier matin. Par voix de communiqué, Pierre Dion, président et chef de la direction du groupe, annonçait 90 coupures de postes chez TVA, soit 4,5% des effectifs. Peu d’informations ont filtré depuis. Mais une chose est sure, c’est une mauvaise nouvelle de plus qui s’abat sur le milieu des…
The name change to "ICI" or "here" in French had been rumoured for several months, and follows over a year of internal survey. A video on Radio Canada’s website explains the public broadcaster is more than just radio – it’s operations include television, music and digital platforms.
It can’t do any good to lose the number and quality of people on the Globe list, writes former Globe staffer Dan Westell. But the media owners are desperate to find a way to make money in a digital world, and cutting costs – although not a viable long-term strategy – might provide the breathing…
In her new book, University of Alberta professor Patricia Demers examines the legacy of Miriam Green Ellis, an all-but-forgotten agricultural reporter from the Prairies who refused to be confined to the "women's pages." J-Source Agricultural Editor Mary Baxter writes Demers should be lauded for her eye-opening book.
Kayla Hounsell, a reporter and weekend anchor with CTV Atlantic in Halifax, was named the 2013 RTDNA Canada President’s Fellow. The $3,000 fellowship allows a working journalist to attend a seminar at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida. According to her bio, Hounsell joined CTV in 2009. She left Newfoundland to study journalism at…
Lynda Powless launched Turtle Island News in the basement of her home on Six Nations Reserve 19 years, using her last paycheque from CBC to pay for its printing. Since then, the native weekly newspaper has grown to become a leader on reporting aboriginal news. Turtle Island News is nominated for a Canadian Journalism Foundation Award for…
Yellowknife-based Up Here Business was named the professional magazine of the year at the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards presented by the Canadian Business Press. Meanwhile Oilweek, published in Calgary, was named the trade magazine of the year. Here is the complete list of winners presented Tuesday, according to the press release. Best CoverGold: Oilsands Review,…
La tournée de l’AJIQ prend fin cette semaine dans les territoires nordiques du Nunavut. Durant près de deux mois, l’association a écouté les journalistes indépendants partout au Québec: entre espoir et frustration, ils évoquent leur situation et entrevoient des pistes de solution.
Older than the printing press, obituaries are a journalistic and literary form dating back to the ancient Greeks. Nowadays, journalists use social media and video along with more traditional tools such as print, radio and television, but two things remain constant: Obituaries are a combination of biography, reportage and analysis written under deadline pressure; and they…