The recent closing of Italian language newspaper Corriere Canadese and the cancellation of the print edition of Canadian Jewish News, prompted speculation about the future of ethnocultural publications in the Toronto area. Ryerson professor April Lindgren argues that these newspapers are a valuable resource, particularly for recent immigrants, and can survive if they localize their news coverage.
Multimedia Nova, the parent company, of the Town Crier newspapers, Toronto Today and Vaughan Today, has decided to suspend publication indefinitely for its newspapers. All the staff have been given lay-off notices.
C’est au tour du Voir d’annoncer sa solution anticrise: pour s’adapter aux grands bouleversements, l’hebdomadaire culturel va modifier sa périodicité dès cet été pour ne paraître plus que deux fois par mois. Mais pas question d’abandonner le papier.
Début de semaine crucial pour le diffuseur public: les projets de loi C-461 et C-60 sont discutés en comité parlementaire aujourd’hui et demain. L’occasion de mettre la pression pour tenter de faire reculer le gouvernement.
The Chronicle Herald’s long-time Opinion editor Bev Dauphinee is retiring after 35 years with the newspaper. Dauphinee started her career with the Halifax newspaper in 1978 and became one of the country’s first female news editors in the late 1980s, according her column announcing her retirement. She was the Opinions editor for 21 years. [node:ad] She recalled some…
CBC News Ottawa reporter Julie Ireton was named the Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education. She will develop a workshop on entrepreneurial journalism to help journalists market their skills, according to the press release. Her project will eventually link Carleton University's Sprott School of Business and its School of Journalism to assist j-schools across the country…
The Winnipeg Free Press is restricting its online comments to print and online subscribers only in an effort to keep “the e-party going without the party-crashers.” The newspaper’s editor Paul Samyn said the new commenting policy will go into effect on June 3.
Its been a week since the Toronto Star and Gawker went public with allegations concerning Mayor Rob Ford mixing with self identified criminals and possibly smoking crack cocaine. The mayor has denied the allegations dismissing them as part of a larger vendetta against him. Given the seriousness of the allegations and the damage they are…
The Edmonton Journal has won four awards at the Society for Features Journalism 25th annual Excellence in Feature Writing Contest. Marty Klinkenberg won two second place awards. In the general feature category, he placed second for an article on students in Eaglesham spending a night in the trenches to honour the sacrifice of Canadian soldiers and in…
Where does the truth lie when pro players and reporters work for the same big company? When players and teams can communicate directly with fans on Twitter, what’s left for sports journalists? When sports reporting requires a detailed knowledge of economics, is the story still about the game? Join Steve Maich, publisher and editor-in-chief of…