In a bold step for the company, Postmedia Network has fired three publishers, eliminated the position entirely and replaced oversight of its 10 newspapers with three managers for the eastern, Prairies and B.C. regions.
Union chair Stuart Laidlaw told J-Source Tuesday that management rejected the proposal and will continue on the Star’s original plan to outsource page editing to Pagesmasters. The newspaper will downsize with 26 page editors taking buyouts or facing layoffs.
As traditional newsrooms continue to shrink, the question of how to do in-depth reporting – and also make money – in this country has never been more daunting. And now, Canada’s only non-profit investigative centre is closing. While its executive director says the failure of the Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting shows that Canada is not ready for…
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Two Canadian news outlets – The Globe and Mail and Global News — have been nominated for the Data Journalism Awards, the only international prize for data-driven journalism. 72 finalists were shortlisted and the winners of the DJA 2013 will be announced in Paris at the Global Editors Network summit on June 19 to 21. Here…
The Chronicle Herald led the nominations list at the Atlantic Journalism Awards with 22 nods. Here is the complete list of finalists and their work, according to the press release: Online News Reporting CBC News – St. John’s – Tropical Storm Leslie. Nick Logan – Global Maritimes – Murder of Raymond Taavel. Chronicle Herald –…
The Toronto Star union has put together a proposal which it says will avoid most layoffs and save the company 50 per cent more than contracting out editing services to Pagemasters North America. The union presented its plan for $1.46 million in annual savings to management on Friday and are expecting a response Tuesday at 11:30 a.m, says…
A recruitment process will be launched immediately for her replacement. Neil McEneaney, CBC’s general manager for finance and strategy, will be filling the position on an interim basis.