The producers of the Green Living Show are kicking off their first-ever Canadian Environmental Media Awards on April 16th in Toronto. The awards were created to honour film and TV docs/productions that raise awareness about environmental issues.
Should your cell phone company also own your local newspaper, control your ISP and run your local TV station? Billy Shields investigates media convergence both north and south of the border.
Dropping a few bombs in “live journalistic context” is sometimes excusable, concluded the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council in its most recent decision.
It’s no easy task launching a new publication. Take Christopher Frey’s tweet this morning: “9 HOURS TIL LAUNCH. @cf_huzun hasn’t had a shower in two days.” No big surprise there, Frey is the editorial director of the Toronto Standard, a new online publication set to launch tonight at 8 p.m.
Ah, what a tease. Many mag writers were surprised and delighted (and in some cases, disappointed) when a nominee list went up on the National Magazine Awards website Wednesday — way ahead of the previously-announced May 2 release date. But, alas, just as congratulatory tweets started flying, the NMA Foundation said the list wasn’t right.
Elizabeth May’s bid to obtain a court order demanding the Canadian broadcasters consortium allow her to participate in next week’s leaders’ debate has failed. Meanwhile, May hasn’t let the consortium’s cold shoulder stop her from promising a little love to the industry.
The federal Conservative candidate in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock has decided to boycott his local paper, The County Voice, after the Liberal Party named the managing editor as its candidate.
Le Conseil de presse du Québec (CPQ) blâme quatre filiales de la société Quebecor pour ce qui s'apparente à du voyeurisme. Il juge que les journalistes Andrew McIntosh et Kina Adamczyk de l'Agence QMI ont porté atteinte à la vie privée de Geneviève Morand, alpiniste amateur, dans un article paru dans Le Journal de Montréal,…
The Association of Electronic Journalists (RTNDA Canada) has announced the Central region winners of its annual electronic journalism awards. The awards honour the best programs, stations and newsgathering organizations in radio and TV.
Is Facebook suffering from Twitter envy? In an attempt to make the social networking site more prevalent among journalists — and to cinch the newsroom crown — Facebook has launched a new page dubbed “Journalists on Facebook”, as well as a new meet-up program.