Unless labour disputes are resolved Globe and Mail news and sales employees could strike as early as June 30. Union members voted 97 per cent in favour of authorizing their bargaining committee to call a strike, reported CBC. A four-year contract affecting 500 editorial, advertising and circulation workers expires June 30.
When undercover police pretend to be journalists, they not only make reporters’ jobs harder and more dangerous but make it harder for minority groups to be heard, speakers at a Canadian Journalists for Freedom of Expression panel discussion said.
Shares of Canwest Global Communications plunged into freefall this week, dropping to historic lows before closing Friday at 13 cents, off from a 52-week high of $3.59. The fall comes on the heels of Monday’s reprieve from the company’s creditors, who gave Canwest yet another extension to reach a deal on a recapitalization plan —…
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North American newspapers will lose a third of their advertising revenue over the next three years, according to a new report by PriceWaterhouseCoopers.Canadian papers will fare better than newspapers south of the border, but both face steep declines in display advertising, according to Global Entertainment & Media Outlook: 2009 – 2013. The newspapers will lose…
Half of the local and regional newspapers in the United Kingdom will close by 2013, an expert witness told a House of Commons Committee.Claire Enders, of Enders Analysis, predicted a 52 per cent drop in advertising revenue for UK newspapers between 2007 and 2012, according to a report in the Guardian.
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American broadcast journalist Mike Walter has made a documentary short that has already garnered interest in both the US and Australia. Formerly with CBS Washington, Walter was on his way to work on 9/11 when he saw an American Airlines plane head towards the Pentagon — a day that changed his life. Breaking News, Breaking…
Computer-Assisted Reporting was a big part of this year’s winning Michener Award entry. The CBC and the Canadian Press teamed up to analyze Taser use by police officers across Canada, building a unique database from use-of-force reports obtained from police forces across the country. Read the press release from Government House here.The reporters analyzed the…