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Une couverture médiatique distincte de la mission en Afghanistan

Isabelle Porter, Le Devoir (sur abonnement) | Les chaînes de télévision québécoises n’ont pas couvert la mission canadienne en Afghanistan de la même manière que leurs équivalents canadiens-anglais, selon une petite étude…
Helping Canadian journalists dig deeper

Practising reporters and students of journalism have a new guide through the complexities of investigative reporting in Canada. Digging Deeper: A Canadian Reporter’s Research Guide is the work of Robert Cribb, Dean…
The death of CAIRS

CAIR’s passing will be mourned by regular visitors to the CAIRS online data base, currently managed by David McKie. Originally viewed as a threat to access, the Coordination of Access to Information…
Globe big NNA winner

The Globe and Mail won six of the 21 awards at the 59th National Newspaper Awards, announced May 9. La Presse of Montreal was next with five awards; the Ottawa Citizen and…
Privacy veil slapped on Dot CA WHOIS searches

WHOIS searches on .ca domain names are about to get a whole lot less informative. The Canadian Internet Registration Authority is slapping on new privacy restrictions. The name of the registrant, plus the…
Torstar, New York Times post losses

The Toronto Star cut 122 jobs following a tough first quarter that saw parent corporation Torstar lose $3.5 million. About a third of the jobs will be lost from the newsroom. Employees…
Canadian papers dump Audit Bureau of Circulation

Three Canadian newspaper companies withdrew from the Audit Bureau of Circulation this spring, opting to have their circulation measured instead by a new organization, the Canadian Circulation Audit Board. Torstar, Transcontinental and…
Metro losses

Even free newspapers are hurting. Metro International lost $8.75 million in the first quarter of the year, despite strong advertising revenues and readership in much of North America and Hong Kong. The…
Polish community newspaper’s strategy to deal with falling circulation

Some great insights into how one small chain of newspapers is dealing with fall circulation. “Six months ago Polish publishing company Polskapresse took an innovative step in response to declining sales. The…
Thomson Reuters may face strike

Members of the National Union of Journalists have decided to hold a strike vote to prepare for a fight over jobs at the newly merged Thomson Reuters. Managers of the new company…