• Working Media podcast: Elamin Abdelmahmoud

    In our third episode, we chat with Elamin Abdelmahmoud. He’s a editor of news curation for BuzzFeed and a social media editor for BuzzFeed Canada. He tells host Adrian Ma how not getting into a school for public policy led to a journalism career. He also offers advice on getting your foot in the door…

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  • Craig Silverman, media editor for BuzzFeed News, delivers this year’s Atkinson lecture on fake news at the Ryerson School of Journalism. Photo courtesy of Jasmine Bala.

    BuzzFeed media editor: Most fake news creators are financially driven

    By Jasmine Bala for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre Most fake news creators are doing it for the money rather than for ideological reasons, a leading authority on fake news and verification said at the annual Ryerson School of Journalism Atkinson lecture. Craig Silverman, the media editor for BuzzFeed News, said two Canadian teenagers who…
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    BuzzFeed Canada closing Ottawa bureau

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor BuzzFeed Canada is closing their Ottawa bureau, the Globe and Mail reported June 28. Politics editor Paul McLeod and reporter Emma Loop have been offered the option to relocate to Washington D.C., or severance packages, according to The Globe and Mail’s media reporter James Bradshaw. In a BuzzFeed staff memo provided…

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    Memo: BuzzFeed outlines changes to BuzzFeed Canada and Ottawa bureau

    The following memo was sent June 28, 2016 to BuzzFeed staff from Scott Lamb, VP International Editorial. It was provided to J-Source by BuzzFeed. Hi everyone, We have some news to share about a shift in what our team in Toronto will be doing, and the alignment of our editorial teams and English-language content flow around…