J-Source announces interim managing editor
H.G. Watson is leaving J-Source to join TVO Oct. 22; Steph Wechsler will step into the managing editor role. Continue Reading J-Source announces interim managing editor
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The Toronto Star is closing the Star Touch tablet app
By H.G. Watson, Managing Editor The bell has tolled for the Toronto Star’s tablet app. On June 26, 2017, John Boynton, president and CEO of Torstar and publisher of the Toronto Star, announced in a newsroom memo that Star Touch will be replaced by a universal smartphone and tablet app as of Aug. 1, 2017.… -
Here’s what the New York Times has learned covering Canada so far
By H.G. Watson, Managing Editor Outside an auditorium in the Rotman School of Management on University of Toronto’s campus, a group of young people shriek every time someone climbs up a nearby staircase or pops out of the adjacent elevator banks. They are anticipating the arrival of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who, in a few…
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Banff Centre to offer inaugural investigative journalism course this fall
By H.G. Watson, Managing Editor Last fall, when Patti Sonntag was invited to an event at the Banff Centre, an arts and culture school nestled in the picturesque Alberta Rockies, she looked around and had a brainwave — she thought there should be investigative trainings there. And now, there will be. In late May, the Banff… -
New poll finds Canadians still think they’ll get the news even if their local newspaper disappears
By H.G. Watson, Managing Editor Canadians don’t seem too worried about our troubled local media landscape — at least according to a new poll released last Friday. In a survey released on June 16, Abacus Data, a Canadian polling and market research firm, found that 86 per cent of Canadians feel they would still get… -
Postmedia axes Monday print edition of the National Post
By H.G. Watson, Managing Editor You have just one more week to pick up a Monday print edition of the National Post — and then it is gone for good. On June 19, Postmedia announced that it is eliminating the Monday print edition of the national paper, and replacing it with an online ePaper. The… -
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Toronto Public Health investigating possible transmission of tuberculosis at Postmedia Place
By H.G. Watson, Managing Editor Toronto Public Health officials are investigating three cases of tuberculosis at an office tower in Toronto that houses National Post and Postmedia staff. Dr. Elizabeth Rea, an associate medical officer of health with the tuberculosis program at Toronto Public Health, confirmed to J-Source that there had been three infections since…
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CTV expands 5 p.m. local newscasts to nine new cities
By H.G. Watson, Managing Editor Bell Media announced on June 7 that nine cities will get local early evening broadcasts starting in the fall of 2017. News at Five will be available on all local CTV stations across Canada. The stations that will be getting the broadcast include: CTV Saskatoon; CTV Regina; CTV Prince Albert;… -
“Representation is important but representing is hard”
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor [<a href="//storify.com/jsource/representation-is-important-but-representing-is-ha" target="_blank">View the story ""Representation is important but representing is hard"" on Storify</a>]