• The subscription page for the National Observer. Screenshot by J-Source.

    National Observer goes behind a paywall

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor If you want to read National Observer stories, you’re going to have to start paying for them. On May 27, the online climate, energy and politics focused publication put up a paywall. Readers now get two free articles a month. After that, they can pay 27 cents a story, or…
  • The Canada Periodical Fund provides grants for paid print magazines, non-daily newspapers and digital periodicals. Screenshot by J-Source.

    Canada Periodical Fund changing with the times

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor The Canada Periodical Fund may broaden its horizons in the years to come. Luc Marchand, the director of the Canada Periodical Fund, told attendees at MagNet, the annual Canadian magazine conference, on June 8 that the results of federal government consultations on media may impact how the fund designs its…
  • Almost all of Canada’s media economy is controlled by five companies, as this infographic from the Canadian Media Concentration Research Project shows. Photo courtesy of CMCRP.

    Media concentration climbs in Canada as newsrooms shrink

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor If the Canadian media landscape is a pie, few people are getting a piece of it right now. “If we look at the mediascape as a whole, the largest players now have a much larger share of the overall media environment than they have had at any time in the…

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    Liberals release details of budget cuts made in 2012, including several made at CBC

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Information released by the Liberal government on Feb. 19 details $115 million in cuts to the CBC along with several other services. Budgets for sports programming were scaled back by $2.2 million, and specialty and main news services were reduced by $3 million. The $115 million in cuts over three years were…

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    Eduardo Lima wins Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Photojournalist Eduardo Lima is the 2016 winner of the Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award. “I’m thrilled and honoured for the opportunity to work at The Canadian Press alongside their great team of photojournalists,” said Lima in a press release. “I would like to gain a better understanding of what Canadian editors…

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    While workers strike, Chronicle Herald starts hiring

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor The Chronicle Herald is hiring while its newsroom staff pickets outside. A job ad for multiple team editors and a content writer based in Sydney, N.S., was posted on the Chronicle Herald website. The team editor positions were also posted on the job board JeffGaulin.com on Feb. 16—the deadline for…

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    Live-tweeting the Ghomeshi trial demystifies court process

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Many people don’t understand what it’s like for sexual violence survivors to go through the criminal justice system. “Often times, we think that it’s cut and dried,” said Farrah Khan, the sexual violence support and education counsellor at Ryerson University—the person reports what happens to the police and then never…