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Winners of inaugural Digital Publishing Awards announced

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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…
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…
Vice Canada workers have voted to join a union—now what?

What comes next for the workers at Vice Canada now that they have voted to join a union.
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,…
New study finds people read printed newspapers—if they are free and delivered directly to them

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor People still read printed newspapers—free ones, at least. A study produced by BrandSpark International and Metroland Media found that about 75 per cent of Ontarians read one…
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…
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…
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…
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,”…

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