Archive
29 Mar

The sea that shaped Montreal: the story behind the story

By Marian Scott One cold day in January 2008, I was interviewing Martin Lechowicz, a professor of biology at McGill University, for a story about trees on Mount Royal. He […]

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28 Mar

CBC covers Alberta weeklies closing

“A Montreal-based media conglomerate has stopped printing two small Alberta newspapers, and the office of another paper has been closed. The front-page headline on this week’s Nanton News is “What […]

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28 Mar

Harper’s media management, and U.S. access.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has not granted an interview to The Canadian Press, Canada’s national news service, since December 2007, reported CP. However, he is in the U.S. this […]

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28 Mar

One Maryland community newspaper reveals it strategy to survive

“Maryland’s newspapers are not immune from the pressures facing all U.S. papers, as once-strong publications teeter on the edge of bankruptcy, trimming staff and operations or shutting down their presses […]

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28 Mar

Montreal Monitor ceases print publication

Transcontinental Inc. announced that it has ended the printing of The Monitor, one of its free English-language Montreal newspapers, servicing the communities of NDG, Cote St. Luc, Hampstead and Montreal […]

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27 Mar

Radio-Canada : la FPJQ demande plus d’argent

Lise Millette, Projet J Afin de préserver à Radio-Canada sa qualité actuelle, la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec presse le gouvernement fédéral de soutenir financièrement l’information produite par la société […]

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27 Mar

La télé publique joue-t-elle sa survie?

C’est un peu la question que se pose le chroniqueur Marc Cassivi dans une chronique titrée «Pour une télévision invincible», publiée dans La Presse. Dans une défense non aveugle de […]

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27 Mar

Health insurance for reporters in conflict zones

Reporters without borders Canada has signed an agreement with Escapade Insurances to offer competitively-priced coverage for journalists, correspondents or other salaried media personnel who cover events in war zones. The […]

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27 Mar

12 steps to understanding the future of news

Many pundits have recently published their views on how journalism is going to survive. Jay Rosen’s “Flying Seminar in the Future of News” selects 12 must-read articles on the subject (all published […]

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27 Mar

CP goes mobile

The Canadian Press has launched a mobile news site that can be accessed by cellphones, smartphones and other mobile devices. Developed by the Associated Press on its mobile platform, the two sites […]

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