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BuzzFeed Canada staff file to unionize
February 12, 2019
TORONTO – Canadian staff at digital media company BuzzFeed have officially filed for union certification. The Canadian Media Guild (CMG), media union CWA Canada’s biggest [Read more...] -
IATSE joins forces with CWA Canada in fight for better working conditions for factual / reality TV workers
January 29, 2019
TORONTO — Two of Canada’s top media and entertainment unions announced an innovative partnership today to improve working conditions and organize workers in factual / [Read more...] -
Members at Sault Star make gains in five-year deal
January 18, 2019
It took more than two years of persistence, but the unionized staff at the daily newspaper in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., have a new collective agreement with Postmedia [Read more...] -
Video produced by the Committee to Protect Journalists, which tracks the jailing of media workers in Turkey. With yet another journalist being found guilty of [Read more...]
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Media union hails Godfrey’s step down as Postmedia CEO
January 10, 2019
Media union CWA Canada, which represents staff at several Postmedia newspapers, welcomes the announcement that Paul Godfrey is stepping down as CEO. “It’s just a shame [Read more...]
News from Other Sources
2018.12.31 | The media’s post-advertising future is also its past (The Atlantic)
2018.12.16 | NPCA CAO claims reporter asking questions is ‘bullying’ (The St. Catherines Standard)
2018.12.14 | RSF’s 2018 round-up of deadly attacks and abuses against journalists — figures up in all categories (Reporters Without Borders)
2018.12.13 | Egypt is jailing more journalists on ‘false news’ charges than anywhere else in the world (Poynter)
2018.12.13 | Press council comes down on Toronto Sun for ‘serious breach’ after false report about goats (National Observer)
2018.12.11 | Local newspaper closures come with hefty price tag for residents (National Public Radio)
2018.12.10 | Journalism too important to go the way of the video store (Toronto Star)
2018.12.06 | Postmedia reduces print schedule for Northern papers (Media in Canada)
2018.12.06 | When not to publish graphic images (J-Source)
2018.12.05 | Can digital journalism serve readers who can’t get online? (J-Source)
2018.12.04 | More fuel for investigation into Torstar, Postmedia newspaper swap
(The Tyee)
2018.12.02 | Nonprofit news: Lessons from south of the border (The Conversation)
2018.11.30 | Canadian politicians aren’t fazed by Supreme Court ruling against VICE reporter (VICE News)
2018.11.30 | ‘Dark day’ for Canadian journalism industry after Vice ruling (J-Source)
2018.11.30 | Supreme Court decision on Vice Media a major ‘setback’ for investigative reporting in Canada: experts (Global News)
2018.11.29 | 14-year-old criminal law for workplace fatalities rarely being enforced (Global News)
2018.11.28 | Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey was paid $5 million in 2018, but says his company is so broke it needs public subsidies (Halifax Examiner)
2018.11.27 | Digital Democracy Project to examine online disinformation (J-Source)
2018.11.23 | My small-town newspaper died a year ago. The community has been grieving ever since (The Globe and Mail)
2018.11.23 | Andrew Coyne: Liberals’ $600M aid package for news media will irrevocably politicize the press (National Post)
2018.11.22 | Here’s what the journalism industry has to say about Morneau’s $600-million bailout (J-Source)
2018.11.14 | Federal review of broadcasting and communications faces stiff headwinds (Rabble.ca)
2018.11.14 | Journalists in Cambodia — persecution and hell (Reporters Without Borders)
2018.11.11 | Attacks on the media are a threat to democracy, Trudeau says (CBC News)
2018.11.09 | Hong Kong effectively blacklists senior British journalist (The Guardian)
2018.11.01 | The news is bad in Hungary (The New York Times)
2018.10.26 | Federal Conservative Party and Leader Scheer increase criticism of media and reporters (The Globe and Mail)
2018.10.25 | Postmedia continues its downward spiral (National Observer)
2018.10.22 | CBC staff push back as broadcaster opts not to air live coverage of Ontario’s municipal elections (The Globe and Mail)
2018.10.22 | News media leader hails journalists’ acquittal of police obstruction (The London Free Press)
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- Canada : Locals contribute to $5.5 million telethon fundraiser for B.C. kids February 15, 2019
- Canada : Campeau school bus drivers reach tentative deal February 15, 2019
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- Canada : Sudbury case shows Westray not working, says labour law expert and union leader February 15, 2019
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- CWAers Across the Country Make Progress on Passing Legislation to Protect Call Center Jobs February 14, 2019