Striking journalists ‘still in shock’ at $40,000 donation
DEBORAH RICHMOND | Web Editor A wave of exhilaration has swept through social media with news of a stunning $40,000 donation to striking members of CWA Canada’s Halifax [Read more...]
April 2017
Scythe-wielding Postmedia ends talks at Ottawa Citizen, seeks conciliation
Postmedia abruptly ended three days of bargaining Thursday with the Ottawa Newspaper Guild, saying it would seek conciliation because talks were going nowhere. ONG President [Read more...]
‘Struggling’ Herald on buying spree with strike in 15th month
HALIFAX – The owners of The Chronicle Herald have struck a deal to expand what they have long described as a business that was struggling to stay alive. Transcontinental [Read more...]
Police force’s demand for Toronto Star video interview flies under radar
H.G. WATSON | J-Source Here are the facts of the case: A reporter interviews a person accused of heinous crimes. A story including parts, but not all, of the interview is [Read more...]
How Facebook and other platform companies promote bad journalism — and what to do about it
RICK EDMONDS and BENJAMIN MULLIN | Poynter Facebook and other platform companies publishing news are forces for bad journalism not good, despite some well-intended efforts [Read more...]
Postmedia losing a third executive who received hefty retention bonus
SUSAN KRASHINSKY ROBERTSON | The Globe and Mail A third senior executive at Postmedia Network Canada Corp., who is part of a group awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars [Read more...]
Inside the Ugly Unravelling at the Vancouver Sun and Province
DAVID BEERS | The Tyee It’s been a brutal three weeks of dread, tears, and colleagues suddenly forced to see each other as threats to their own jobs. That’s the picture [Read more...]
CWA Canada • The Media Union 