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Emily Candy does not mince words.   “The internships that we have now are all over the place,” says Rogers Publishing’s peppy HR manager with unexpected frankness. “We have people who are really getting some good mentorship from senior editors, and then we have people who are just in the Flare fashion closet helping out… Continue reading Rogers M-School internship misses the mark

As freelance budgets for print media publications shrink, the future of travel journalism in Canada may lie in custom publishing, digital media, and the tapping of the American market. “Those days when a magazine could pay their way, that’s generally not happening anymore,” says James Little, the former editor of explore magazine, the outdoor adventure… Continue reading Where is travel journalism heading?

On March 4, 2013, veteran freelancer Jay Teitel wrote an open letter to Transcontinental Media, the publishing giant whose titles include Elle Canada, Canadian Living, and Style at Home. He was firm, and maybe even frustrated. But he was honest. “Transcontinental is effectively proposing that I willingly agree to let you steal a portion of my… Continue reading The fight for freelancer rights

One month after Transcontinental Media released the appallingly unfair changes to its writers’ contract, it has announced the launch of Véro, a French magazine for women in Quebec–a move that is weighted with contradiction for its writers. Given its recent whining about the impact of social media and digital technology on the print industry, which it claims are… Continue reading Glossing over writers’ rights

The Fellowship in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto is a journalism program unlike any other. “What we decided to do was, instead of teaching a specialty in the course of a journalism degree, which is what a lot of places do, we would actually go and… Continue reading How to train your journalists