TODAY: Feature writer and editor Jason McBride Jason McBride currently works as a freelance writer and editor in Toronto. He is a former editor at Toronto Life magazine and Coach House books, and his work has appeared in the National Post, CBC.ca, and The Globe and Mail. He recently became a senior editor of Toronto… Continue reading Feature writer Jason McBride on books and magazines every journalist should read
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Summer 2011 issue LAUNCH PARTY
We finally made it! Come out to celebrate the release of our Summer 2011 issue. There will be drinking, dancing, mingling, laughing, crying and all sorts of other emotional stuff. Also, we’ll have plenty of copies of the magazine on hand and you’ll have a chance to meet the whole masthead, who spent the last… Continue reading Summer 2011 issue LAUNCH PARTY
Kathy Vey talks about her favourite pieces of journalism
Kathy Vey is editor-in-chief of OpenFile, Canada’s first collaborative local news site. Vey grew up in Toronto’s east end and has worked for The Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Sun and Canadian Gardening magazine. She also spent many years at the Toronto Star, holding positions like deputy city editor, restaurant critic and assistant national editor. She credits a… Continue reading Kathy Vey talks about her favourite pieces of journalism
Facebook launches new page for journalists
Facebook launched a new Journalists on Facebook page on Tuesday, intended to help reporters find sources and advance their stories. According to Justin Osofsky, director of media partnerships, “the Page will provide journalists with best practices for integrating the latest Facebook products with their work and connecting with the Facebook audience of more than 500… Continue reading Facebook launches new page for journalists
Gov’t Subsidy Leaves Small Publications Out
“Why literary magazines should fold.” That was the title of a blog posted by poet and essayist Michael Lista on the National Post last week, discussing the Canadian Periodical Fund (a consolidation of the Canadian Magazine Fund and the Publishing Assistance Program subsidies, which were replaced for the first time in 2010). Recently, one literary… Continue reading Gov’t Subsidy Leaves Small Publications Out