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If you couldn’t make the symposium on women in the media last week, here’s the lowdown on what you missed. “‘Equal’ in the Newsroom: More Like Sweet and Low” Moderated by Ann Rauhala, director of the newspaper stream at the Ryerson School of Journalism, she spent 16 years at The Globe and Mail where she… Continue reading Women in the Field: A Short Round-Up

Even if opposition leaders did not support the 2011-2012 budget released by the federal government Tuesday – and set the ball rolling for a likely spring election – there is some good news: the figures announced by Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty include hundreds of millions of dollars to be spent toward digital media production… Continue reading Federal Budget Gives Media A Helping Hand

The New York Times has been testing its long awaited pay wall in Canada for the past week – and already people have gleefully devised multiple ways to get around it. The pay wall – which will go live in the U.S. on Monday – requires readers to pay $15 to $35 a month, depending… Continue reading New York Times Paywall Less Than Sturdy

Carmine Starnino, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Maisonneuve, recently announced he will be stepping down to join Reader’s Digest, “Canada’s most trusted magazine.” Starnino has worked part-time for Reader’s Digest in the past, and he will now be taking on a full-time position there as senior editor. RD has been declared as being the most influential… Continue reading Editor of Maisonneuve steps down to join Reader’s Digest

TODAY: Writer, editor and pop culture critic Hal Niedzviecki Hal Niedzviecki is the author of ten books including The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbours, which was listed as one of Oprah’s top-25 reads for the summer and the inspiration of the much-anticipated documentary of the same name. He… Continue reading Broken Pencil co-founder Hal Niedzviecki offers up his Must-List