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Torstar rebranding Metro dailies, putting focus on local and investigative coverage

Photo by Maria Iqbal

Torstar is morphing five Metro dailies into the Toronto Star brand, as it hires 20 new reporters in Vancouver and Alberta and refocuses the newspapers on investigative coverage.

How do small, independent magazines make money?

Broken Pencil started in 1995 after Hal Niedzviecki graduated university. It's grown since, doing what it can to stay afloat in today's print industry. (Daina Goldfinger/RRJ)

As print declines, alternative magazines use what they can to stay afloat

Toronto Star suspending summer, year-long internship programs

Photo by Maria Iqbal

The Toronto Star is suspending its summer and year-long internship programs, and will resume hiring for those positions once “it’s economically feasible to do so.”

We accept all major credit cards: How local journalism is surviving by crowdfunding

While New York City-based Gothamist was shut down, its sister site Torontoist remains active. (Courtesy Simon Bredin/Torontoist)

Is local media close to crumbling or ready to rise?

Why are so many journalists switching to PR and communications?

As newsrooms decline, journalists are increasingly turning to PR and communications / (Photo courtesy Creative Commons, illustration by Karoun Chahinian)

Former broadcast journalists discuss their reasons for the career change