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A Truer North

A dog walks near the Church of the Holy Family in Łutsël K’é, Northwest Territories. The church was built near the present day settlement in the 1930’s and moved to its current location at the tip of the peninsula—one of the tallest and most recognizable structures in the community (Photo by Pat Kane)

Local journalists from northern Canada are trying to build a better, more representative system.

The Many Lives of The Canadian Jewish News

Courtesy of the Canadian Jewish News, image by Madigan Cotterill.

The CJN is in the midst of its second resurrection of the decade. With a shift in organizational structure style & focus it hopes for a stable and enduring future.

What the loss of the Moose Jaw Times-Herald means for local news

The Moose-Jaw Times Herald office shortly after its construction in 1955 (Courtesy Moose Jaw Public Library, Archives Department).

After 125 years, the neon sign is dim. What lessons come from the loss of another local newspaper?

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

On the edge of ethics

In the summer of 2014, The Globe and Mail narrowly avoided an editorial staff strike over native advertising—the practice of working with advertisers to create ads that resemble journalism. A leaked memo from Globe management to the paper’s union proposed a system in which editorial staff would write for advertisers, compromising, in the minds of many Globe reporters,… Continue reading On the edge of ethics