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Postmedia Network Inc. will close six small-town newspapers and reduce print publication of four more, while slashing 10 per cent of its total salary outlay through staff layoffs and voluntary buyouts by the end of August.
The Quebec government will invoke closure later today, June 14, 2018, to ram through legislation aimed at allowing Montreal-based La Presse news group to adopt a not-for-profit structure.
Journalists are not an investigative arm of the police, a lawyer representing Vice Media told the Supreme Court of Canada in arguing there should be clear protections for the media when enforcement agencies come knocking.
"The question remains: can [La Presse] have their cake and eat it too? Can they be both a non-profit and continue to behave like they’re competing for ad dollars? It’s uncharted territory and as a scholar and observer, I think it’s fascinating and exciting to see this being tried." - Colette Brin, Director at the Centre d'études sur les medias.
Threats have been made against her life, but the 55-year-old Honduran journalist shrugs them off as easily as she would an online troll. It’s all in a day’s work when you report on feminism, politics and human rights in a country ruled by corruption, organized crime and men.
“At this moment in history, where we’re supposed to be moving towards reconciliation in Canada, these important stories are not going to be told, and Canadians can therefore not be informed."
Ontario's newly minted Progressive Conservative leader will not bring journalists with him on the campaign trail this spring, a rare move experts say suggests the Tories are keen to keep the unpredictable populist politician out of the hot seat as he takes on two more seasoned rivals.
National Observer will now have a trio of finalists up for national journalism awards in May after Emilee Gilpin made the cut as a finalist for an award recognizing Canada's best emerging Indigenous journalist.
On Thursday, the Canadian Association of Journalists announced finalists for its annual awards recognizing the country's best investigative journalism of 2017, including National Observer's managing editor Mike De Souza and reporter Carl Meyer.
