“All these debates could achieve one thing – making Trudeau the prime minister of Canada once again – not due to Trudeau’s ability, but due to the others’ inability”
View More Election Debates: A Tale of Two Hares and Four TurtlesTag: newspapers
Only Quebec has a plan to save community newspapers
Last week the Quebec government released details on how it planned on disbursing $36.4 million to struggling newspapers over the next five years. This money is to help smaller newspapers that are especially hit by…
View More Only Quebec has a plan to save community newspapersEthnic Media Find Success Being ‘Anti-Mainstream’
News outlets that report on Canada’s ethnic communities and other niche media sources are standing out more than ever, while mainstream media companies are taking a hard hit. “Niche reporting has somewhat found a way…
View More Ethnic Media Find Success Being ‘Anti-Mainstream’Research Watch #9: Canada’s Vital Ethnic Media
At a time when national and local mainstream media seem to be downsizing and shutting down daily, where does Canada’s ethnic media fit in? And how will these outlets survive? The 2015 Canadian edition of…
View More Research Watch #9: Canada’s Vital Ethnic MediaEditor’s Open Letter Unsettles Chinese Media
An editor’s open letter following her firing by a Chinese-language newspaper over the Michael Chan affair has re-opened the conversation among “ethnic” journalists about professional standards and the future of the industry. In her open…
View More Editor’s Open Letter Unsettles Chinese MediaRace Affects How Media Cover Canadian Political Candidates
With October’s federal elections inching closer, there will be a steady stream of coverage in mainstream newspapers across the country of the candidates vying for a seat in Parliament. As journalists and newspaper editors put…
View More Race Affects How Media Cover Canadian Political CandidatesConservatives received most election coverage in GTA ethnic newspapers
Toronto-area ethnic newspapers tended to cover the Conservatives more extensively than other political parties during the 2011 election, concludes a new study by Ryerson University journalism professor April Lindgren (also a member of New Canadian…
View More Conservatives received most election coverage in GTA ethnic newspapersA Newcomer’s Take on Canadian Media
As a newcomer to Canada, I’m having a hard time reading big-name papers like The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star. I’m getting the feeling that when they cover stories, these publications don’t keep new Canadians in…
View More A Newcomer’s Take on Canadian Media