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-30-: CBC Smackdown
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From the front lines of Canada's media -. Tuesday, December 6, 2011. 69% of Canadians support stable or increased funding for the CBC. A recent poll shows the level of support for the national network remains high. Three quarters of Canadians give the CBC high marks for fulfilling its mandate. Want to see funding increased or maintained. The report by a Ryerson. See video at Friends of Canadian Broadcasting,. May the day never dawn! Posted by Carmel Smyth. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Botox Cosmet...
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-30-: Great Journalism Deserves Award
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From the front lines of Canada's media -. Thursday, January 5, 2012. Great Journalism Deserves Award. Great journalists we want you! In an effort to reward good journalism and to encourage more and better coverage of labour and social justice issues CMG and our parent union CWA-SCA Canada have teamed up with the esteemed Canadian Association of Journalists. To offer one thousand dollars (and our gratitude) to a winning Journalist. Deadline to apply Jan 31, 2012. Apply at caj.ca. Good luck! La Revue Gauch...
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-30-: March 2011
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From the front lines of Canada's media -. Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Hard lessons and hope at Harvard. The six weeks I spent Harvard this winter really opened my eyes. I was there to learn more about unions - history, labour law, and how collective action has advanced human rights - and how to be a better leader. The headline is that we have to start fighting back. Here are some of the ideas we discussed at Harvard . and CMG is in a good position to do make them real:. Work more closely with other unions.
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-30-: Journalism Quality
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From the front lines of Canada's media -. Monday, October 31, 2011. When journalists get together these days the declining quality of news is always on the agenda,. To change that, and to encourage enterprize (innovative) reporting, where the real "scoops" come from, we need to support creative and alternate news sources, something many Euopean countries already do. From Nick Fillmore of J-Source (at Ryerson. This does not mean that journalists should become advocates in their work for the positions bein...
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-30-: Shameful Relocation
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From the front lines of Canada's media -. Thursday, January 5, 2012. Sad news over the holidays, as media giant (55 thousand staff worldwide) Thomson Reuters cut 22 jobs at its Toronto office; relocating the mostly IT work to India. Even more disappointing is the company is owned by the Toronto based Thomson family. How is that for a lump of coal in your stocking! Many of us worry about the declining quality of journalism as companies downsize. Posted by Carmel Smyth. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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-30-: Good Luck Canadian Press
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From the front lines of Canada's media -. Thursday, January 5, 2012. Good Luck Canadian Press. A century ago a handful of intrepid journalists and like-minded citizens strung up telegraph lines across the country and started sharing the news. The Canadian Press has been telling Canadians what's happening since 1917. More than 200 journalists across the country now send copy, photos, video, and radio audio to Radio, TV, newspapers, and online media across Canada. Posted by Carmel Smyth. You may feel incre...
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-30-: October 2010
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From the front lines of Canada's media -. Friday, October 29, 2010. Cutting his way to being "digital first". Funny how the media doesn't report on how it's decimating itself. Reported today on how 42 Ottawa Citizen staffers are taking the buyout offered by new Postmedia owner Paul Godfrey last month. The Citizen itself was strangely silent about it. Ever wonder why big general buyouts are the staff-cut method of choice? Forget the demographic deficit. We have an information deficit. Links to this post.
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-30-: July 2011
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From the front lines of Canada's media -. Friday, July 22, 2011. As long as its not appealed)! Http:/ www.thestar.com/news/article/1025199- toronto-mom-with-breast-cancer-wins-ei-case? Posted by Carmel Smyth. Links to this post. And one for all. The upside of the flagrant. United we have a voice. Posted by Carmel Smyth. Links to this post. PIx: your team of delegates to CWA convention). Posted by Carmel Smyth. Links to this post. Thursday, July 7, 2011. Posted by Carmel Smyth. Links to this post. You may...
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-30-: September 2010
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From the front lines of Canada's media -. Thursday, September 9, 2010. Canadians in for a rude shock after transition to digital TV. The major deadline in Canada's transition to digital TV is now less than one year away, but you'd never know it from the deafening silence on the issue. Beginning next September 1, Canadian over-the-air TV viewers in 32 cities. It is quite a shock to compare the before-transition. Maps of Canada. Check it out. In a larger map. Don't forget to compare it to the map. Who have...
