What’s the news worth?

Stock prices are dropping and so is revenue. Here’s a look at some numbers that will help you make sense of it all

In his book Mass Disruption, John Stackhouse writes extensively about the effect of the digital revolution that’s been raging for the past decade. “If newspapers [are] to survive… old school [needs] to meet new school in a hurry.” Unfortunately, the industry doesn’t seem to be doing so well, what with La Presse and Nanaimo Daily News ceasing print earlier […]

January 20, 2016 Fatima Syed canadian journalism , journalism schools , Paul Godfrey , Postmedia , Postmedia layoffs

Op-ed: Dear Canadian journalists

It's time to take action

Dear Canadian journalists, It’s time we have a serious talk. Yes, you are in trouble. It’s not you, it’s the Paul Godfreys of the world. They have pushed a noble profession closer and closer to falling into a black void of unemployment and no value, the Mount Doom for our seemingly cursed pens (or keyboards, if […]