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How the Canadian Newspaper Industry Can Adapt to Changes

Business Wire

In March 2017, Postmedia Network, Canada’s largest newspaper company, announced 54 layoffs at the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province newsrooms. The struggles faced by Canadian news media professionals are well-documented. Perhaps none have been affected more than print newspapers.

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International Conference Preview: Bob Woodward on the Importance of Investigative Journalism

PRSay

For a reporter who’s made a career out of investigative journalism, it’s clear that Bob Woodward understands what makes a compelling narrative and how to get the “best obtainable version of the truth.”. Journalism is more cerebral than people believe,” he told PRsay via phone from Washington, D.C. Well, that’s not good.

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Philanthropist Craig Newmark on Ethical Communication

PRSay

In 2016, he founded Craig Newmark Philanthropies, which supports organizations that advocate for trustworthy journalism, voter protection, women in technology, and military veterans and their families. In February 2019, he donated $10 million to Columbia Journalism School, to launch a new center for journalism ethics and security.

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Pitching the Local Media – Tips from the Pros

PR for Anyone

I interviewed journalists from The Washington Post, The Washington Business Journal , and Inside Nova (a Northern Virginia local publication) about what types of local real estate pitches they like to receive. They found all these newspapers, cards, and historic documents in the wall of the home. How do you prefer to be pitched?

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Meet the Media: Justine Murphy, Senior Editor at Laser Focus World

Bianchi Biz Blog

As special publications editor for The Keene Sentinel in New Hampshire (the fifth oldest continuously published newspaper in the U.S.), Back when I was a newspaper reporter, I wrote a series of articles about an embattled high school principal accused of misconduct, including secretly altering the grades of several students.

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Meet the Media: Doug Newcomb, Freelance Automotive Journalist  

Bianchi Biz Blog

They were reunited for a “Thelma and Louise” weekend in Las Vegas, and I tagged along to document it as they raced Corvettes at a local track, rode a mechanical bull at a bar on the Strip and went sand boarding at Dumont Dunes outside Vegas. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? Fun assignment!

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Blendle: Bite-sized saviour of journalism or future apathy victim?

PR in High Definition

By and large, most publications are still struggling to find ways to maintain quality journalism and keep solvent. Enter Blendle: The app that tries to do for print publications what Flipboard did for onlines, letting you mix and match articles from different magazines and newspapers. Only time will tell.