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October 1, 2021

Survey: Online threats and harassment
against media professionals

Survey: Online threats and harassment against media professionals
In the last few years, and especially during the pandemic, we’ve heard more and more stories of online threats and harassment targeting journalists, news crews and media professionals. While some international reports have helped document this phenomenon, there is no systematic study available for Canada.

The Canadian Periodical Fund announces
new supports to community newspapers

The Canadian Periodical Fund announces new supports to community newspapers
The Business Innovation component of the Canada Periodical Fund (CPF) is launching its new component geared specifically to community newspapers. This component offers project funding to eligible small and mid-sized paid print newspapers and digital-only community newspaper publishing firms.

MARKETING FEATURE

Your one-stop shop for everything related to
National Newspaper Week 2021

Your one-stop shop for everything related to National Newspaper Week 2021
More than 350 newspapers across the country are gearing up to celebrate the 81st National Newspaper Week next week with our “Truth be told” campaign.
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CMDC launches Canadian Media Manifesto

CMDC launches Canadian Media Manifesto
The Canadian Media Directors' Council (CMDC), an association of Canadian media agencies that works to ensure a strong marketplace, launched what it is calling the Canadian Media Manifesto in order to advocate for local journalism.

OCNA's 2021 BNC Awards competition opens on October 1

OCNA's 2021 BNC Awards competition opens on October 1
The Ontario Community Newspapers Association has announced that its annual Better Newspapers Competition will begin accepting entries on October 1, 2021.

RESEACH SPOTLIGHT

Local newspapers help curb corporate corruption,
research shows

Local newspapers help curb corporate corruption, research shows
A new study published by the Journal of Financial Economics has quantified the role local journalism plays in helping to curb a multiple measures of corporate corruption.

'Call to the Hall' for outstanding publishers in Ontario

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The Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) is looking to recognize individuals who have made long-standing exemplary contributions to Ontario's community newspapers, as part of its 2021 Hall of Fame entry class.

Make your submission to the Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy

Make your submission to the Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy
The Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy is awarded annually by the Centre for Free Expression, Canadian Association of Journalists, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, and News Media Canada to call public attention to governments, government departments and agencies that distinguish themselves by denying public access to government information to which the public has a right under access-to-information legislation.

National NewsMedia Council announces finalists for
Fraser MacDougall Prize for Best New Canadian Voice
in Human Rights Reporting

National NewsMedia Council announces finalists for Fraser MacDougall Prize for Best New Canadian Voice in Human Rights Reporting
This year’s shortlist was chosen from numerous outstanding submissions made by campus news organizations spread across the country.

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