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Earlier this year, the federal government announced plans to help boost citizen literacy on fake news. A key pillar in that plan was to provide funding to strengthen digital, news, and civic literacy programming. News Media Canada is happy to inform you that we have received support for our SPOT Fake News Online program.
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The Google News Initiative has launched a North American Innovation Challenge, which will fund project that inject new ideas into the local news industry. The application period is now open and closes on July 15, 2019.
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The panel tasked with reviewing Canada's Broadcasting and Telecommunications Acts has released a summary report of all its submissions and meetings with industry stakeholders.
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Google News and the Google Canada team would like to invite you to a full-day event focused on collaboration, innovation and the business of news.
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eMarketer’s report on Time Spent with Media 2019 finds that Canadians spend almost the same amount of time with traditional and digital media. Total time spent daily with media is 9 hours and 50 minutes and almost 5 hours is spent on digital media.
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You’ve heard of urban legends, right? Like the lady who had a spider bite that turned into a nest of eggs that hatched under her skin. How about this one: “Nobody reads newspapers anymore.”
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Learning from the experience of The Atlantic and The New Yorker’s efforts with audio articles, the Globe and Mail has decided to transform paywalled articles into premium quality audio.
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MARKETING FEATURE
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News Media Canada has developed a series of images you can use on your own social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) to remind your followers that newspaper reading is still strong across both print and digital platforms.
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News Media Canada is pleased to inform you that Bill C-97 has been adopted and received royal assent. This means that the refundable labour tax credit for qualified news organizations will apply to salary or wages earned in respect of a period on or after January 1, 2019.
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The Canadian Community Newspaper Awards celebrate the best in community publishing from across the country. Newspapers of similar circulation size compete against each other and are judged by a panel of industry experts. The Wellington Advertiser is celebrating having won three of the prestigious awards.
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Applications are now open for small and midsize newsrooms in Canada and the U.S. to receive free data training from Investigative Reporters & Editors in partnership with the Google News Initiative.
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They are relatively new and most news reporters do not have much, if any, experience with them, but podcasts are becoming all the rage and could play an important role in keeping traditional newspapers relevant.
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