Au revoir, Rue Frontenac?
Rue Frontenac launched in winter 2009 as website for locked-out workers at the Journal de Montreal, offering union information on the conflict between the paper and its unionized workers that began in January 2009. The site also posts general news, offering those locked-out journalists an outlet for their work. A print edition of Rue […]
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 2:05 pm by editor · LEAVE A COMMENT · Tagged with: digital, Journal de Montreal, Newspapers, publishing, Rue Frontenac, union organizing
Breaking news, and breaking even (sometimes)
By guest contributor Karen Wirsig It used to be that the capitalists who owned newspapers took care of the money and hired fleets of journalists mostly focused on covering the news. Sure, there were conflicts in this scenario. Lots of them. But it was a generally workable model for reporting to a mass audience and […]
Posted on May 18, 2011 at 1:05 pm by editor · 2 Comments · Tagged with: Canadian Journalism Foundation, digital, Freelancer rates, iPolitics, OpenFile, Rue Frontenac, The Mark, The Tyee
