Monthly Archives: March 2015

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Written on Mar, 26, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

2015.03.26 This is a national election year for CWA Canada and the nomination period is now open for two senior leadership positions. All members are eligible to run for office or nominate someone as a candidate for President and/or Vice-president, the posts currently held by Martin O’Hanlon and Lois Kirkup, respectively. The deadline for submitting nominations is noon on Thursday, …

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Written on Mar, 19, 2015 by in , , | Leave a comment

Source: thenextweb.com In the wake of mass layoffs of photographers from major news organizations like the Chicago Sun Times and Sports Illustrated, the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) wanted to find out whether or not typical newspaper readers preferred — or could even tell the difference between — photos shot by professional photographers and those contributed by amateur shutterbugs. Read entire story here

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Written on Mar, 19, 2015 by in , | Leave a comment

Source: cwa-scacanada.ca CWA Canada intends to fight in whatever way possible the unexpected decision by Brunswick News to ditch all of its photographers at two of its three daily newspapers in the province. Calling it “another bleak day for journalism,” president Martin O’Hanlon said he would be consulting with the leaders of two Locals, the Typographical Unions in Moncton and …

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Source: newsguild.org Bernie Lunzer, President March 4, 2015 The NewsGuild-CWA IN January, the Washington Post reported on the city’s latest “scandal.” Evidently, a union organizing drive was underway in a digital-news shop. The “threat” was so real that a right-wing anti-taxer vowed to help fight off the terrible union. That audacious union was ours. What the Post didn’t know is that …

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