Huffington Post employees look to unionize

Huffington Post employees are in discussions with the Writers Guild of America, East, to organize a union, according to a statement released Wednesday. “In 10 years, Arianna Huffington has built The Huffington Post into a digital-media powerhouse,” reads...

30 cranky bits of wisdom on craft of journalism

Twenty years ago, Poynter published a series of booklets on the mission and craft of journalism. One, a little red book titled “The Sayings of Chairman Mel,” honored the journalism aphorisms of Melvin Mencher, a legendary journalism professor at the Columbia Graduate...

Sponsored content is not journalism: CAJ

“Ev’rybody’s doin’ it. Doin’ it, doin’ it,” went the 1911 Irving Berlin song, “Everybody’s Doin’ It Now,” about the big craze of the day, dancing. Over a hundred years later, there’s a new craze. And everyone, or almost...

Elections to be held for secretary-treasurer, VP

Our union continues to evolve along with the industries in which our members work. Delegates from across B.C. at Unifor Local 2000’s 17th annual Congress in Vancouver over the weekend voted to change our financial structure to reflect current realities, to reduce the...