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13 October 2026,     MICHIGAN

New e-publication helps local newsrooms
 
 The Economic Opportunity Lab has released a free new “playbook” to help local newsrooms report on the policies and places that shape economic mobility in their communities. The Lab is a partnership between the Local Media Association, Comcast NBCUniversal, and the Harvard-based research group Opportunity Insights, which brought together 48 local newsrooms and 10 NBC Telemundo stations across five regions to report on how place and policy are shaping access to opportunities, with the ultimate goal of driving economic mobility.

13 October 2026,     MONTREAL

CJC settlement year 2025 claims portal to open October 13
 
The Canadian Journalism Collective (CJC) claims portal for Settlement Year 2025 will open on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Any news businesses wishing to submit their claim for compensation from Google under the Online News Act can do so then. The deadline to submit claims is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Payments are anticipated by the Spring of 2027. Submissions are assessed across three ‘pillars’ of eligibility – the news business, the news outlet, and newsroom employees.

13 October 2026,     TORONTO

Giller Prize announces 5-title shortlist for 2026
 
 Authors Tara Gereaux, Michelle Good, Nicholas Herring, Nazanine Hozar, and Patmeena Sabit, are the five writers shortlisted for this year’s Giller Prize. The $100,000 annual award recognizes the best in Canadian fiction. The 2026 shortlist features historical fiction set in 1940s Saskatchewan (Gereaux’s Wild People Quiet), a contemporary story about a road trip from New Brunswick to Toronto (Herring’s Your Breath in Charcoal), and a compelling novel about child soldiers in the Iran-Iraq war (Hozar’s The Small Ones).

6 October 2026,     TORONTO

National Newspaper Week campaign

 

Al Gorithm. Journalist?
Al Gorithm. Journalist?
Meet Al Gorithm. He looks human and sounds human, but he isn’t a journalist. Al is the satirical face of this year’s National Newspaper Week campaign running October 4–10 across Canada. This fictional character was created to make a simple point – as AI-generated content becomes more human-looking and human-sounding, it can be harder to tell whether a real person is actually behind the information we read. The 2026 campaign asks Canadians to look more closely at who or what is behind the news they absorb.

5 October 2026,     CALGARY

Alberta Magazine Awards winners announced

 

 
The best from the province’s magazine industry gathered in Calgary Thursday, September 17, to celebrate the Alberta Magazine Awards (AMA). The annual event, hosted by the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association (AMPA), honours the work of Alberta’s magazine publishers, art directors, writers, photographers, editors, and illustrators, for excellence in magazine content published in 2026 across 19 categories. See the list of finalists and winners here: https://albertamagazines.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AwardsRecipients2026.pdf

5 October 2026,     TORONTO

CAJ introduces Geoffrey Stevens Fellowship for Political Reporting

 

Geoffrey Stevens
Geoffrey Stevens
The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) has announced a new journalism fellowship for in-depth reporting on local, provincial, or territorial issues. The Geoffrey Stevens Fellowship for Political Reporting will offer one journalist or small team $3,500 to produce a significant project focused on a region that gets little to no coverage, or subject areas that deserve greater scrutiny. The application portal is now open.https://caj.ca/programs/awards/geoffrey-stevens-fellowship/apply/ Deadline is October 15, 2026.

5 October 2026,     TORONTO

Toronto Star journalist Mascoll dead at 77

Philip Mascoll
Philip Mascoll
Veteran Jamaica-born journalist Philip Mascoll died in Toronto on Monday, September 14, after a months-long illness. He was 77. An editor, reporter and former member of the Star’s investigative team, he was also inaugural President of the Jamaican Diaspora Canada Foundation. Mascoll received his early education at Jamaica College before moving to the UK, where he studied journalism, political science, and sociology. He returned to Jamaica in 1971 and worked in communications and community relations before moving to Toronto in 1980.

25 September 2026,     TORONTO, ON

Meet the COPA 2026 Judging Panel
 
The COPA 2026 judging panel has been released. We have 80 volunteer judges this and without them there will be no COPAs. Many thanks to ALL. This year we have some new judges the COPAs would like to highlight this year (photo below). To see the complete list of Judges CLICK HERE

The deadline for the 2026 COPAS is September 30. ENTER HERE
 
 

22 September 2026,     MARKHAM

Printed magazines enhance shopping experiences

 

 
A recent study by Magazines Canada and BrandSpark found that printed magazines still play an important role in the retail shopping experience. As consumers browse eye-catching magazine covers and discover compelling content, they’re more likely to make impulse purchases. A curated selection of niche magazines can also add to a store’s aesthetic appeal. Plus, survey respondents whose shopping trip included a magazine purchase, reported greater satisfaction with their overall shopping experience.

22 September 2026,     OAKVILLE

Newspapers still reach four in five Canadians: Study

 

 
News Media Canada’s Newspapers 24/7: 2026, is the 13th study in its ongoing research series examining how Canadians engage with newspaper brands across print and digital platforms. Completed earlier this month, the research shows that 83% of Canadian adults read newspaper content each week. In other words, newspapers and their sites remain a major mass medium, reaching adults in traditional and online formats.

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