![]() ![]() “Fewer journalists means more hard work to get the same product out every single day. “Canadian organizations need to move much more quickly to streaming, AVOD, FAST and all of those platforms,” said the Toronto-based Nelson, formerly of CBC and the Toronto Star. While she hasn’t examined Bell Media’s operations, she said the survival of traditional outlets depends on embracing newer digital models such as ad-based video-on-demand (AVOD) and free ad-supported TV (FAST). Marissa Nelson, a vice president with the Minneapolis-based media consulting firm Magid, said TV news networks across North America are facing pressure to evolve with their audience but Canadian companies lag far behind their U.S. But what we’re losing in that is Canadian context, and how whatever story is unfolding around the globe impacts Canada.” “Instead of Paul Workman reporting out of London or Daniele reporting out of London, they’ll just take an American feed instead, an American reporter. How they fill that vacuum remains to be seen,” said Jennifer Burke, a former anchor for CTV News Channel who expected more news footage from outside sources. “If you eliminate half of the veteran faces that have been there for a decade plus, of course, it’s going to look different. While the full scope of Bell Media’s plans have yet to be disclosed, an industry consultant with Pivotal Media said the changes known so far will almost certainly reshape its flagship newscast, “CTV National News With Omar Sachedina.” John’s, N.L., and later this year in Fredericton and Charlottetown – moves that will put CTV National News journalists “in every province for the first time ever.” He said videographers will immediately be stationed in Regina and St. ![]() Nevertheless, digital news continues to grow and staff will be added elsewhere, Gray added. and the impacts on Canada,” vice-president of news Richard Gray said in a letter to staff, adding major stories will still be covered “on-location around the world when needed.” High-profile cuts include senior political correspondent Glen McGregor, chief international correspondent Paul Workman, London news bureau correspondent Daniele Hamamdjian and Los Angeles bureau chief Tom Walters.įoreign bureaus in London and Los Angeles will close, while the Washington, D.C., office is scaling back “to focus more fully on important news from the U.S.A. “You don’t need to even read between the lines to know that something was coming (but) I did not ever think it was this magnitude.” “The warnings were there, the concerns of the higher-ups were expressed in that the financial situation of Bell Media wasn’t ideal,” said Napier, quick to add that many dedicated, hardworking colleagues remain to steer the ship. Her comments were echoed by another laid-off journalist and a former colleague still with the company, neither of whom would go on the record. While staff expected “a restructuring” was in the works, details were “very much a mystery,” she said. Reached in Toronto after the announcement, a pragmatic Napier said she’s “philosophical” about the end of a seven-year run with the media giant, which like many companies faces a prolonged advertising slump, fracturing audiences for traditional TV news and expanding tech rivals. The cuts raised immediate questions about how the strategy will affect the quality of news coverage and what’s in store for CTV’s flagship evening newscast. announced Wednesday (June 14) it was shedding 1,300 positions throughout the company, consolidating media operations and closing foreign bureaus. Until last week, Napier served as reporter and Ottawa bureau chief for “CTV National News,” but suddenly found herself jobless when parent BCE Inc. The strain facing traditional TV news organizations is well-established but a swath of layoffs that cut several of CTV’s best-known news personalities was a surprise to many, including national reporter Joyce Napier. ![]()
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