Journalistic Events & Awards

See Kim Novak & Learn to Write
The Periodical Writers' Association of Canada (PWAC) is hosting its sixth annual daylong seminar for journalists. Called WORDSTOCK 2001, it's being held this year, on June 9 at the Ryerson School of Journalism, 80 Gould St., Toronto (corner of Church and Gould).
Of special interest is Kim Novak (managing editor of the Simcoe Reformer and winner of a National Newspaper Award) who will be speaking on doing great work at small dailies and community newspapers. For more info, click here.

CCNA Convention
This year's Canadian Community Newspapers Association Convention is being held in Saskatoon, July 19-21. Pamela Wallin will be Master of Ceremonies and the keynote speaker is Robert Fulford. For more information, click here, or call 1-877-305-2262. (The CCNA's Web site is found at http://www.ccna.ca/

CAJ's Great Big Scrum 2
The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is holding its national conference, called The Great Big Scrum, in St. Johns, May 24 - 27. This year's theme is investigative journalism. The organizers promise they will "be looking under all the rocks and digging the dirt to get you the best in workshops, panels and lectures to help you get back to the roots of journalism." But ignore the PR, it's probably quite a worthy conference. Find out more about the Scrum.

Annual Justicia Awards
The deadline for entries to the second annual Justicia Awards for Excellence in Journalism is May 30. These awards are sponsored by the Canadian Bar Association, the Law Commission of Canada and the Department of Justice. Two prize winners, one for print, one for broadcast, are chosen by an independent panel of judges appointed by the three organizaions. The purpose of the awards is to recognize outstanding news stories which promote public awareness and understanding of the Canadian justice system.

Items & News

Ontario Rural Routes
"Your resource for the wealth of products, services and activities found in Rural Ontario." Ontario Rural Routes is the hosting agency to over a thousand Ontario businesses and organizations. Each business has a page in which their address, phone number and a short description appear. The descriptions are supplied by the businesses themselfs and generally read: "Use 'Self-Edit' To Modify This Page!" .

Is Your On-line Newspaper Losing Money? --and other stupid questions
Steve Outing from Editor & Publisher Online reveals Two Money-making Techniques You Haven't Tried Yet. The good news is that these techniques require no extra work on your part.The bad news is that they're tacky.

Ontario News

Ontario Towns Spotlight:

Smith Falls, On.

The Town of Smith Falls is the largest urban community in Lanark County on the Rideau Canal System. It falls midway between Toronto and Montreal.

Volunteers are being sought for the International Plowing Match to be held the week of September 23, 2003. The event requires over 1000 volunteers for coordinators, team leaders and team members. For more information: