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 National Post wins design accoladesFor the second consecutive year, the National Post has won the second-highest number of awards in the world in the 31st annual Best of Newspaper Design Creative Competition. Only the Los Angeles Times received more awards than the Post, which won 54. The New York Times was third.The National Post was honoured for design and layout as well as graphics, illustration and photography on individual pages including the front section, Opinion pages, Financial Post, Arts & Life, Avenue, Weekend Post, Post Toronto, Post Homes and Sports. The annual awards, which are from the Society for News Design, recognize international excellence in newspaper design and its elements.Among other Canwest newspapers, the Ottawa Citizen won two awards and the Calgary Herald won six for its Swerve magazine."Every page of this newspaper demonstrates our shared commitment to strong reporting, writing and design,'' said Douglas Kelly, Editor-in-Chief of the National Post."Although every member of the design team deserves this recognition, I want to thank especially Gayle Grin, managing editor, design and graphics.'' In 2007, Ms. Grin led a redesign that secured the National Post's place among the best designed newspapers in the world, Mr. Kelly said."It is a huge honour to win second-highest number of awards two years in a row," Ms. Grin said. "International recognition by our peers is a true privilege. Readers often tell us how much they appreciate the look of the Post. We really put a lot of thought and energy into our presentation. As well as the design team., I want to acknowledge the copy editors for their dedicated design consistency."Other members of the design team include Ron Wadden, night editor; Gigi Suhanic, Financial Post design editor; Laura Morrison, news editor; Front Page Editor Jo-Anne MacDonald; Genevi
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 Editor's note on graphic images from HaitiSome readers may be offended by our use on the front page of Friday's print edition a picture showing the body of a victim of the Haitian earthquake, or by another picture inside showing piles of corpses in the streets of Port-au-Prince.We recognize that these pictures are disturbing. But we think that they are also a necessary -- indeed, a central -- part of telling this story completely. They communicate in a powerful manner the true horror of what has taken place in that country. And understanding that horror is necessary, we think, in order to galvanize as swift and powerful a response as possible to help the people of Haiti.
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 Check out the Post's new and improved commenting featuresSo you may have noticed that things look a little different today in the comments area at the bottom of our story pages. Well, congratulations -- you've just discovered our new comment system! Today, the National Post adds a host of useful new features that will make our comment threads more interactive, easier to read and a breeze to share.Among the new features added today (numbered for reference below):
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 CBC, National Post team up for 2010 Games coverageThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the National Post today announced an agreement to collaborate in providing coverage of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.The cornerstone of the initiative will be a co-branded Olympic Winter Games website featuring non-stop coverage from a joint team of digital, print and broadcast journalists from CBC Sports and the National Post. The site will feature a jam-packed line-up of up to the minute stories, commentary, video, in-depth game statistics and, of course, medal counts from two of Canada's major national media organizations. The site will provide everything Canadians need to keep abreast of their athletes in Vancouver.In addition to the web site, both CBC Sports and the National Post are dedicating their teams to cover the games from every angle on every platform."The 2010 Olympic Winter Games represent one of the biggest Canadian sports stories thus far of this century," said Scott Moore, executive director, CBC Sports and general manager, CBC Media Sales & Marketing. "We intend to use our full resources and meet our commitments to Canadians by providing authoritative, up to the moment coverage of every aspect of the Games, delivered to our audiences whenever and however they require it.""Together, as partners, you can expect the National Post and CBC to provide Canadians with comprehensive Olympic Winter Games coverage in 2010," said Jonathan Harris, the National Post's Vice President of Digital Media. "It's about two respected media companies working together to deliver a unique Olympic experience to the country."
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 Summer jobs at the National PostUPDATE: The deadline for applications has expired. The National Post is looking for young journalists to work in our newsroom in Toronto next May through August. We have openings for reporters in news, business, arts or sports, and for copy editors to edit and paginate on our night news desk. These are paid positions.I am looking for people with a demonstrated ability to cover breaking and hard news and who can turn a story around quickly on deadline.I am looking for writers comfortable working in a range of topics.And, most importantly, I am looking for self-starters brimming with story ideas. If you are invited to an interview, please be prepared to pitch two potential stories that would be ideal for the National Post.Also important: A driver's licence and a car are not required, but a licence is helpful. An ability to speak and read French is an advantage. A previous summer job at a newspaper grabs my attention. To apply, email your cover letter, resume and four clippings demonstrating the range of your writing to: Summer2010 (at) nationalpost.comJOHN RACOVALI,Assistant managing editor,The National Post NOTE: Please indicate your preference - news, business, arts, sports or night desk in the subject line of your email.
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 Five National Post blogs nominated for 2009 Canadian Blog AwardsFive National Post blogs have been nominated for the 2009 Canadian Blog Awards.The blogs nominated are the Afterword, the Ampersand, the Appetizer, Full Comment and Holy Post. All five blogs were nominated in the "Blog written by a journalist" category. The winners are decided by a public vote which can be done on the Canadian Blog Awards website.Full Comment, the Post's opinion and editorial blog is one of Canada's most active blogs for political discussion and commentary. The Ampersand, our Arts & Life blog, delivers the Post's unique brand of Arts & Life coverage and is home to many of our podcasts and videos. The Appetizer covers the food and dining scene in Toronto and across Canada. Our recently launched Holy Post blog, has become a key destination for those interested in religious and spiritual issues in this country and abroad. While the Afterword, the Post's books blog, delivers publishing and literary news."Canada's blogging community is extremely vibrant and active and we're thrilled to be part of it and to receive the recognition," said Duncan Clark, executive editor, digital.The Canadian Blog Awards have been held annually since 2004 and are run by a group of independent bloggers from across the country.In other blog news, our law industry blog, Legal Post has been included in the ABA Journal's Blawg 100, of the top 100 legal blogs in North America. Readers can vote for the Legal Post at the ABA Journal's site (registration required).
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 CBC and National Post announce content sharing agreementThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the National Post today announced an agreement which will allow both organizations to share content across their respective media platforms. The agreement is effective immediately.CBC.ca will run daily financial stories and podcasts from the Financial Post in CBC's online Money section, and The National Post will run daily sports stories in the sports section of nationalpost.com and periodically in the sports section of the newspaper. Financial terms were not disclosed."This is an attractive arrangement for both organizations," says Richard Stursberg, executive vice president of CBC English Services. "As Canada's national public broadcaster, we have an unsurpassed reputation in the field of sports reporting, which will be available to more Canadians through the Post's readership. CBC.ca's financial news content will be enhanced by one of Canada's most trusted and respected sources of business news.""This partnership builds on key strengths of two great news organizations," says Paul Godfrey, president and CEO of National Post. "For more than a century, the Financial Post has been Canada's go-to brand for business and the CBC is a leader in sports coverage. Together, we will provide Canadians the best in business and sports news."About CBC/Radio-Canada:CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada's national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. The Corporation is a leader in reaching Canadians on new platforms and delivers a comprehensive range of radio, television, Internet, and satellite-based services. Deeply rooted in the regions, CBC/Radio-Canada is the only domestic broadcaster to offer diverse regional and cultural perspectives in English, French and eight Aboriginal languages.
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 National Post brings Canadian readers breakingviews.com financial commentaryNational Post and breakingviews.com, the international online financial commentary publication, announced that a Breakingviews-branded opinion column will appear daily in the Financial Post, the National Post's financial pages and online at financialpost.com/breakingviews beginning today.National Post will be the exclusive English-language Canadian newspaper to carry breakingviews.com content. The column will add to the National Post's award-winning coverage of Canadian business news by offering readers punchy and agenda-setting commentaries on global financial issues, including international markets, companies, mergers, hedge funds and private equity. "The breakingviews.com columns are a complement to our leading news coverage of finance and business and our roster of award-winning columnists," said Douglas Kelly, Editor-in-Chief of the National Post. "The column offers hard-hitting commentary that will give our readers deeper insight on the most important events in the global financial markets at a time when such information has never been more critical to investors." London-based breakingviews.com's professional subscription service reaches more than 15,000 executives at the world's top investment banks, corporations, hedge funds, governments, law firms and investment institutions. Through newspaper partners like The National Post, breakingviews commentaries reach millions more. "We are thrilled to bring our hard-hitting commentary for the first time to Canadian readers every day and the movers and shakers of Bay Street," said Rob Cox, U.S. editor and a director of breakingviews.com. "Best of all, we get to work with a partner in the National Post, whose high editorial standards and values we share." About breakingviews.comBreakingviews.com provides sophisticated clients in the global financial industry with valuable insights in real time. It also provides its agenda-setting columns to leading newspapers including The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Daily Telegraph (UK), Handelsblatt (Germany), Le Monde (France), Caijing (China), Cinco Dias and El Pais (Spain), La Stampa (Italy), NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands), Business Standard (India), Nikkei Veritas (Japan) and The National (UAE), L'Agefi (Switzerland).
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 Letter from the President and the PublisherWe are writing today to remind our readers that beginning this Monday and continuing through the Labour Day weekend, the National Post will not be publishing a Monday newspaper. As you will recall, we wrote you some weeks ago to explain our decision, made in context with an unprecedented economic climate that has seen all media organizations -- including this newspaper -- take a number of steps to cope with declining advertising revenue. These tough decisions are made with a view to ensuring that National Post can weather the current storm. We know we do this with your support because it is clear that thousands of Canadians see the newspaper as a unique and critical voice in the media landscape. In fact, we often hear readers and advertisers describe their support for this newspaper as if they were members of a special club. For many long-standing readers, the Tuesday-through-Saturday summer schedule is in some respects simply a return to what used to be the norm. Financial Post, the 102-year-old heart of our newspaper, prospered for years as a Tuesday to Saturday publication.We want to be clear we are not abandoning our award-winning news coverage, which has always been a seven-day-a-week proposition. Nor will our readers lose any of the great features on which they have come to rely. News happens every hour of every day and our talented staff will continue to report instantly to our two major online brands, nationalpost.com and financialpost.com. If you aren't already a member of our fast-growing online audience, we encourage you to give both our Web sites a try. If you are looking for the latest in news, sports, business and arts Monday to Friday and over the weekend, nationalpost.com and financialpost.com will be there to serve.As well, a page-by-page digital edition of the newspaper, complete with stories, columns, photos and advertising, continues to be available at no cost to those subscribers wishing to read the paper on their computers but in a more traditional format. For non-subscribers, there is a 21-day free trial. The page-by-page edition of the newspaper can be accessed at nationalpost.com/digital. For newcomers, a tutorial is available.It should be noted that some of the Post's regular Monday features such as FP Small Business will move to the Tuesday paper for the summer.The media universe is transforming at an unbelievable rate before our very eyes. Newspapers everywhere are trying all manner of experiments as they shift their business from a single printed product to a variety of print and digital formats. There is no doubt that a major change in reader attitude and preference is taking place. And there is no doubt that the balance between the print and digital worlds is still to be determined.We look forward to your reaction and your support. We will learn and benefit from this summer experiment, and we are committed to serving you in print and online this summer and in the years ahead.Please feel free to e-mail us directly if you have a comment or an inquiry. A special communications e-mail has been created at gordfisher@nationalpost.com.Have a wonderful summer,Paul Godfrey, President and CEO, National PostGordon Fisher, Publisher, National Post
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 National Post series The Road AheadDouglas Kelly, Editor-In-Chief The National Post recognizes the auto industry is not just key to the Ontario economy, but is a business that touches the lives of almost every consumer across the country. With General Motors' announcement Monday that it will shrink to about half of its current self in Canada and Chrysler's bankruptcy protection filing Thursday, this week could be seen as one of the most troubled few days for anyone connected to this sprawling industry. In our Saturday feature package, The Road Ahead (visit the site), a team of Post writers look beyond the short-term ruin to give our readers a much needed perspective on what got us here and the challenges to rebuilding being faced by the auto sector, governments, workers and customers. FP Editor Terence Corcoran writes about the big picture. How did the auto industry become the hub of so many cities and communities and what will be its fate? We also look at six missteps that took two of the Detroit Three from untouchable giants of capitalism to handout-fueled heaps, struggling to survive. Ottawa columnist John Ivison delves into how a Conservative government that once touted free market principles as paramount for business, is now using billions of tax dollars to prop up two companies that created their own mess. Auto industry reporter Nicolas Van Praet looks at the emerging auto manufacturing powers in Ontario, Honda and Toyota. Both have produced far more cars and trucks in the country this year than General Motors. Along with Ford, they are forming a new big three in the province, but through a teetering supply chain are tied more to their rivals' woes than they may like. So, what's the next? Reporter Karen Mazurkewich looks at the Waterloo region where vanguards like Research In Motion co-CEO Michael Lazaridis have built a community that thrives on innovation and big ideas. The growing payrolls at these technology firms are making a small dent in the mass layoffs from the manufacturing heartland that surrounds them. We have several more features for all our readers -- the car geek, the savvy investor and even just the casual observer. You can read all of these stories at nationalpost.com and financialpost.com at our special site and in Saturday's newspaper. This is just part of a comprehensive series on this trouble sector we will be rolling out in the weeks to come.
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 Mobilize your news with National Post and ScanlifeSo what's with all boxes full of dots in your copy of the National Post? Great question.
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 Note to readers: Find our site map hereDue to technical issues, our site navigation is not currently available.Here are the major sections and blogs in nationalpost.com NewsCanadaWorldPoliticsPosted blogPosted Toronto blogFull Comment blogOpinionColumnist indexSports Posted Sports blog ArtsThe Ampersand blogMovies Books The Afterword books blog Shinan Govani: The Scene blog LifeThe Appetizer Blogs Main pageMaster feed of all our blog posts MultimediaSite navigation for financialpost.com is still operational.
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 Post wins 56 awards from the Society for News DesignNational Post given second-highest number of awards in the world by the Society for News Design 
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 An apologyToday, a Financial Post reporter responded unprofessionally to another Twitter user on his personal Twitter account. While the remarks were made on the reporter's personal Twitter account, the conversation first began when the reporter was acting in his capacity as a reporter for the Financial Post. We hold -- and will continue to hold -- all our reporters to a higher standard in how they address anyone, in any forum.We apologize for the reporter's conduct.
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 National Post and Financial Post on the go: Visit our mobile sitesNext time you want news on the go, punch in (and bookmark) m.nationalpost.com or m.financialpost.comPresenting our new lightning fast National Post and Financial Post mobile sites. For BlackBerrys, iPhones, smart phones and cellphones. You will find top headlines, the latest blog posts, today's paper headlines, the most popular stories and a fully functional search. On the Financial Post version you'll find Trading Desk, market snapshots and the latest news by sector at m.financialpost.com
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