Webinar: Covering Provincial Politics

August 13, 2019 Editor Event eventjournalismwebinar

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Provincial policy touches every part of Canadian life. Schools, hospitals and police forces rely on provincial governments for funding; employers and landlords have to follow a provincial government's laws.

Join us for a webinar that will introduce journalism students and less experienced reporters to the basics of covering provincial politics. You'll learn who the key players are, which areas of policy are widely covered and which get less attention, how to find information and what it's like to be part of the press gallery covering Premier Doug Ford.

"Covering Provincial Politics" is scheduled for Saturday September 7 at 10 am PST / 1 pm EST. It will be led by Emma Paling, who took on the Queen's Park beat for HuffPost Canada in 2018 after three years as one of the site's news editors. Emma graduated with a Combined Honours degree in journalism and history from Carleton University in 2014.

To register for this webinar click on this link. If you’re a CMG Freelance member, enter the code “CMG-FL” when you are asked for an affiliation code. If you're a CWA Canada Associate Member please enter the code "CWA-AM." If you are not a member, you can enter the code “SBoard” to register to participate in this webinar for free.

Live viewings of our webinars are open to everyone. We’ll be making a recorded version available to members of CMG Freelance after the event. For information about the price and benefits of CMG Freelance membership please check out the CMG Freelance website.

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