National NewsMedia Council will hold its first AGM

Annual General Meeting of the National NewsMedia Council to be held on December 8, 2016 at 12 noon EST at the NNC office, 37 Front Street East, Toronto. The agenda for our first AGM will be as follows: CALL TO ORDER APPROVAL OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF MINUTES – none, as this is first AGM for NNC I.     ACTION ITEMS FROM PREVIOUS METING – none II.    REPORTS 1.     CHAIR’S REPORT 2.     PRESIDENT’S REPORT 3.     FINANCIAL REPORT – for presentation and vote … read more

Shelley Chrest succeeds Frances Lankin as NNC Chair

TORONTO (23 September) —  John Fraser, President and CEO of the National NewsMedia Council of Canada (NNC), announced today that Shelley Chrest of Victoria, B.C., the former director and chair of the British Columbia Press Council, and an inaugural vice chair of the NNC, has succeeded the Hon. Frances Lankin as Chair of the year-old council. Ms. Lankin was named to the Senate of Canada earlier this year. At that time she announced she would step down from her formative … read more

Notice of upcoming meeting

The next meeting of the National NewsMedia council will be held on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 9:30 am EDT, in Toronto. Please find below the meeting’s agenda and other documents that will be discussed.  Meeting agenda  Minutes from previous meeting  Financial reports  Nominations Committee report  Bylaws for approval  Governance Policy Manual  Draft agenda for December 2016 AGM  Updated complaints report