Join CNW Telbec for a breakfast presentation with Robert Melnbardis, Editor-In-Charge, Canadian Equities at Reuters Canada Ltd. and Martin Vallières, Journalist specializing in economics, business and finance at La Presse, on the changing landscape of Canadian media and the increasing role of the web in business reporting.

The growing popularity of the Internet has affected traditional media as more and more consumers go online to get their news. Today’s print media can add online publishers and video broadcasters to their offerings, opening new opportunities to tell your story as photos, videos and other visuals now play a greater role in this new content-rich environment. 

Newsrooms are changing as the business of news is changing. Now, more than ever before, Bay Street traders and day traders have access to the same information at the same time. Welcome to the world of snapping headlines, breaking news on multiple platforms, streaming video newscasts, and access to the global market!

Breakfast is compliments of CNW Telbec. Please register early, as space is limited. A confirmation of your registration will be emailed to you in advance.

*Please note that this presentation will be bilingual.

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Martin Vallières

An experienced journalist specializing in economics, finance and business at Montréal daily La Presse, the main newspaper of Canada’s largest French-language daily press group, Gesca, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Montréal-based conglomerate, Power Corporation.

La Presse also manages the Cyberpresse and LaPresseAffaires.com web sites, which are among the most-visited French-language information sites in Canada.

Martin Vallières is back in Montréal after spending several years in Toronto as economics, business and finance correspondent for La Presse. He also spent two years at the Washington office. Before joining La Presse, he worked for ten years as journalist and editorial assistant for the business weekly Les Affaires, which is published by the media division of Transcontinental Group, a major printer managed from Montréal. Mr. Vallières holds university credentials in business law, finance, political science and journalism earned in Québec City, Montréal and Ottawa.

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Robert Melnbardis

Robert Melnbardis is Editor-in-Charge, Canadian Equities at Reuters News, where he has also been the Montreal-based Quebec bureau chief since 1995, covering business, politics, general news, culture and sports.

Mr. Melnbardis manages a team of equities reporters across Canada who report on the country’s publicly traded companies.

The team works closely with more than 2,600 journalists at Reuters News around the globe, including business specialists who cover sectors such as financials, minerals, energy, aerospace, biotechnology, retailing and high technology. Along with its global reach, Reuters News offers timely, accurate, impartial and insightful coverage of the issues and events that affect business, markets and economies.

Before Reuters News, Mr. Melnbardis was a staff reporter with the Wall Street Journal in Toronto.

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