ARLA/CLUSTER: Novos cortes nos serviços internacionais da Radio Canada Internacional

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Canada’s public broadcaster announces new cuts to Radio Canada International

Officials at CBC/Radio-Canada announced a fresh round of cuts at *Radio
Canada International* (RCI) on Thursday as part of a “major transformation�
of the beleaguered international service of Canada’s public broadcaster.

A joint statement released by Radio-Canada executive vice-president Michel
Bissonnette and his CBC counterpart, Barbara Williams, said the goal of the
transformation was “to ensure that the service remains a strong and
relevant voice in the 21st-century media landscape.�

“In its strategic plan Your Stories, Taken to Heart, the public broadcaster
committed to ‘taking Canada to the world’ and ‘reflecting contemporary
Canada,’� the joint statement said.

“Transforming RCI is a necessary step to allow the service to effectively
fulfil the important role it must play in delivering on those commitments.

“To that end, RCI will soon be offering more content in more languages,
drawing on the work of CBC/Radio-Canada’s respected news teams to reach new
audiences at home and abroad.�

Earlier in the morning Radio-Canada executives held a virtual meeting with
RCI employees to inform them of upcoming changes.

In all, the transformation will reduce the number of RCI employees by more
than half, from the current 20 to nine, including five journalists assigned
to translate and adapt CBC and Radio-Canada articles, three field
reporters, and one chief editor.

As part of the announced transformation, the English and French language
services of RCI will be eliminated and will be replaced by curated content
created by CBC and Radio-Canada respectively.

The remaining Arabic, Chinese and Spanish services will also be reduced in
size.

However, two new language services – Punjabi and Tagalog – will be added to
the editorial offering presented by RCI, officials said.

RCI content will also get more visibility by being incorporated into
CBCNews.ca and Radio-Canada.ca with its own portal page featuring all the
languages, the statement said.

RCI apps will be folded into the CBC News and Radio-Canada Info mobile
apps, while the service’s five existing apps will be deleted, the statement
added.

Under the new plan, RCI’s operations will focus on three main areas:
translating and adapting a curated selection of articles from CBCNews.ca
and Radio-Canada.ca sites; producing a new weekly podcast in each RCI
language; and producing reports from the field in Chinese, Arabic and
Punjabi.

“This transformation will help bring RCI’s high-quality, relevant content
to more people around the globe and allow them to discover our country’s
rich culture and diversity,� the statement said.

The union representing Radio-Canada employees lambasted the move as a
“rampage.�

“It feels like Groundhog Day with more cuts to RCI under the guise of
transformation,� said Pierre Toussignant, president of Syndicat des
communications de Radio-Canada (SCRC).

In 2012, CBC/Radio-Canada slashed RCI’s budget by nearly 80 per cent,
forcing it to abandon shortwave radio broadcasting altogether. The cuts
also resulted in significant layoffs and the closure of RCI’s Russian,
Ukrainian and Portuguese language services.

https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2020/12/03/canadas-public-broadcaster-announces-new-cuts-to-radio-canada-international/

*•* Our thanks to *Mike Terry* for the above information
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