CBC News is staying the course.

That’s the internal message from Jennifer McGuire, general manager and editor in chief of CBC News, and the latest from senior network managers looking to steady nerves after Richard Stursberg’s recent sudden and unexpected ouster.

“From talking to some of you over the past few days, I know that you are wondering how the senior management changes will affect CBC News – the news renewal process, our budgets, the renewal of our journalistic policy book, and how we do our journalism and programming daily,” McGuire wrote in an August 13 internal note.

“The short answer is, nothing changes,” she added.

McGuire became the CBC News head 15 months ago when Stursberg was in charge, and was given the responsibility of positioning CBC News as a fully integrated, multiplatform hub for Canadians.

Her rallying message to the troops follows CBC president and CEO Hubert Lacroix last week defending recent management changes at the public broadcaster in his own internal memo.

After listing a number of achievements in news coverage, McGuire said the news division was looking “at how we organize breaking news coverage.”

“The Hub will sharpen its focus on this to better serve CBC News Network, radio hourly newscasts and our digital platforms,” she added.

As part of the recent CBC News restructuring, McGuire and her team have been looking to ensure 24/7 local and national news coverage across a range of platforms.

“All this to say that CBC News is on track and still moving forward,” she concluded.