It is not news to tell you we are in the midst of a global crisis in media trust. While I find some consolation in the fact that recent studies tell us that Canadians trust their news more than do news consumers in other parts of the world, the overall data on trust in journalism…
Suggestions on how to incorporate TRC calls to action into reporting. Continue Reading Journalists need to understand the impact they have on others
The results of this survey will provide crucial information about representation in newsrooms. Continue Reading J-Source is extending the deadline of our gender diversity survey
Community newspapers across Canada will be eligible to enter the National Newspaper Awards this year for the first time. Continue Reading Community newspapers now eligible to compete for National Newspaper Awards
The Toronto Sun has a history of columnists writing xenophobic pieces — but they are met with a shrug by the rest of Canadian media. Continue Reading We cannot continue to ignore the Toronto Sun’s toxic output
H.G. Watson is leaving J-Source to join TVO Oct. 22; Steph Wechsler will step into the managing editor role. Continue Reading J-Source announces interim managing editor
Want your job posting featured? Tweet it to us or use the hashtag #cdnmediamoves. Call for pitches CTV News Channel is looking for freelance news writers. If you are interested, send a resume and writing samples to Lis.travers@bellmedia.ca pic.twitter.com/vRNnMFee9f — Lis Travers (@TraversLis) October 10, 2018 Yukon Executive Producer, Daily News and Radio Northwest Territories Come work with…
On Oct. 17, cannabis became legal in Canada. Here’s how newspapers across the country heralded in a new era of legalization on their front covers. This post will be updated with more front pages as they become available. To submit a front page, please email J-Source’s managing editor H.G. Watson at hgwatson@j-source.ca.
In covering deeply personal issues, journalism is quite different from the often one-dimensional world of social media. It uncovers how the vulnerable are treated, the problems they face and what could be done to help them. Those articles depend absolutely on people willing to openly discuss their job losses, health setbacks, depression or the loss…
The complainant, Andrew Douglas, Managing Editor of Frank Magazine, was concerned that CBC News had left the false impression they had broken a story he ran first in his magazine by the use of heated language and references to investigation. While his magazine published first, CBC News had its own tip on the story and…