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Large publishers have the resources and power to use new tools while fighting tech companies on overreach. For Canada’s smaller outlets, the calculations can look different Continue Reading Independent media grapple with how — and if — to apply AI

This research note presents findings from a literature review examining the relationship between engaged journalism and ethnographic practice. Responding to journalism’s contemporary crises of trust and legitimacy, engaged journalism has articulated strong principles of community-centeredness, reciprocity, and care Continue Reading Ethnographic reporting meets engaged journalism and offers untapped resources

Timothy Caulfield on pushing back against the forces fueling our current information chaos Continue Reading The certainty illusion: What you don’t know and why it matters

The Flowing River documentary explores both the run-of-river hydro project that now powers the village of Inukjuak in Nunavik, and the relational flow of journalism that emerges from reciprocity with Inuit climate leaders Continue Reading A view from Inukjuak: Engagement journalism with Indigenous partners

As newsrooms and j-schools contract, a major Vancouver training ground for new journalists is gone. Reporters and educators consider if students can still get their foot in the door Continue Reading Silent radio speaks volumes: How the closure of 1130 NewsRadio impacts student journalists 

Practical frameworks for more equitable collaborations Continue Reading ‘Fixing’ international reporting in Canadian media

The Concordia University-Kahnawà:ke Survival School collaboration Continue Reading Bridging communities through engaged journalism and storytelling

What I learned in my first year out of school  Continue Reading The newsroom isn’t dead, and new graduates can find jobs — but thriving in this unstable market requires a new perspective

When a deadly listeria outbreak swept across Canada in 2024, the initial headlines focused on recalls and rising case counts. But for The Globe and Mail journalists Grant Robertson and Kathryn Blaze Baum, something didn’t add up. A closer look at the data revealed a chilling detail: the DNA strain responsible for multiple listeria deaths had appeared nearly a year earlier—raising urgent questions about how it was missed Continue Reading Behind the algorithm: How investigative journalists exposed Canada’s listeria oversight failure 

Introducing Facts & Frictions’ special Spring 2026 issue on engaged journalism Continue Reading Care, connection and a nascent understanding of engaged journalism practices and pedagogies in Canada

As the U.S. and its influence on Canada reverse progress made on diversity, equity, inclusion and race, the Reporting in Black Communities project will equip journalists with comprehensive, community-informed tools to create systemic, long-term change to strengthen and educate generations of journalists and Black communities to come Continue Reading Reporting in Black communities: Early findings from focus groups with Black news consumers in four Canadian cities

Researchers are increasingly pushed into public debate, but evidence-sharing can unintentionally deepen pressures on fragile media institutions Continue Reading Academics should engage the public without replacing journalism

How post-secondary newsrooms can contribute to local information ecosystems in communities with weakened traditional media presence Continue Reading Academic news partnerships in local journalism: A literature review

The past two years have seen a record number of media workers killed Continue Reading If killing journalists is a war crime, why isn’t anyone stopping it?

Without systems that allow local news organizations to be transferred, modernized and operated by a new generation of publishers, every conversation about ‘saving local news’ risks becoming little more than nostalgia Continue Reading Everyone wants to save local news. Almost no one will get the chance

On the necessity of valuing the labour of writing Continue Reading In defense of blue-collar creative work

How trust is constructed, negotiated, and withheld in an increasingly chaotic digital information landscape Continue Reading Trust in the Age of Algorithms: How Gen Z Canadians navigate news, skepticism and selective exposure

Vancouver Sun journalist Kim Bolan shares the tradecraft behind Lethal Exports — a five-part investigation exposing Canada’s role in transnational crime and the devastating toll it leaves across continents.
Continue Reading A Ripple across the Pacific: How Canadian meth dealers fuel a transnational crime network