7 months ago
2020 is a year for the history books, but not without digital archives
Canada lags behind some countries with preserving public digital records
10 months ago
From media house to charity case
New federal rules allowing news organizations to become non-profits may not be worth the effort for Canada’s struggling media sector
10 months ago
Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest
Narratives about the Women’s March and anti-Trump protests gave voice to protesters and significantly explored their grievances. Protests about anti-Black racism and Indigenous people’s rights received the least legitimizing coverage, with them more often seen as threatening and violent
11 months ago
Canada’s dismal data climate
Missing stats imperil our ability to communicate health risks for the pre-existing global crisis. Here’s what we can learn from coverage of COVID-19
11 months ago
Yes, websites really are starting to look more similar
There’s a creeping conformity taking place on the web
11 months ago
Challenging our conventions around naming mass shooters
Countries around the world value the public’s right to know. But that principle can look very different place to place
1 year ago
Popular literature in the age of pandemic threat
What re-reading Camus’s The Plague can tell us about media, literature and social memory in times of crisis
1 year ago
What happened to the Toronto Star’s arts section?
As original coverage is increasingly replaced with U.S. wire copy, gaps in local cultural reporting belie a worrying trend
1 year ago
Broadcast and Telecommunications Legislative Review panel report leaves consumers out in the cold
J-Source publisher and co-author of upcoming book ‘The End of the CBC’ breaks down the regulatory recommendations that have industry watchdogs in a tailspin
1 year ago
Local news outlets can fill the media trust gap – but the public needs to pony up
The appetite for smart local news is there. The challenge is figuring out how to make it profitable
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