1 year ago
Tilting the playing field
The government capitulated to the demands of traditional publishers with its financial package of “support for Canadian journalism.”
If you missed the news, it’s probably because after months—make that years—of lobbying, public awareness campaigns and many, many editorials written in…
1 year ago
Liberals’ journalism funding makes it harder to launch news startups
We’re not looking for a handout. But we didn’t expect the government to distort the playing field so dramatically
1 year ago
Globe and Mail Public Editor: No need to offer ‘false balance’ to anti-vaxxers
Anti-vaxxers are up in arms about negative media coverage of their cause. Considering the timing, this is a little surprising: measles, a potentially life-threatening disease especially for unvaccinated babies or people with suppressed immune systems, is on the rise, thanks…
1 year ago
How to fix Canada’s biggest media problem in one easy step
Ottawa is poised to provide almost $600 million in financial assistance to Canada’s news media. Will it do the right thing and restrict the incentives to Canadian-owned companies?
1 year ago
Suffering outside the headlines
A new report proves that humanitarian crises are going underreported in English, French and German media across the world. Here’s why we need to rethink how we approach these stories
1 year ago
Bail out the journalists, not their bosses
Rather than bolstering the corporations that have decimated Canada’s media ecosystem, the federal tax incentive package should be used to fund journalists’ work
1 year ago
Toronto Star public editor: Filipino journalist Maria Ressa’s powerful defence of truth is truly inspiring
When Maria Ressa learned, via Twitter, that she was among the group of journalists Time magazine recognized as “Person of the Year” — “Guardians” in the “war on truth” — her immediate thought was sobering, indeed.
2 years ago
The missing fact-checker: Merchants of Truth’s Achilles heel
Why the controversy surrounding Jill Abramson’s newly released book puts the spotlight squarely on the valuable research department
2 years ago
Toronto Star Public Editor: Lessons from the eye of a global media storm
Living in the eye of a global media storm of coverage of an alleged serial killer for the past year, Karen Fraser has learned more than she ever could have imagined about today’s journalists and how they work.
2 years ago
CBC Ombudsperson: How much detail is enough?
The complainant, Robert Muir, says there were flaws in an article CBC Toronto published in the aftermath of flooding the city experienced last summer. He felt the article left readers with the wrong impression about the municipal government’s ability to…
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