Steph Wechsler is J-Source's managing editor.
Vulnerable communities are being targeted by right-wing, bad faith personalities and accounts online in the wake of a national tragedy. Newsrooms can make sure they’re following best practices and avoid stoking an increasingly emboldened hate movement Continue Reading Resources for covering Tumbler Ridge
Forcing kids to eat bugs. Blowdryers to cure COVID-19. Nuremberg trials for public health. Jan. 6 confabulations and chemtrails. These are just some of the many conspiracies that marked the latest political news cycle in the province Continue Reading How PressProgress used online spaces to cover B.C.’s most extreme election
Modules include interviewing children, covering vulnerable communities and how to protect workers’ mental health Continue Reading Online toolkit will aid newsrooms, j-schools navigate trauma
Six weeks into 2023, more than 100 media jobs in Canada are gone (and remaining alt-weeklies see a shakeup) Continue Reading Recapping a not so good, pretty bad month in media labour
What the rise of hate, a surge in government support and a relentless pandemic have meant for media in Canada Continue Reading The COVID years: Risk, reward and rethinking priorities
Data submitted by 209 newsrooms shows racialized journalists concentrated in part-time and internship roles Continue Reading Half of Canadian newsrooms entirely white, says first CAJ survey of race in media
Document will serve as ‘annual reckoning,’ writes publisher Continue Reading Globe and Mail launches diversity report
We tracked the layoffs, wage cuts, service reductions and closures since last year. Here’s what we know, what we don’t and what could come next Continue Reading A year of mapping media impacts of the pandemic in Canada: COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada update, March 11, 2021
Nadia Stewart and Anita Li discuss the path to anti-racism in Canadian journalism, what’s changed and what the future holds Continue Reading CABJ and CJOC on calls to action, one year later
Lack of transparency, barriers to accessing proceedings, holes in house editorial guide cited as structural complaints as CBC/Radio-Canada faces hearings amid growing reports of workplace discrimination Continue Reading Groups, stakeholders criticize public broadcaster and regulator for neglecting equity, accountability in license renewal process