11 months ago
‘People just need proof:’ How health-care media barriers and government obstruction shaped the story of the pandemic
Despite ‘hitting a bureaucratic wall,’ journalists explain the importance of challenging hospital media restrictions
1 year ago
Could a dedicated disinformation beat help address the infodemic in Canada?
From vaccine hesitancy to the rise of far-right extremism, COVID-19 has mainstreamed conspiracy theories at an astonishing rate, with devastating impacts — but the handful of reporters and researchers addressing them in Canada say they don’t have the resources to respond to the country’s dis- and misinformation crisis alone
1 year ago
A truer North
Local journalists from northern Canada are trying to build a better, more representative system
1 year ago
Change, challenges and staying the course at HafteH
Montreal’s only Persian print weekly has faced high reporter turnover and audience pushback. Now, it’s trying to weather new competition online
2 years ago
Field notes from the university mental health crisis
At two Ontario campus newspapers, identifying the gaps in mental-health support comes with a toll on the reporters themselves
2 years ago
What’s plaguing Toronto’s ethnic press?
In a city of immigrants, non-English language newspapers play a critical role in the fight against COVID-19. Can they survive the pandemic?
2 years ago
What’s happening to the street beat?
Adjusting to new COVID-19 realities around physical distancing and an increasingly cashless economy, street papers across Canada are adapting to continue publishing and keep vendors at work
3 years ago
There’s no journalism on a dead planet
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Feature
Rosalyn Roy was driving home from the Gulf News office, where she used to work as a local reporter, when she noticed a young girl alone and holding a handwritten protest sign, perched on the wall in front of the Channel-Port aux Basques town hall.
3 years ago
Rewriting colonial narratives
The Eastern Door and Iorì:wase on the Mohawk-led media scene of Kahnawake, Que.
3 years ago
Death of an owner silences small northern Ontario paper
Dennis Smyk was the Driftwood, the paper that was the voice of Ignace, Ont. since the ‘70s
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