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Self-care for media workers facing layoffs
We asked psychologists, a lawyer and a career coach to share their self-care tips for coping with job loss and navigating next steps Continue Reading Self-care for media workers facing layoffs
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How journalist Angela Sterritt cares for her spirit while exposing ugly truths
How she cares for her spirit as she brings stories of hardship and healing to light Continue Reading How journalist Angela Sterritt cares for her spirit while exposing ugly truths
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Photographing beyond ‘needle-in-puddle’
With so many crises making news these days, we see a rise in harmful imagery. A journalist considers the result Continue Reading Photographing beyond ‘needle-in-puddle’
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Keeping track of who’s tracking you
Journalists are working the privacy beat Continue Reading Keeping track of who’s tracking you
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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? Continue Reading What’s plaguing Toronto’s ethnic press?
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Recent arrests of journalists covering land disputes accelerate concerns around police attempts to define, obstruct journalism
Journalists must be present to bear witness to police actions, especially at Indigenous movements, say panelists Continue Reading Recent arrests of journalists covering land disputes accelerate concerns around police attempts to define, obstruct journalism
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APTN partners with 5 news organizations and networks to produce global Indigenous reporting project
Anti-Indigenous handbook aims to investigate groups that work against Indigenous rights Continue Reading APTN partners with 5 news organizations and networks to produce global Indigenous reporting project
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Meet the high school journalists who kept publishing in a pandemic
Ontario students on making sure the campus presses kept rolling, bringing youth voices to community journalism and striking out on their own Continue Reading Meet the high school journalists who kept publishing in a pandemic
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Missing voices
Highly skilled reporters from across the world exiled in Canada rarely find employment in the country’s newsrooms. The RRJ’s Neha Chollangi on the rich journalistic experience that media organizations lose when they don’t carve out space for newcomers’ expertise Continue Reading Missing voices
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Student consortium continues to tackle public health through national data collaboration
Now mapping pandemic impacts across Canada, the IIJ continues to rack up accolades for public interest data journalism Continue Reading Student consortium continues to tackle public health through national data collaboration
