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What does the past, present and future look like in unprecedented times?

The RRJ’s 2020 editor on what a print magazine on the state of journalism conceived pre-COVID can still tell us about how to move forward
Inside a northern collaboration

The crew behind a collaboration by Up Here and APTN prove that the connections that make reporting run deep can only be made on the ground
Inside the manhunt

A reporter’s look into covering the cross-country manhunt for Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod
How Instagram court ruling hurts photographers and content creators

Many are now setting their viewing mode to 'private’ to control where their work is being published
What does it take to run a sustainable news startup?

Canada has seen a sharp increase in the number of media startups in the last few years. Here’s how four have managed to sustain themselves
Refugee pirate radio tracks forgotten Burundi conflict

Since the summer of 2015, journalists in exile are attracting growing WhatsApp audiences at home
Balancing privacy and transparency when reporting on minors

Journalists on the challenges of holding the youth justice system to account
Canadian media needs to take further steps in recognizing diverse preferences in disability language

Many style guides recommend person-first language, but disabled communities are split
Can women’s media ever be “authentically” feminist?

The RRJ's Katherine Singh explores the state of commerce and the limits of feminism in women's magazines
The future of videojournalism at CTV

Traditional reporting jobs in limbo at CTV1 as Bell Media restructures