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![The tweet Erin Moore sent Ezra Levant. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Ezra Levant trolled me for taking my seven-year-old son to see Justin Trudeau
If we give in to fiction instead of fact, and vitriol instead of verification, we all lose. Erin Moore… -
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Globe and Mail Public Editor: When we laid eggs in 2016, you kindly let us know
The amount of corrections in The Globe and Mail in 2016 was up almost 10 per cent more than 2015, but it shows how smart our readers are Sylvia SteadSylvia Stead is the Public Editor of the Globe and… -
![Outside the Gitlaxt’aamiks Village Government office in northern B.C.’s Nisga’a territory. There is little media presence in the region to report on the independent treaty First Nation’s government decisions. Photo courtesy Wawmeesh Hamilton]()
Why freedom of the press should apply in Indigenous communities
Most First Nations members don’t enjoy the right to access information and hold their governments to account that most Canadians take for granted. Wawmeesh HamiltonWawmeesh Hamilton is a reporter at Discourse Media. He has won three B.C.-Yukon Community Newspaper… -
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Journalism school multimedia teachers must emphasize solid journalism
Digital tools will come and go, but the skills stay the same. Janice TibbettsJanice Tibbetts teaches journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa. She spent more than two decades in the daily news business, working for Postmedia News, Canadian Press,… -
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Looking beyond philanthrojournalism
We need more than the kindness of strangers to support Canadian journalism Patricia W. ElliottPatricia W. Elliott is editor-in-chief of Facts & Frictions / Faits et frictions and associate professor of journalism at First Nations University of Canada and… -
![The Toronto Star launched Headline Coffee on Sep. 12, a venture that delivers Fair Trade coffee along with the paper. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Finding innovation in a coffee and a morning newspaper
A big part of launching a new and original product is first convincing people you’re capable of having innovative ideas. Craig Saila… -
![Rally against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in Wellington, New Zealand. Photo courtesy Neil Ballantyne/CC BY 2.0.]()
Anti-TPP day of action highlights threat to journalism
It’s part of a massive campaign against the TPP in North America, led north of the border by CWA Canada. Errol SalamonErrol Salamon is a contributing editor at J-Source. He is a senior lecturer in digital media and communication… -
![The Toronto Star’s public editor Kathy English issued an apology for the erroneous placement of a picture of a Toronto mosque accompanying a Canadian Press story. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
News media’s rush to be first can have real consequences
Is that what led to the decision to publish a problematic article citing a so-called ‘study’ of Canadian mosques and Islamic schools that was first presented to readers without any reality checks? Amira ElghawabyAmira Elghawaby is an award-winning journalist… -
![About 30 black women working in media stand for a historic photo at the corner of Queen Street and Dufferin Street in Toronto. Photo courtesy Lawrence Kerr.]()
Behind the scenes of an historic photo
This is the first time so many black women working in media have come together in the same space for one photo. Camille Dundas… -
![Is dispensing with online comments in the best interests of news organizations? Photo courtesy Marcie Casas/CC BY 2.0.]()
When News Organizations Say “No Comment”
While comments have become an all-too frequent swamp of racism, misogyny and general weirdness, dispensing with them may not be in the best interests of news organizations. Jeffrey Dvorkin…
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