11 months ago
Six lessons from a year of supporting independent local news startups
Indiegraf's co-founder and CEO on how the media network is making an impact in news deserts across North America
11 months ago
Are Bill C-10’s efforts to regulate Canadian content at odds with net neutrality?
C-10’s emphasis on broadcasting is unfit for deeper matters of internet regulation. The bill doesn’t seem to grasp the urgent, wider issues at stake
12 months ago
Is the government picking the wrong place to start regulating algorithms?
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Analysis
Bill C-10 opens the door to regulating how CanCon is discovered online. More transparency around algorithms is warranted, but in more pressing areas
1 year ago
Apple threatens to upend podcasting’s free, open architecture
Creators will now have the option to require a payment for audiences to access their content on Apple’s platform
1 year ago
Record of long-term care coverage shows failure to challenge power structures
Analysis: The public has been inaccurately informed about the connections between big business and policy making by decades of coverage that didn’t critically examine the role of key lobbying group
1 year ago
How an oversight in the RCMP Act keeps justice suspended and truths hidden
Jane Gerster spent two years investigating a justice system misconduct case. While parties on all sides wanted to lift a 14-year old publication ban, FOIs revealed the RCMP didn’t know how and a judicial review showed the federal courts couldn’t
1 year ago
Being skeptical of sources is a journalist’s job – but it doesn’t always happen when those sources are the police
A tendency to go with the 'police said' narrative without outwardly questioning if it is right is a continuing failure of journalism
1 year ago
Why 2021 is the year I start charging late fees
In a country with limited legal protections, freelancers in Canada consider obstacles and possibilities of setting new norms
1 year ago
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
1 year ago
What the decision in a dispute between CBC and Ahmar Khan proves about how Canadian news organizations fail racialized journalists
Lack of support for workers subject to hate and harassment, stifling expression on human rights and exploiting precarity all front and centre in scathing arbitration report
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