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At the gate of disaster
A case study on the promotion of climate science rejectionism by mainstream news outlets and e-commerce companies -
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Discordant or just different? A comparison of community newspaper data in Canada
What the local news map and an industry group snapshot show — and what they don’t — about the state of community journalism -
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Bottom-up, audience-driven and shut down: How HuffPost Canada left its mark on Canadian media
HuffPost Canada was abruptly shut down on March 9, 2021, by Buzzfeed as part of a broad restructuring plan for the company. This closure came two weeks after two dozen workers filed for union certification -
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Saving journalism: views on how to pay for reliable information
Many countries are experimenting with different forms of government support and policies but the question is what works best and is sustainable in each context -
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Black in the jury box: Media is the message
Crime reporting is one of the oldest forms of journalism. It tells us who should be feared and who should be punished for tearing the social fabric. But its often sensational approach has consequences -
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Facebook has a misinformation problem, and is blocking access to data about how much there is and who is affected
How big of a problem is misinformation on social media? Without key data, the picture is blurry -
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Zooming in on access to justice
Gains made in broadcasting proceedings online during the pandemic mean it’s time to revisit conventions about court restrictions on journalists -
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Facebook’s algorithms fueled massive foreign propaganda campaigns during the 2020 U.S. election – here’s how algorithms can manipulate you
Facebook has known that its algorithms enable trolls to spread propoganda -
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Online news in Canada continues to miss the why when reporting extreme weather
When audiences read about record-breaking weather in Canada, the stories they found in summer 2021 probably didn’t mention climate change -
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Will Postmedia face a reckoning for its climate coverage?
SFU prof hopes ethics complaints against the Vancouver Sun and the National Post will stop media promotion of misinformation
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