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Is the government picking the wrong place to start regulating algorithms?
Bill C-10 opens the door to regulating how CanCon is discovered online. More transparency around algorithms is warranted, but in more pressing areas -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
The insurrection at the Capitol challenged how U.S. media frames unrest and shapes public opinion
Coverage of Capitol siege proved a novel test of how the news media would frame the unrest and the aims of those involved. -
Follow the Money: Into the Nursing Home Complex
Zaid Noorsumar investigates how long-term care coverage missed the warning signs of a system in crisis -
Substack isn’t a new model for journalism – it’s a very old one
Substack’s ability to democratize information will be directly related to the prices its authors choose to charge -
Parler is bringing together mainstream conservatives, anti-Semites and white supremacists as the social media platform attracts millions of Trump supporters
While it’s too early to tell if Parler is here to stay, it has already achieved a reputation and level of engagement that has overtaken other alternative platforms
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