Harper brings CBC to heel
Squeezed by the throat, our public broadcaster is beginning to resemble a state-controlled network.
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On doing a better job of reporting disability-related stories
Journalists at major Canadian newspapers are increasingly interested in disability-related stories—and are more conscious of how they’re telling them.
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Information commissioner’s call to action is commendable—but nothing new
Concerns about the lack of documentation of federal officials’ decision-making began long before Suzanne Legault’s recent report.
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The sounds of silence: Postmedia buys Sun Newspaper chain and no one heard a thing
If a newspaper chain falls in the media forest, will anyone hear it?
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In “Both Sides of the Street,” Ian Brown finds a microcosm of a changing city
What might have been a short article about the casualties of gentrification becomes a feature on class, family, isolation and belonging.
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This week in Canadian FOI news
Does an election advertising law in Manitoba go too far? And why is the Harper administration hiding the cost of the country’s combat missions?
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Book Review: Mission Invisible explores race, religion and news after 9/11
Mission Invisible concerns itself with the media representation of Muslim communities immediately after the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
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In science reporting, when does background become baggage?
MLA and climate change scientist Andrew Weaver’s libel victory highlights the important role and challenges for subject-area specialists within journalism.
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What story do we really want to be told about Canadian government?
Two recent books on the Harper administration come up with somewhat different answers to that question.
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CBC Ombudsman: Everest College: It’s not one for all and all for one; criticism of one college doesn’t tarnish them all
The CBC ombudsman addresses concerns of a “drive-by-smear campaign” on Everest College.