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Montreal Gazette: A case for the local ownership of community news media

While local ownership brings a level of accountability to the news business, it is worth taking a moment to think about how to actually build a more responsible, community-focused news source
Google tests blocking news content for some in Canada in response to government bill

All types of news content are being affected by the test, which will run for about five weeks, the company said
‘Stronger together’: Canadian national freelancing summit unites unions, labour organizers

Workers, advocates plan to combat stagnant wages, problematic contracts and worsening precarity
Recapping a not so good, pretty bad month in media labour

Six weeks into 2023, more than 100 media jobs in Canada are gone (and remaining alt-weeklies see a shakeup)
A global study on pandemic-era news explores the gap between journalists’ ideals and realities

In Canada, media ranks second globally in amplifying the views and rights of citizens and echoes government a lot less than trust indicators suggest. But resources constrain watchdog journalism, a function reporters hold in high regard
Introducing Gabriela Perdomo, J-Source’s new editor-in-chief

Gabriela, journalism professor at Mount Royal University, joins us in January
We’re losing journalists. And PR jobs are rising

There are fewer journalists per capita in B.C. today than there have been in a generation, reveals recent census data
On Stephen Trumper’s legacy in storytelling, journalism education and community care

Stephen Trumper, 1953-2023, taught a generation of journalists at Toronto Metropolitan University
J-Source launches the Canada Press Freedom Project

New resource monitors press freedom conditions and provides open database, resources and tools
Review: Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic

Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic By Nora Loreto (Fernwood Publishing, 2021) Review by Adrian Ma Toward the end of 2020, the editors of the popular website Dictionary.com hosted a “People’s Choice” survey to identify the…