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‘Not a history project’: Investigating how journalism education changed through the pandemic
A special issue of Facts and Frictions' examines the impact of pandemic-related restrictions on journalism education -
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Building bridges between Indigenous high school students and journalism
CBC journalist Kristy Snell on the collaboration between her Concordia journalism students and Kahnawake Survival School and how partnerships can inspire Indigenous youth to tell their own stories -
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Librarians can help create inventories for community news access in Canada
A not-so-modest proposal for an annual census of local news outlets and a news poverty index -
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Amber Bracken lawsuit: RCMP claim journalist isn’t a journalist
'The episode highlights the need for greater police training on press freedom' -
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Know your rights while covering protests
Committee to Protect Journalists and Thomson Reuters Foundation guide to legal rights, risks and tips for reporting on public demonstrations -
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Student media learning how to bridge gaps created by Bill C-18
The Varsity’s managing online editor on the challenges that Meta and Google’s news blocks have presented to campus media and how to take digital distribution back into into their own hands -
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Journalism educators are balancing how they teach social media production with lessons on planning for constant uncertainty
With tech platforms in flux, j-school students are learning both the tools and the policy and risks that will drive their online work -
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Newsrooms should reconsider conventions around naming names in published reports about minor crimes
Northern Ontario news outlet cites compassionate grounds for revising story, the subject of a complaint to NNC -
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Why precarious work endangers the future of public broadcasting and journalism in Canada
Almost two months into the TVO strike, a final offer was rejected and workers are staying on the picket line. TVO union branch president Meredith Martin on organizing, the role of solidarity across media and the need for public broadcasting -
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Rethinking journalism in the age of news fatigue
News avoidance is at an all-time high, and there has been no shortage of negative content. Here’s how journalists and content creators are trying to help audiences fight media burnout
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