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Why did newsrooms contravene guidelines about suicide coverage in reporting on the death of a former principal?
Editorial decisions have cascading impacts in politically charged discussions about anti-racism in education and at work, raising questions about how to find the line between newsworthiness and best practices -
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Will Indigenous voices be lost in battle with Big Tech over online news?
The digital era made it easy for IndigiNews to connect with Indigenous communities. The Online News Act threatens that -
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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 -
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What French-language audiences might not see in their climate change news
Some media outlets in Canada have increased resources for environmental journalism, but continue to struggle with addressing across coverage -
![Depuis quelques années, la neutralité journalistique est de plus en plus remise en question dans le milieu. Cela a été mis en évidence lors du dernier congrès de la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ) le 5 novembre 2022 lors d’un panel mouvementé composé de Lela Savić de La Converse, de François Cardinal de La Presse et d’Alexis Ross de Pivot. Depuis, plusieurs personnalités médiatiques québécoises ont abordé le sujet des biais journalistiques. M. Cardinal et M. Ross ont également tous les deux écrit des articles pour revenir sur leur expérience.]()
Welcome to Facts & Frictions Fall 2022
Journalists’ roles and values, newsroom mergers, AI in journalism education and COVID coverage are featured in the latest issue of Facts & Frictions -
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CBC ombudsperson: Opinions on Islamophobia
'Context and insight comes in many different forms. Sometimes it emerges from deep research into a subject. Sometimes it comes from the experience of a reporter who’s covered an issue for many years. And sometimes it comes from a journalist’s own life experience' -
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Facts & Frictions Spring 2022
Technology and journalism education, climate disinformation, innovations in audio storytelling and more explored in new journal issue -
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Reflections on a year of the Fraser Valley Current
Starting a new enterprise is always a gamble. It’s a bet on yourself, on those who will help you, and on your audience. Managing editor Tyler Olsen breaks down what The Current's learned after Year One -
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CBC Ombudsperson: Science and nuance
My latest review examines how CBC covered the debate about the primary way COVID-19 is spread: airborne, or via respiratory droplets? One particular story last spring said that Canadian scientist Dr. John Conly was “under fire” by other researchers, and a number of that scientist’s colleagues complained that the public broadcaster was guilty of “character assassination”. -
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On John Honderich
The storied newspaper giant and J-Source supporter died Saturday at 75
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