Category / Columns
-
![Blue neon cables]()
To protect our privacy and free speech, Canada needs to overhaul its approach to regulating online harms
Canada’s proposed internet regulation measures focus almost exclusively on speech Continue Reading To protect our privacy and free speech, Canada needs to overhaul its approach to regulating online harms
-
![]()
A new wave of Islamophobia is coming — and some journalists covering Afghanistan are enabling it
In the wake of U.S. withdrawal, media continue repeating the mistakes used to justify a 20-year-old invasion Continue Reading A new wave of Islamophobia is coming — and some journalists covering Afghanistan are enabling it
-
![People gather on East Hastings Street to remember Thomus Donaghy, an overdose prevention worker who was stabbed to death on July 27, 2020, while he was on duty.]()
One year on the Downtown Eastside beat
Jen St. Denis shares how reporting exclusively on one Vancouver neighbourhood has changed her approach to journalism Continue Reading One year on the Downtown Eastside beat
-
![CN Tower at Sunset with light trails from a Fire Truck whizzing by.]()
Canada ended my decade-long career in journalism
As newsrooms grapple with the homogeneity of their mastheads while continuing to privilege hires with strictly ‘Canadian experience,’ qualified, talented expats are moving on Continue Reading Canada ended my decade-long career in journalism
-
![Google logo blurred]()
On Big Tech and publishers, Canada must follow Australia’s lead
Recent deals with Google and Facebook have united new media and old in demanding actions Continue Reading On Big Tech and publishers, Canada must follow Australia’s lead
-
![Prapti Bamaniya performing at her Arangetram, a bharatanatyam graduation ceremony at City Playhouse Theatre on August 3, 2019]()
Why I hope we can ring in the next generation of bharatanatyam dancers with a new era of arts journalism
Choosing journalism as my career path exposed me to systemic problems in media representation and helped me embrace my musical journey. Now, I want Indian classical dancers to stomp with pride Continue Reading Why I hope we can ring in the next generation of bharatanatyam dancers with a new era of arts journalism
-
![Black and white map of Canada and the United States with 37 yellow markers showing the location of Indiegraf publishers.]()
Six lessons from a year of supporting independent local news startups
Indiegraf’s co-founder and CEO on how the media network is making an impact in news deserts across North America Continue Reading Six lessons from a year of supporting independent local news startups
-
![Satellite dish]()
The silence of Radio Canada International
The former head of CBC News laments the evisceration of CBC’s international service and Canada’s shrinking voice in the world
Continue Reading The silence of Radio Canada International -
![]()
How AI is helping newsrooms identify biases, automate multi-platform visual media and accelerate data journalism
Advances in tech are helping small newsrooms take on big investigations Continue Reading How AI is helping newsrooms identify biases, automate multi-platform visual media and accelerate data journalism
-
![RCMP using tarps to obstruct media access as an arrest takes place last week.]()
‘We’re taking the RCMP to court’
A coalition of press freedom groups and media outlets is filing a legal application seeking to ensure press access to protests on Vancouver Island Continue Reading ‘We’re taking the RCMP to court’
