Can reported soundscapes foster deeper audience connections?
Adrian Ma breaks down binaural audio and how it enriches the listener experience Continue Reading Can reported soundscapes foster deeper audience connections?
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How Instagram court ruling hurts photographers and content creators
Many are now setting their viewing mode to ‘private’ to control where their work is being published Continue Reading How Instagram court ruling hurts photographers and content creators
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Canada’s dismal data climate
Missing stats imperil our ability to communicate health risks for the pre-existing global crisis. Here’s what we can learn from coverage of COVID-19 Continue Reading Canada’s dismal data climate
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CBC Ombudsperson: Passport Babies
Earlier this year, The Fifth Estate aired a documentary about the industry of birth tourism, in which expectant mothers from abroad pay a fee to brokers, then come to Canada to deliver their baby. Complainant Janet Cleveland called the program “seriously inaccurate and biased”. I disagreed that it was biased, but my review found problems, nonetheless. Continue Reading CBC Ombudsperson: Passport Babies
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Yes, websites really are starting to look more similar
There’s a creeping conformity taking place on the web Continue Reading Yes, websites really are starting to look more similar
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Challenging our conventions around naming mass shooters
Countries around the world value the public’s right to know. But that principle can look very different place to place Continue Reading Challenging our conventions around naming mass shooters
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Popular literature in the age of pandemic threat
What re-reading Camus’s The Plague can tell us about media, literature and social memory in times of crisis Continue Reading Popular literature in the age of pandemic threat
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Toronto Star editor: Why we’re offering free digital access to essential coronavirus information
Toronto Star editor Irene Gentle on lifting the paywall on public service coverage Continue Reading Toronto Star editor: Why we’re offering free digital access to essential coronavirus information
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What happened to the Toronto Star’s arts section?
As original coverage is increasingly replaced with U.S. wire copy, gaps in local cultural reporting belie a worrying trend Continue Reading What happened to the Toronto Star’s arts section?
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Christie Blatchford Doesn’t Deserve Her Eulogy
Let’s tell the truth about Blatchford’s toxic legacy Continue Reading Christie Blatchford Doesn’t Deserve Her Eulogy