Canadians often mourn the loss of their local newspaper. But there’s a disconnect, because few Canadians actually pay for a local news subscription. Continue Reading Instead of mourning local news, try paying for it
The complainant, Dan Bourque, objected to CBC Halifax’s Mainstreet coverage of the President of the United States and his interactions with both NFL players and the Pittsburgh Penguins Continue Reading CBC Ombudsman: Trump vs. The NFL
Every time a small newspaper closes, young reporters lose an opportunity for work and experience. Continue Reading What the closure of the Moose Jaw Times-Herald means for young journalists
Northumberland Today was among the papers sold to Torstar by Postmedia and immediately shuttered. Continue Reading Saying goodbye to Northumberland Today
The Toronto Star’s and Globe and Mail’s projects are quite different in who they are targeting and how they are being executed. Continue Reading A tale of two Trust Projects
Gord Downie told stories about Canadian lives in a near-journalistic way. Continue Reading What Canadian journalists can learn from the life and career of Gord Downie
If people are concerned about the state of free speech on Canadian campuses, then they should be concerned about this. Continue Reading Dear McGill student union: Campus free speech includes campus press
In new book Politically Incorrect, the late Rafe Mair dissects democracy’s decline. Continue Reading Mair on media’s ‘unholiest of alliances’ with energy industry
We are witnessing a campaign south of the border to diminish journalism. It is tactical: News reporting holds lawmakers and other powerful people accountable for their actions. At the same time, with the easy proliferation of conspiracy sites and Russian bots on social media, it is becoming more difficult to separate the real from the…
The complainant, Geoffrey Donaldson, considered reporting about an increase in publicly-funded opioid prescriptions in New Brunswick misleading. He did not agree that there is any concern in the increase. He believed that CBC coverage is conflating legitimate use and the growing number of overdoses. The story provided sufficient context to indicate how the two are…