COVID-19: Media in Canada

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The COVID years: Risk, reward and rethinking priorities

What the rise of hate, a surge in government support and a relentless pandemic have meant for media in Canada Continue Reading The COVID years: Risk, reward and rethinking priorities
At the gate of disaster

A case study on the promotion of climate science rejectionism by mainstream news outlets and e-commerce companies Continue Reading At the gate of disaster
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’ Continue Reading CBC ombudsperson: Opinions on Islamophobia
Facts & Frictions Spring 2022

Technology and journalism education, climate disinformation, innovations in audio storytelling and more explored in new journal issue Continue Reading Facts & Frictions Spring 2022
Discordant or just different? A comparison of community newspaper data in Canada

What the local news map and an industry group snapshot show — and what they don’t — about the state of community journalism Continue Reading Discordant or just different? A comparison of community newspaper data in Canada
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 Continue Reading Reflections on a year of the Fraser Valley Current
Bottom-up, audience-driven and shut down: How HuffPost Canada left its mark on Canadian media

HuffPost Canada was abruptly shut down on March 9, 2021, by Buzzfeed as part of a broad restructuring plan for the company. This closure came two weeks after two dozen workers filed for union certification Continue Reading Bottom-up, audience-driven and shut down: How HuffPost Canada left its mark on Canadian media
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”. Continue Reading CBC Ombudsperson: Science and nuance
‘Can you check your activism at the door?’: Under white supremacy, Black Canadian journalists see their very existence as a radical act

As newsrooms globally respond to accusations of racial bias by focusing on diversity, journalist datejie cheko green looks to her experience in Canada to argue that a fuller reckoning of journalism practices, from recruitment to the daily meeting, is needed to make real change Continue Reading ‘Can you check your activism at the door?’: Under white supremacy, Black Canadian journalists see their very existence as a radical act
On John Honderich

The storied newspaper giant and J-Source supporter died Saturday at 75 Continue Reading On John Honderich