Canadian efforts to protect freelance war reporters do exist
A response to criticism of efforts to protect freelance journalists.
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Why is CBC taking aim at our videographers?
CBC management has decided to target the very people who are the front line of news in this most recent layoff.
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What lobster fishers can teach us about news consumption
There’s a lesson here when it comes to knowing readers, and how it’s served these days by journalism-based products, legacy and otherwise.
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The week in FOI news: phone books, firings and food labels
What does polling tell us about how concerned Canadian are about transparency issues? And should the public have a right to know why senior public officials get fired?
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Harper brings CBC to heel
Squeezed by the throat, our public broadcaster is beginning to resemble a state-controlled network.
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On doing a better job of reporting disability-related stories
Journalists at major Canadian newspapers are increasingly interested in disability-related stories—and are more conscious of how they’re telling them.
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Information commissioner’s call to action is commendable—but nothing new
Concerns about the lack of documentation of federal officials’ decision-making began long before Suzanne Legault’s recent report.
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The sounds of silence: Postmedia buys Sun Newspaper chain and no one heard a thing
If a newspaper chain falls in the media forest, will anyone hear it?
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In “Both Sides of the Street,” Ian Brown finds a microcosm of a changing city
What might have been a short article about the casualties of gentrification becomes a feature on class, family, isolation and belonging.
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This week in Canadian FOI news
Does an election advertising law in Manitoba go too far? And why is the Harper administration hiding the cost of the country’s combat missions?