• Gail Cohen, former editor of the Law Times, kicks off the Ryerson School of Journalism’s teach-in event on March 13, 2017. Photo courtesy of Jasmine Bala.

    Journalism more important now than ever, say RSJ teach-in speakers

    By Jasmine Bala for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre Journalism matters now more than ever, the media director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association told journalism students and faculty during the Ryerson School of Journalism’s (RSJ) recent teach-in day. Gail Cohen, former editor of the Law Times, said that while the news industry is struggling to…

  • A new project, Expertwomen.ca, wants women to be front and centre as experts. Screenshot by J-Source.

    New database seeks to amplify women’s voices in the news media

    This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign By Michael Ott “We couldn’t find any expert women,” cannot be an excuse. That’s the mantra of a new website dedicated to amplifying women’s voices in Canadian news media. Expertwomen.ca seeks to create a database of women from across the country who are experts in their fields.…

  • Canadians need a public news fund to save journalism — and democracy. Image courtesy of Eric Mark Do.

    ‘Nationalize’ Postmedia? That’s just the first step

    By Crawford Kilian, for The Tyee Canadian newspapers have gone through convulsive changes since the 1990s, largely thanks to the Internet. Their corporate owners appear to have shifted business plans. First they tried to save their papers by cutting costs, without success. Then they decided to gut their papers, and wring out the last few…

  • Jacques Poitras' book about the Irving family. Screenshot by J-Source.

    Irving vs. Poitras

    By Grant Buckler Canadian Journalists for Free Expression is protesting a complaint made by J.D. Irving Co. of New Brunswick against Jacques Poitras, a provincial affairs reporter with CBC in New Brunswick. William McDowell of the Toronto law firm Lenczner Slaght, J.D. Irving’s legal counsel, has written at least two letters to the CBC over…

  • CTV Calgary was among the stations that had local sports news coverage cut this month. Photo courtesy of Kassidy Christensen.

    Local sports coverage gets the axe at several CTV stations

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor CTV News has cut local sports coverage in several markets. Howard Law, media industry director for Unifor, the union representing CTV workers across the country, confirmed to J-Source that cuts were made at CTV stations in Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Windsor, Calgary and Edmonton on March 28. In mid-February, local sports coverage…