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Toronto Star Public Editor: This is no job for the faint of heart

By Kathy English for the Toronto Star I would like to welcome Sophie Borwein to the ranks of us public editors tasked with the responsibility and privilege of holding news organizations to account for high journalistic standards on behalf of their readers. We are a relatively small group of public editors, readers’ editors and ombudsmen…
How can journalists regain society’s trust?

By Delaney MacKay for The Signal It was the Saturday afternoon following June’s referendum, when British citizens voted to leave the European Union. Lamenting the vote – stretching hundreds of meters while blocking traffic lanes – over three thousand protestors marched through central London. Watching the rally live from the CBC News World Network studio…
APTN aims for national radio network

This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign By Raven Brass Canada’s national aboriginal television broadcaster is hoping to get the green light to operate radio stations in five major Canadian broadcasting markets. The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network is applying to the CRTC to take over five vacant license areas in Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary,…
CBC-Radio Canada should stay in the digital game, get out of advertising, and lead the fight against fake news, say its newsroom leaders

By Kat Eschner Over at Policy Options, two newsroom leaders from CBC-Radio Canada have written a piece discussing what the public broadcaster’s mission should be in the fake news era. The “two important challenges” faced by CBC-RC in producing public-service journalism are “the digital environment and the post-factual world,” according to Jennifer McGuire, general manager…
How did we get here? Chronicle Herald strike enters thirteenth month as talks once again break down

By Kat Eschner The 55 Halifax Chronicle Herald employees who walked off the job on January 23, 2016 are now in their second year of striking. But in a release dated Feb. 9, the president of the union that represents them said only eight days of that time have been spent at the bargaining table…
Year-long Chronicle Herald strike continues as contract talks break off

Outstanding issues include seniority and jurisdiction.
Don’t touch that chequebook! A second look at The Shattered Mirror

By Madelaine Drohan Traditional media firms are undoubtedly suffering in the digital age. But does it follow that the public is being harmed? The Public Policy Forum’s recent report on the state of Canadian media conveys a great deal of information about journalistic jobs lost, newspapers shuttered and the giant sucking sound of advertising revenues…
Vice Canada’s ongoing legal case is about bigger issues in Canadian journalism

By Kat Eschner Third-party intervenors in yesterday’s appeal by Ben Makuch and Vice Canada provided broader context into the importance and dangers of this case. Vice Canada and Ben Makuch’s lawyer Iain MacKinnon argued that forcing the national security reporter to give up records of his Kik messenger chats with alleged ISIS member Farah Mohamed…
Ten ways to build a new Canadian media ecosystem

By David Beers and Robyn Smith “Ailing,” “beleaguered” and “being murdered” — according to its own headlines, 2016 was a rough year for journalism in Canada. Entering 2017, it shows no signs of recovery. Legacy media are still struggling with the digital transition. Advertising dollars are all but gone, sucked up by American web platforms…
Must journalists fiddle while democracy burns?

By Robert Sutton The broad mandate of the Public Policy Forum’s report, The Shattered Mirror, was not ultimately to defend any particular mode of news delivery, but to evaluate the risks to Canadian democracy if the delivery of news continues its current decline. Sadly, within days of the report’s Jan. 26 release, discussion has devolved to one…