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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
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In the Ukraine conflict, fake fact-checks are being used to spread disinformation
Researchers at Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub and ProPublica identified more than a dozen videos that purport to debunk apparently nonexistent Ukrainian fakes Continue Reading In the Ukraine conflict, fake fact-checks are being used to spread disinformation
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CBC And APTN enter into new partnership
The two networks will work together in the creation and promotion of Indigenous content Continue Reading CBC And APTN enter into new partnership
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Inside media’s coverage of the trucker blockade
Journalists faced a torrent of abuse, harassment and threats during anti-mandate protesters’ weeks-long occupation of Ottawa. Here’s how media workers navigated reporting in the field Continue Reading Inside media’s coverage of the trucker blockade
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‘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
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Postmedia strikes deal to buy Irving’s newspaper chain in New Brunswick
Toronto-based Postmedia has announced it will purchase all of the daily and weekly newspapers owned by New Brunswick’s Irving family Continue Reading Postmedia strikes deal to buy Irving’s newspaper chain in New Brunswick
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‘Strong and Free’: podcast illuminates Black Canadian history
Produced by Media Girlfriends, an all-women-of-colour team, the podcast is an example of the importance of diversity in history education and media production Continue Reading ‘Strong and Free’: podcast illuminates Black Canadian history
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Pushing past the empty rhetoric: The Canadian Mountain Podcast and its approach to land acknowledgments
What bridging knowledge systems and open collaboration taught us about bringing place-based meaning to digital and broadcast media production Continue Reading Pushing past the empty rhetoric: The Canadian Mountain Podcast and its approach to land acknowledgments
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Bridging disciplines in the explanatory journalism boom
Experts on everything from epidemiology to their own neighbourhoods are needed in public discourse more than ever. Here’s why media and subject matter specialists should work together Continue Reading Bridging disciplines in the explanatory journalism boom
