Category / Work / Field Notes
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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
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Online hate is damaging journalists and democracy, according to a new report released by the CJF and CAJ
The results of a roundtable on journalists and online hate Continue Reading Online hate is damaging journalists and democracy, according to a new report released by the CJF and CAJ
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On John Honderich
The storied newspaper giant and J-Source supporter died Saturday at 75 Continue Reading On John Honderich
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Saving journalism: views on how to pay for reliable information
Many countries are experimenting with different forms of government support and policies but the question is what works best and is sustainable in each context Continue Reading Saving journalism: views on how to pay for reliable information
