The case for encryption
News organizations and journalists aren’t doing enough to secure data and communications—and it could put whistleblowers and other sources at risk.
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Canadians care about healthcare, so why don’t we see more health policy news coverage?
The stories that help us understand what influences public policy and the factors that determine our health status are left largely untold.
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Tuesday Tabs: Evan Solomon, police body cams and gun journalism
News about the news for the week of June 15.
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Chronicle of a city-changing murder in Philip Marchand’s “A Shrine to Emmanuel”
In covering the 1977 murder of 12-year-old Emmauel Jacques for Toronto Life, Marchand eschewed a crime-and-court procedural for a different type of story.
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Debriefs: Moses Mabonga on fixing in Uganda
Moses Mabonga breaks down the difficulties of being a fixer for foreign reporters in Uganda.
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Working towards better coverage of Aboriginal issues
Workshop hosted by Journalists for Human Rights and Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres aims to bridge Aboriginal communities with the journalists who report on them.
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Journalism teachers: attribution is vital for course slides, too
This is a cautionary tale about how my course slides, meant for student eyes only, can end up for sale online.
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Media on the move: June 2015
Here’s our regular update on the moves, hires and promotions in Canadian journalism for the first half of June.
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Coming to a screen near you: 27 cent-per-story journalism?
Some lessons learned from last month’s newspapers Canada Conference in Toronto.
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Document Disposal Act a slippery slope when it comes to FOI
Under the Act, government employees are allowed to delete transitory records—but the definition of what constitutes such a record can seem ambiguous.