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Inside APTN’s history-making Cree NHL broadcast
It took the better part of a decade to bring to life but the nation’s first Cree language sports broadcast aired on March 24 on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. “Surreal,” “overwhelming”…
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Shutting down social media does not reduce violence, but rather fuels it
In the wake of a series of coordinated attacks that claimed more than 250 lives on April 21, the government of Sri Lanka shut off its residents’ access to social media and…
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What the death of local news means for the federal election
In the absence of media scrutiny, politicians have started to spin their own stories Continue Reading What the death of local news means for the federal election
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Forcing reporter to give RCMP info on ‘dead’ terror suspect ‘unreasonable,’ Vice argued at hearing
Forcing a reporter to give information on a terror suspect to the RCMP would be unreasonable given that the wanted Canadian man is almost certainly dead, an Ontario justice heard on Tuesday. Continue Reading Forcing reporter to give RCMP info on ‘dead’ terror suspect ‘unreasonable,’ Vice argued at hearing
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Media on the move: April 24
Here’s our regular update on the moves, hires and promotions in Canadian journalism. Want your job move featured? Tweet it to us or use the hashtag #cdnmediamoves Continue Reading Media on the move: April 24
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Ryerson Review of Journalism takes on Ford and Trump
The 2019 editor goes inside the 35-year-old student magazine’s ominous cover package Continue Reading Ryerson Review of Journalism takes on Ford and Trump
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The pedestrian misogyny behind the van attack
Coverage of mass violence against women still leaves out the basics Continue Reading The pedestrian misogyny behind the van attack
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Why faith groups in Winnipeg are funding religious journalism at the Free Press
Free Press religion reporter John Longhurst on the paper’s work ramping up the faith beat Continue Reading Why faith groups in Winnipeg are funding religious journalism at the Free Press
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Journalism’s Assange problem
By Kathy Kiely, University of Missouri-Columbia and Laurel Leff, Northeastern University These days, anybody with an internet connection can be a publisher. That doesn’t make everybody a journalist. This distinction has become…
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What happens when newsrooms get automated?
Journalists aren’t the only workers adjusting to the changes Continue Reading What happens when newsrooms get automated?
