A few readers, graduates of St. Michael’s College, were upset with The Globe and Mail’s coverage of their school these past two weeks. Toronto police are investigating allegations of assault and sexual assault connected to the Catholic boys’ school after receiving multiple videos, and six students have been arrested. These graduates aren’t denying the news…
Public Policy Forum President & CEO Edward Greenspon and recently appointed Max Bell School of Public Policy professor Taylor Owen announced the launch of a multi-year project to analyze and respond to the increasing amounts of disinformation and hate in the digital public sphere. The Digital Democracy Project (DDP) will commission research and journalism to gain a greater understanding of…
We’re asking each of you, our readers, to support the in-depth reporting on journalism, journalism education and the state of the media in Canada that will help us fulfil J-Source’s mandate in 2019. Giving Tuesday is the perfect time to donate through Carleton FutureFunder. Not only do you get a charitable donation tax receipt, but…
At a time when journalism faces a range of threats, Canadian journalism educators are building stronger links with each other and with fellow educators around the world to promote and bolster quality journalism education. Currently administered by Carleton University’s journalism program, the new association is the Canadian affiliate of the World Journalism Education Council (WJEC).…
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The federal government’s recent announcement of financial support for news organizations has been met with understandably wide-ranging reactions — from relief to skepticism, and worse. Among other measures, the package will incentivize consumers to sign up for digital…
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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. Editorial staffers departed in a round of layoffs at iPolitics the month after Torstar acquired the Ottawa-based news outlet. Yes, I did lose my job. Sad to leave iPolitics.…
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