Who holds officials accountable when cities like Thunder Bay, Ont., rife with political and racial tensions, have no local reporters? Continue Reading How Ottawa should spend its $50 million to support local news
CBC Ottawa ran a story about a programme to match homeless people to rental housing. It documented a case where it went wrong, leaving the landlord with a trashed apartment. The story showed the damage, but focused on the gap between the promises and the delivery of the sponsoring agency. The complainant, Lorraine Cohen, questioned…
The unconventional website was founded by two friends and is run on the cheap. Continue Reading Moose Jaw Independent rises to fill ‘gaping hole’ left after Saskatchewan city’s paper closes
Michael Cooke, the editor who shepherded the Toronto Star through the mayoralty of Rob Ford and the launch and subsequent closure of its tablet edition, will step down from his post at the beginning of June. In a statement released March 23, 2018, Torstar announced that Cooke will leave the Toronto Star June 1. The…
The complainant, Diane Bederman, objected to a report by Derek Stoffel who was at a protest in Ramallah on the one-hundredth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. She thought that by reporting the Palestinian position, he was implying Israel did not have a right to exist. He attributed the statement to the views of the Palestinians.…
The Athletic’s editors have found owning their niche works best in the Canadian market. Continue Reading Four things The Athletic’s editors have learned about building a Canadian audience
Approximately three-quarters of the Canadian public tuned into CBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. Continue Reading How CBC kept viewers connected during the Winter Olympics
“As soon as we arrive at an event we are covering we have altered its course,” says CBC journalist Carol Off. Continue Reading CBC’s Carol Off discusses the ethics of source relationships at 2018 Atkinson Lecture
Globe and Mail has 18 nominations, leading all entrants. Continue Reading National Newspaper Awards nominees announced
The complainant, David Anderson, thought the emphasis on racism in a National and online look at the plight of Indigenous students who go to Thunder Bay to complete high school was inaccurate and biased. I found the piece addressed some of the complexities of the issue and it was appropriate to include racism. COMPLAINT You…