The complainant, April Fahr, is the Director of Education and Advocacy for the HugABull Advocacy & Rescue Society. She was concerned that a Fifth Estate episode on whether pit bulls should be banned was biased and cherry-picked data and information. The documentary featured the highly polarized views of both the dog and the evidence about…
Journalists’ attitudes towards activism are shifting. Are newsroom policies keeping up? Continue Reading Actions speak louder than words
A reader in London, Ont., wrote to me to say there really shouldn’t be corrections – because all information should be checked before publication. “Doesn’t anybody proofread stories any more before a paper is printed? … To misspell a person’s name (Smyth instead of Smith, or other examples) I can see, BUT to use the…
New book looks at Indigenous media that’s remaking Canada’s whitewashed view of history. Continue Reading We interrupt this stereotype
As the Star reported this week, the Toronto District School Board says it never discussed the implications of allowing an 11-year-old girl to speak to a barrage of reporters after she had made false allegations that her hijab had been cut. It was “not part of the conversation,” TDSB spokesperson Ryan Bird told the Star…
If you make an effort to get diversity in your reporting, Lau said, you’ll often find that your stories are more interesting. Continue Reading Andree Lau on increasing diversity in reporting and the newsroom
The University of Regina’s School of Journalism’s 37th Minifie Lecturer is Peter Mansbridge. Continue Reading Live blog: The James M. Minifie Lecture — Peter Mansbridge
History’s habit of repeating itself has once again hamstrung Canadian antitrust law when it comes to preventing media monopolies. This time, however, the Supreme Court of Canada has left the door wide open to further increases in our already world-leading level of media ownership concentration. The court’s decision three years ago to allow Tervita Corp., an environmental waste…
The 24-hour-a-day Viceland television channel launched in February 2016. Continue Reading Rogers Media cuts ties with Vice Canada, pulls Viceland channel off the air
University newspapers keep campuses covered. Continue Reading U news you can use