A field guide to Canada’s media consultations
Here’s four of the big consultations that could change Canada’s media landscape.
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What will the Public Policy Forum’s report bring in 2017?
Ed Greenspon shares some of his observations after asking Canadians: Is there a journalism crisis in Canada?
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Why Canadian journalists have to care about online security
When authorities snoop out our digital footprints, the best we can do is is mitigate risk, not eliminate it entirely
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The Canadian Press updated the style guide description of “alt-right”
New guidelines in Caps and Spelling say to include description as “a U.S.-based white nationalist movement.”
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Globe and Mail Public Editor: We must call the ‘alt-right’ what it is: fascist, racist, white supremacist
By Sylvia Stead for the Globe and Mail Should journalists use made-up words? Sometimes yes. Language changes constantly, and so words such as “post-truth” and “yogalates” come into the vernacular and should be used and explained until they are well understood. (Post-truth: when emotions, beliefs and even lies trump facts as the drivers of public…
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Trump and why emotion triumphs over fact when everyone is the media
By Alfred Hermida for The Conversation The playwright Arthur Miller mused in 1961: “A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.” The assertion seems oddly quaint now – at a time when the US elected a president who was continually at odds with the press. Donald Trump intentionally positioned himself as an outsider…
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Toronto Star Public Editor: I should have listened to my dad about Donald Trump
By Kathy English for the Toronto Star “We, the media, were also on the ballot.” – NBC anchor Lester Holt. “To put it bluntly, the media missed the story. Make no mistake. This is an epic fail.” – Margaret Sullivan, Media columnist, Washington Post Mostly, I #blame my profession, media. We must undertake a harsh,…
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Canadian front pages after U.S. Election
On Nov. 8 American voters had their say—and they chose Donald Trump. The Republican nominee won 276 electoral college votes, with his win declared in the early hours of Nov. 9. Here is how Canadian newspapers covered the election.
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Quebec to hold public inquiry into surveillance of journalists
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press The Quebec government announced a full public inquiry Thursday into the police surveillance of journalists after revelations various forces monitored reporters’ phones. A panel of experts announced earlier this week will now have all the powers typically given to a commission of inquiry, including being able to compel witnesses to…
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Canada’s access to information regime is systemically broken, says panel
Accessing public information in Canada frequently entails multiple-year delays, seemingly arbitrary and generous redactions, and time-consuming appeals processes.