Category / Policy
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Shrinking press galleries leave little time for journalists to dig deep
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Anda Zeng A series of photos hangs on Jean LaRoche’s wall. The first shows the president of the Nova Scotia Legislative Press Gallery…
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![National Post reporter Douglas Quan's story was published just before the federal election and three days after the then federal government proposed the creation of a ‘Barbaric Cultural Practices’ tip line. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
ATI makes for better policy
By Ato Baako for Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Canada’s abysmal Access to Information (ATI) system is slowly being reformed by the federal government, even though a full review of the ATI…
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![The Saskatchewan Legislative Building. Saskatchewan justice minister Gordon Wyant introduced amendments to the Local Authorities Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Act to include police services. Photo courtesy Daryl Mitchell/CC 2.0 Generic.]()
Changes to Saskatchewan FOI laws are good news for journalists
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Evan Radford Maclean’s writer and editor Nancy Macdonald wanted to dig deeper into carding after hearing how common it is from her Indigenous…
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Press freedom under fire
Quebec protests put the spotlight on the heavy-handed treatment of journalists by police.
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![The 2016 edition of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression’s Review of Free Expression in Canada. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Note of optimism in CJFE’s annual review of free expression
CJFE stressed that much of the positive news is promises by a new government, and momentum could still be lost.
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![On Mar. 1, Vice Canada and reporter-editor Ben Makuch went to court to fight an RCMP production order. Photo courtesy Michelle-Andrea Girouard.]()
Superior Court judge upholds RCMP production order for Vice reporter’s notes
Vice Canada and reporter-editor Ben Makuch looking into appeal of the decision.
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![In this Ryerson Review of Journalism feature, Viviane Fairbank explored the culture of the Parliamentary Press Gallery. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Uncovering atrophy and infighting at the Parliamentary Press Gallery
How an RRJ writer investigated the culture of Ottawa’s press gallery.
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Journalists-turned-politicians putting their backgrounds to use in media study
MPs are putting their professional backgrounds to use at the Commons’ heritage committee studying the state of local media in Canada.
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![The Hill Times will absorb Embassy and produce two weekly print editions. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
The Hill Times to absorb Embassy
The new Hill Times will publish twice weekly and be produced by the combined Hill Times and Embassy newsrooms
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![Christopher Waddell, Jennifer Ditchburn, Josh Wingrove and Janice Tibbetts speak on a panel about the colourful history of the Parliamentary press gallery at Carleton History. Photo courtesy Chelsea Nash.]()
New book outlines the long, colourful history of Parliamentary press gallery
“This is a book that’s not meant to put a positive spin on the gallery,” says co-editor Josh Wingrove of Sharp Wits and Busy Pens.
