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How PressProgress used online spaces to cover B.C.’s most extreme election
Forcing kids to eat bugs. Blowdryers to cure COVID-19. Nuremberg trials for public health. Jan. 6 confabulations and chemtrails. These are just some of the many conspiracies that marked the latest political news cycle in the province Continue Reading How PressProgress used online spaces to cover B.C.’s most extreme election
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Majority of Canadians want to preserve CBC and continue funding it: survey
‘CBC/Radio-Canada must have access to stable, and long-term funding to continue this valuable work’ Continue Reading Majority of Canadians want to preserve CBC and continue funding it: survey
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A local Niagara-on-the-Lake newspaper turned Pierre Poilievre’s visit into a national conversation about the state of journalism in Canada
The paper’s editorial exposes the conservative’s half-truths and what the public should understand about Bill C-18 Continue Reading A local Niagara-on-the-Lake newspaper turned Pierre Poilievre’s visit into a national conversation about the state of journalism in Canada
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What emerging journalists need to know about covering the climate crisis
Accepting the scientific consensus, incorporating lived experiences and including traditional knowledge in climate-related stories can reinvigorate climate reporting and better serve audiences
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Canadian newsrooms are stifling Palestinian perspectives
While individual journalists are speaking out about a culture of suppression affecting coverage of the crisis in Israel and Gaza, journalism organizations are mostly silent
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Blame TV news
Sez Charlie Smith of the Georgia Straight on the subject of television journalism (his blog in the alternative newspaper is a rant about the resignation of a NDP candidate in British Columbia):…
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Election 2008: Can pigs fly?
Two prominent Newfoundland journalists have crossed the line to run as candidates – and “it’s not pretty,” observes Greg Locke in this J-Source post. But when the Sydney Morning Herald threw out…
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Defence officials muzzled?
Has the defence department muzzled its employees? Reported Canadian Press: “The Defence Department has ordered staff to limit media interviews during the federal election campaign in a move critics charge is nothing…
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Canada’s information less free, says report
Federal delays in responding to public requests are at a “crisis level” and Canada lags behind many other countries on openness scale, says a recent report on freedom of information access laws…
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Looking for election numbers? You’ve found the right place
Elections produce a lot of numbers. A guide to some of the online resources available to help you get on top of the numbers game.