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Fact-checking alone won’t be enough to save democracy
The Nation’s Jeet Heer kicks off Carleton University’s conference about reimagining political journalism arguing reporters need to listen more, check less Continue Reading Fact-checking alone won’t be enough to save democracy
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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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![This is a picture of the Bethlehem side of the wall that separates the West Bank from Israel. On the wall is a painting of slain journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist who was killed by Israeli soldiers while wearing a blue press jacket and reporting on a raid at a refugee camp in Jenin. In the picture Shireen is seen wearing her blue, press jacket. He brown-blonde hair is straight and shoulder-length. Behind her is a graffiti text that says, Live News Still Alive.]()
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…
