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Updated rules for language, terms for marginalized communities being discussed for new edition of Canadian Press Stylebook
By Allison Ridgway and Ania Bessonov The Canadian Press (CP) is discussing how to update its stylebook to reflect changing language surrounding LGBTQ, Indigenous and disabled communities, CP’s editor-in-chief said during a Ryerson Journalism…
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Edmonton media outlet Taproot is working on an innovative model for paid reporting work
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Trish Audette-Longo Taproot Edmonton’s very first story wouldn’t normally crack a newspaper’s front page or the 6 o’clock news. Posted online in September,… -
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Journalism internships should be paid fairly and offer personal mentoring
By Errol Salamon Entry-level media workers can confirm that some journalism internships aren’t as glamorous as they may seem because they’re neither paid fairly nor do they provide one-on-one mentoring. We gathered… -
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A life and death relationship ‘built entirely on trust’
By David Beers for The Tyee By 2007, the violent chaos unleashed by the U.S. invasion of Iraq four years before had driven hundreds of thousands of Iraqis into Syria. Journalist Deborah…
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How a new B.C. media fund will encourage storytelling innovation
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor A group of people in British Columbia are going into uncharted territory to fund new journalism projects. The Uncharted Journalism Fund will provide grants up to $3,000… -
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Five things journalists should keep in mind when writing about autism
By Laurie Mawlam Too often well-meaning journalists get it wrong when they write about autism. It’s not so much the content of their stories that misses the mark as the language they… -
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How Matthew Braga finds scoops on the tech beat
By Chelsea Lau For Matthew Braga, technology was just an interest at first. He wanted to know the inner workings of technology and how they worked on a technical level, whether it…
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Newsrooms need to talk about informed consent when reporting on LGBTQ+ communities
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Steph Wechsler In August, the CBC was named as a defendant in a lawsuit claiming that Farzam Dadashzadeh, an Iranian refugee now living… -
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Owning up to mistakes is a way to build trust with readers
By Kirk LaPointe If the academic literature suggests one-half of all stories contain a factual error, then it is clear that corrections should be in routine order. But when and how to…
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You don’t know what it’s like
By Lorelei Williams for the Canadian Media Guild What can media do better in reporting on our missing loved ones? Treat our missing women and girls the same as the others. It…
