A resource from a new international organization for trans journalists can show news outlets how to report more accurately and counter harmful narratives Continue Reading Trans Journalists Association’s style guide offers newsrooms a model for improving coverage and representation
The ethics board responded to complaints regarding a Toronto Sun front page headline and another that concerned identifying information in a Canadian Press news article Continue Reading Here’s what the National NewsMedia Council decided in July
The ethics board issued decisions in June on four complaints, all of which were dismissed or found to have been appropriately addressed. They included dismissal of complaints that a Toronto Star column showed “bias against white people,” the accuracy of a term used in a Toronto Sun opinion column and two against two respective newspapers in Kamloops, B.C. Continue Reading Here’s what the National NewsMedia Council decided in June
Journalists agree that they have to avoid glorifying perpetrators in news reporting. But gaps in best practices continue to appear in coverage Continue Reading There’s still something missing in debates around covering mass violence in Canada
Narratives about the Women’s March and anti-Trump protests gave voice to protesters and significantly explored their grievances. Protests about anti-Black racism and Indigenous people’s rights received the least legitimizing coverage, with them more often seen as threatening and violent Continue Reading Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest
Countries around the world value the public’s right to know. But that principle can look very different place to place Continue Reading Challenging our conventions around naming mass shooters
National collaboration of news organizations and journalism schools undertakes “wartime effort” to map novel coronavirus data in the public interest Continue Reading Data collective ‘Project Pandemic’ launches to help local newsrooms explore COVID-19’s impact across Canada
Two journalism professors share their thoughts on the move to alternate delivery Continue Reading COVID-19 and the end-of-semester pivot: 5 tips to help you change on the fly
The annual bursary competition, presented by the Canadian Journalism Forum for Violence and Trauma, is open until April 10 Continue Reading Apply for the 2020 Forum Freelance Fund bursaries
Are you accepting freelance pitches? Have a work-from-home media opportunity or resource to share? To add your callout, tweet us or email info@j-source.ca Continue Reading Journalism jobs: Work-from-home edition