Upcoming Day of Action calls for protections for journalists
Grant BucklerGrant Buckler is a retired freelance journalist and a volunteer with Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and lives in Kingston, Ont.
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Canadian news consumers unaware of financial strain on the industry
By Steph Wechsler for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre Although Canadians value journalism and believe it is essential to a well-functioning democracy, they don’t want to pay for it, concludes a new study that examined the state of Canadian news media. A survey conducted as part of the Public Policy Forum (PPF) report, “The Shattered Mirror,” found…
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Untreated trauma
Victoria WaltonVictoria Walton is a journalism student at the University of King’s College in Halifax. She is co-president of the King’s Journalism Society, occasionally writes for student publications, and recently started Vic and Ryan Have a Podcast. Victoria enjoys chai lattes, her pet rabbit Roscoe, and not reading the comments, ever. She will graduate this May…
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Canadian freelancers turn to the US market to secure higher-paying gigs
Errol SalamonErrol Salamon is a contributing editor at J-Source. He is a senior lecturer in digital media and communication in the department of media and performance at the University of Huddersfield. He taught in the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota. Salamon is also co-editor of the book Journalism…
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How can journalists regain society’s trust?
Delaney MacKayDelaney MacKay is a journalism student at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is co-president of the King’s Journalism Society. She looks forward to working in the fast paced world of digital reporting and television broadcast. In her spare time, you can find her posing her golden doodle for photos,…
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CBC-Radio Canada should stay in the digital game, get out of advertising, and lead the fight against fake news, say its newsroom leaders
Kat EschnerKat Eschner is a freelance journalist and the former editor of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Find her and her work on Twitter @KatEschner
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How did we get here? Chronicle Herald strike enters thirteenth month as talks once again break down
Kat EschnerKat Eschner is a freelance journalist and the former editor of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Find her and her work on Twitter @KatEschner
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Journalism Jobs: February 9
Patricia W. ElliottPatricia W. Elliott is editor-in-chief of Facts & Frictions / Faits et frictions and associate professor of journalism at First Nations University of Canada and the University of Regina.
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Vice Canada’s ongoing legal case is about bigger issues in Canadian journalism
Kat EschnerKat Eschner is a freelance journalist and the former editor of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Find her and her work on Twitter @KatEschner
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Drawing a line between the personal and the professional when it comes to protest
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign By Katrina Clarke I didn’t march. When tens of thousands of people packed the streets of Toronto for the Women’s March on January 21, I wasn’t there. Not because I don’t support women’s rights, LGBTQ rights or reproductive rights, but because, as a journalist, I knew my…