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Mind the Gap: How can ‘ethnic’ and ‘mainstream’ media collaborate in 2018?

Story Arts Centre 951 Carlaw Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This panel discussion, sponsored by the Toronto chapter of the CAJ and Centennial College, will discuss how 'mainstream' and multicultural media organizations can better collaborate in order to tell the stories relevant to an ever-changing Canada. The panel will be composed of five journalists from multicultural media outlets. In addition to discussing collaboration, they will…

Free

The Murder Beat: Challenges, Questions and Storytelling Techniques

Humber College, North Campus, 205 Humber College Blvd 205 Humber College Blvd, Toronto, ON, Canada

The Murder Beat: Challenges, Questions and Storytelling Techniques Engage with a panel of crime reporters and moderator Dwight Drummond discussing cases such as the Bruce McArthur investigation. Speakers: Wendy Gillis, Toronto Star Ginella Massa, City News Catherine McDonald, Global News Moderated by: Dwight Drummond, CBC The Canada Central Regional Meeting is an annual event that…

$40 – $110

MagNet 2018

Courtyard Toronto Downtown 475 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

MagNet is Canada’s premiere public policy, professional development and networking conference for magazine media professionals. MagNet returns April 25–26, 2018 at the Courtyard Toronto Downtown. Visit magnet.magazinescanada.ca for program information and to register. Developed to meet the industry’s growing needs for targeted, thought-provoking information and insightful, accessible and affordable learning, MagNet is a collaborative effort…

Building Trust in Media

Google Toronto 111 Richmond Street West, 9th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

In an age of misinformation, disinformation, AI and media manipulation, how can news organizations and platforms like Google build trust with audiences? Join our speakers: Richard Gingras, vice-president of news at Google, and Craig Silverman, media editor with BuzzFeed News; and moderator Anna Maria Tremonti, host of CBC Radio One’s The Current.

$15 – $25

World News Day

CBC-Barbara Frum Atrium 250 Front Street West, Toronto, ON, Canada

World News Day is a new initiative that builds on World Press Freedom Day to celebrate the stories, the people, the reporting and the professional news organizations that are dedicated to changing lives, challenging the status quo, holding those in power to account and supporting freedom and democracy. Hosted by Ian Hanomansing, co-host of CBC…

Free
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Creative Nonfiction Collective Society Conference

Victoria College, University of Toronto 73 Queen Park's Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

THE 2018 CNFC CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE MAY 4 TO 6 AT VICTORIA UNIVERSITY IN TORONTO, ONTARIO. We are pleased to announce that Kamal Al-Solaylee, journalist and author of Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes and Brown: What Being Brown in the World Today Means (To Everyone), will be this year’s keynote speaker. Dinty M. Moore,…

#CAJ18 Annual Conference

Hyatt Regency Toronto 370 King St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

For two days, delegates will be immersed in workshops and panels led by fellow working journalists from across Canada and the United States. They'll build valuable skills and network with their peers. We'll look fondly back at the last 40 years of leading professional development and passionate advocacy, and we'll look confidently ahead to whatever…

Breaking the News: How Bots, Trolls and Other Media Manipulators Threaten Our Politics

1160 Desmarais Building 55 Laurier Ave, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Activists, politicians and partisans compete intensely for attention and influence online. Today, malevolent actors seem to have the upper hand. They push disinformation and hate using fake accounts, bots, and algorithms designed to keep us scrolling through the latest outrage. News organizations and social media platforms struggle to deal with these media manipulators, particularly after…

CAJ Ottawa chapter Annual General Meeting

73 North Restaurant 73 Sparks St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

The annual general meeting of the National Capital Chapter of the Canadian Association of Journalists will be held Thursday, May 17 from 8-9 a.m. sharp at 73 North Restaurant, 73 Sparks St. (just east of Metcalfe St.) Before things slow down for the summer, join us as we choose our new CAJ NCR executive and…

Public Ally #1: Sue Gardner on why public broadcasting matters more than ever

Glenn Gould Studio 250 Front St West, Toronto, Ontario

Public Ally Number One - A talk by tech expert Sue Gardner, with CBC Ideas host Paul Kennedy, followed by a Q&A Friday, May 25, 2018 from 7:00 p.m. (EDT), Doors Open: 6:30 p.m. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street West, Toronto - Tickets are free, please register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cbc-ideas-presents-public-ally-number-one-tickets-46047514355 From BBC to NPR to…

Free