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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.
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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 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…
Lara Setrakian is co-founder of Press Forward, an organization looking to improve newsroom culture in the wake of media-industry sexual harassment allegations—including her own against journalist Mark Halperin while at ABC News. She is also co-founder and CEO of News Deeply, a digital media company that mixes investigative reporting, expert analysis and community insights to…
The event will be a chance for freelancers at all stages of their careers to speak with editors and participate in a panel discussion about careers in journalism and freelancing. VICE says the event is intended to offer freelancers a chance to network and build their confidence and to increase transparency among Toronto’s freelance writers.…
The CJF Awards is an evening dedicated to celebrating excellence in journalism. This year’s gala will be hosted by award-winning Globe and Mail investigative reporter Robyn Doolittle and will feature a CJF Tribute presentation to New York Times investigative reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. Jodi and Megan’s explosive exposé in 2017 revealed a decades-spanning…