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Information Saves Lives: Verifying Online Information Webinar

Zoom Video Webinar

People in Canada are bombarded with information 24/7, much of which is consumed online. It is vital that the public is able to critically assess and recognize misinformation and disinformation online, and avoid online manipulation, especially today with the COVID-19 pandemic spreading worldwide. This online webinar will cover verification tips for individuals to better understand…

Reporting on Coronavirus: Mental Wellness and Vicarious Trauma

Zoom Video Webinar

Join First Draft for a conversation on how newsrooms and other information providers can help staff stay mentally well and mitigate vicarious trauma from monitoring/reporting on coronavirus. We welcome all editors, reporters and other information providers to come talk through these challenges and share tips with one another.

J-Talks Live – Recognizing Disinformation Amidst COVID-19

Online 12 Constance Street, London, London, United Kingdom

In the first of our new J-Talks Live webcast series hosted by award-winning broadcaster Anna Maria Tremonti, host of the CBC podcast More, Jane Lytvynenko, senior reporter with BuzzFeed News, explores disinformation around the coronavirus outbreak, including the online rumours, fake texts and propaganda fuelling panic and anxiety as well as driving people to false cures. This session will help…

WEBINAR: Income Replacement and Taxes during Covid-19

Online

A free CFG Lunch and Learn webinar is planned for members in good standing on Tuesday, April 14th at 12 noon ET. A representative from the New School of Finance  will bring us up to date on government initiatives for income replacement as well as other protections for the self-employed and others affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. There will also be information…

Free

Paddling from a Print Past into the New Digital Future

Online

Last year, Rapid Media’s Paddling Magazine launched two innovative online tools, offering its passionate paddling audience hundreds of products, experiences and services. Rapid Media’s founder Scott MacGregor, and director of marketing Cristin Plaice share the inspiration and cross-platform integration behind Paddling Trip Guide and Paddling Buyer’s Guide, their experience building the tools, and their innovative and evolving revenue models for advertising sales and…

Free

Journalists for Human Rights Mis/Disinformation Training

Online

I’m currently working with Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) on a project to engage and train media practitioners in southern Ontario on tools and techniques to understand and investigating mis/disinformation in the news. The workshop covers a background on the information environment; what media manipulation looks like today; investigating mis/disinformation and media manipulation, photos and videos, social media accounts,…

Covering Coronavirus: Street Reporting Without the Street

Online

In this webinar, USC Annenberg digital journalism expert Amara Aguilar will provide a hands-on tour of at least three tools, provide resources for health reporters working remotely, and offer tips for reporting on hard-to-reach communities.

GIJN Webinar — Staying Safe: How to Report a Pandemic

Zoom Video Webinar

In a global crisis like this, journalists play a critical role: they inform the public and they monitor and report abuses of power by officials. But how can they do this when they’re dealing with psychological stress and threats to their own health and safety?