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Canada’s dismal data climate
Missing stats imperil our ability to communicate health risks for the pre-existing global crisis. Here’s what we can learn from coverage of COVID-19
Covering COVID-19: Award-winning health journalist André Picard on the pandemic
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When Globe and Mail columnist André Picard speaks, Canadians pay attention. He is our country’s pre-eminent health journalist, named Canada’s first “Public Health Hero” in 2011 by the Canadian Public Health Association.
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Data collective ‘Project Pandemic’ launches to help local newsrooms explore COVID-19’s impact across Canada
National collaboration of news organizations and journalism schools undertakes “wartime effort” to map novel coronavirus data in the public interest
2 years ago
Memo: The Canadian Press and COVID-19
The Canadian wire “not optimistic” it will qualify for federal business assistance measures, seeking alternative initiatives from provincial and federal governments as cash flow tightens
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These Canadian news sites have removed paywalls from coronavirus coverage
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Public service journalism going in front of paywall made in wake of pandemic
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Pandemic-related supports coming for media and journalism, Trudeau says
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The federal government is planning to provide financial support to media organizations to keep journalists working and reporting on the COVID-19 crisis.
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