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How PressProgress used online spaces to cover B.C.’s most extreme election

Forcing kids to eat bugs. Blowdryers to cure COVID-19. Nuremberg trials for public health. Jan. 6 confabulations and chemtrails. These are just some of the many conspiracies that marked the latest political news cycle in the province Continue Reading How PressProgress used online spaces to cover B.C.’s most extreme election
Why we know so little about Canadian prisons

The restrictions placed on communication with the outside world mean that access-to-information is one of the only ways the few journalists covering prisons can unearth the realities of people incarcerated in provincial and federal institutions. Experts explain what that costs us and how to break through the bureaucracy Continue Reading Why we know so little about Canadian prisons
News media’s framing of telehealth before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Results show differences in non-pandemic and pandemic news frames, and in national frames Continue Reading News media’s framing of telehealth before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Les guerriers de données de la pandémie

Par Irene Ruby Pratka Flashback, avril 2020. Des files d’attente se formaient devant les épiceries. Des milliers de Québécois suivaient religieusement les fluctuations du nombre des cas de COVID-19. Entre deux conférences…
Une étude sur les nouvelles en pandémie explore le fossé entre les idéaux des journalistes et les réalités

par Nicole Blanchett et Anna Maria Moubayed Comment le journalisme produit au Canada se compare-t-il aux idéaux du métier et aux pratiques journalistiques du monde entier ? Dans le cadre d’une étude…
Pandemic field notes from small market media

Low pay, high demands, racism and isolation go with reporting jobs in smaller and rural markets. The conditions raise questions about how to keep local news alive and attract the journalists needed to report it Continue Reading Pandemic field notes from small market media
Review: Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic

Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic By Nora Loreto (Fernwood Publishing, 2021) Review by Adrian Ma Toward the end of 2020, the editors of the popular website Dictionary.com…
Preprints, COVID-19 and a ‘paradigm shift’ in science journalism

Research suggests that the pandemic pushed preprint-based journalism into the mainstream Continue Reading Preprints, COVID-19 and a ‘paradigm shift’ in science journalism
Online violence is ‘death by a thousand cuts,’ especially for women, LGBTQ2+ and racialized journalists, and COVID-19 has increased the toxicity. How can Canadian newsrooms better respond?

Journalists have to put in countless unpaid hours to manage the disproportionate burden of existing online. While the pandemic has intensified the issue, newsroom and platform responses are still playing catch-up
Continue Reading Online violence is ‘death by a thousand cuts,’ especially for women, LGBTQ2+ and racialized journalists, and COVID-19 has increased the toxicity. How can Canadian newsrooms better respond?
CBC Ombudsperson: Science and nuance

My latest review examines how CBC covered the debate about the primary way COVID-19 is spread: airborne, or via respiratory droplets? One particular story last spring said that Canadian scientist Dr. John Conly was “under fire” by other researchers, and a number of that scientist’s colleagues complained that the public broadcaster was guilty of “character assassination”. Continue Reading CBC Ombudsperson: Science and nuance

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