11 months ago
Slipshod practices might mean gaps in Canada’s COVID-19 record, info watchdog says
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In the course of investigating complaints, information commissioner Caroline Maynard noticed vulnerabilities to Canada's access regime, some a direct result of the pandemic and others that have simply been worsened by COVID-19
12 months ago
Survey: making social media giants share ad revenue would support local journalism, say newsroom leaders
More than 80% of respondents across print and broadcasting reporting lower ad revenue during COVID-19
1 year ago
Record of long-term care coverage shows failure to challenge power structures
Analysis: The public has been inaccurately informed about the connections between big business and policy making by decades of coverage that didn’t critically examine the role of key lobbying group
EPIB-641 Epidemiology 101 for Journalists
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This short, online course will introduce epidemiologic concepts to health/science journalists.
1 year ago
N.W.T. is the only place in Canada where journalists have priority access to COVID-19 vaccines
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As vulnerable communities and the majority of the population in Canada remain underserved by the vaccine rollout, there’s been little discussion about priority designation for essential media workers
1 year ago
Journalism, vicarious trauma and the view from Portapique
A year after covering a massacre, 13 months of a pandemic and managing the uncertainty around employment in the field has taken a toll, one I didn’t know I had signed up for as a local news reporter
1 year ago
Obits evolve with digital mourning
The professional craft of obituary writing has been disappearing with newspapers' decline. But in the wake of public health crises, large scale commemorative projects are reviving the medium
1 year ago
Suspending freedom of information cannot be made permanent
Canadian authorities have been using the pandemic to further slow access requests since last March. But transparency and essential rights are not something you can put on hold
1 year ago
What COVID-19 teaches us about the divide between mainstream and multilingual media
A five-part research series by New Canadian Media unpacks the impacts of ethnic media’s pandemic coverage for multilingual communities. Here’s how we did it
1 year ago
COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada: Estevan Mercury
This post is part of the COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada, a joint initiative of J-Source, the Local News Research Project at Ryerson University and the Canadian Association of Journalists.
J-Source , led by the journalism programs at Ryerson University (which is currently engaged in a renaming process) and Carleton University, is supported by the post-secondary journalism programs at member institutions of J-Schools Canada/Écoles-J Canada, the R. Howard Webster Foundation and a group of donors.
French-language publication Projet J, hosted by J-Source, is led by the journalism program at the Université du Québec à Montréal and funded by a group of donors.
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