• Student journalism can help save our news media ecosystem

    By Errol Salamon for Policy Options While the idea of a journalism crisis isn’t new, the perpetuation of fake news during the 2016 US presidential election, arguably, has intensified the crisis and the threat to the democratic and civic function of journalism. “Truly fake news is like counterfeit money — it has been manufactured for…
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    Canadian freelancers turn to the US market to secure higher-paying gigs

    By Errol Salamon, Work and Labour Editor When Canadian-based freelancer Katherine O’Brien started working as a web content and blog writer, she hadn’t made a conscious decision to publish with US companies to make a decent living. Yet for over a year and a half, O’Brien has written mostly for companies south of the Canadian…
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    Journalism internships should be paid fairly and offer personal mentoring

    By Errol Salamon Entry-level media workers can confirm that some journalism internships aren’t as glamorous as they may seem because they’re neither paid fairly nor do they provide one-on-one mentoring. We gathered the stories of four journalism interns to better understand the experiences of emerging media workers in today’s media landscape. Here’s what they had…
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    There is journalism beyond journalism

    The following column was adapted from the opening address at Beyond Journalism on June 2, in Toronto, Ontario. By Errol Salamon, Work and Labour Editor Moving beyond journalism may seem just as scary to emerging journalists as it is to established journalists who haven’t lost their jobs yet, or to former journalists who have already…