A closer look at how chatbots are trained suggests that OpenAI may be right that ‘scraping’ isn’t copying. But it may not be ‘fair dealing’ either Continue Reading Canadian news media are suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, but will they win?
Document will serve as ‘annual reckoning,’ writes publisher Continue Reading Globe and Mail launches diversity report
If this sort of sympathetic coverage of Maxime Bernier and his PPC seems familiar, that’s because it should Continue Reading Mainstream media blew Trump coverage — and now risks doing the same with the PPC
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. Continue Reading COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada: Globe and Mail
A reporter’s look into covering the cross-country manhunt for Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod Continue Reading Inside the manhunt
Departing staff will leave the paper over the summer Continue Reading Margaret Wente leaving the Globe and Mail, 5 layoffs following May buyout offer
The paper will cut $10-million in labour costs, publisher told staff, and employees can accept voluntary package until May 29 Continue Reading Morale described as ‘grim’ at Globe and Mail newsroom in lead-up to voluntary buyout offer
Anti-vaxxers are up in arms about negative media coverage of their cause. Considering the timing, this is a little surprising: measles, a potentially life-threatening disease especially for unvaccinated babies or people with suppressed immune systems, is on the rise, thanks to anti-vaccination scare tactics. Despite scientific evidence to the contrary, anti-vaxxers continue to perpetuate the…
(Disclosure: I’m the full-time paid publisher of Briarpatch Magazine, a volunteer board member of the Media Co-op, CEO of the currently inactive environmental consulting company Porpoise B Consulting, and freelance journalist. My partner is a designer for the CBC, not involved in content.) Derek Burney has been writing op-eds for the Globe and Mail since…
A few readers, graduates of St. Michael’s College, were upset with The Globe and Mail’s coverage of their school these past two weeks. Toronto police are investigating allegations of assault and sexual assault connected to the Catholic boys’ school after receiving multiple videos, and six students have been arrested. These graduates aren’t denying the news…