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CBC-Radio Canada should stay in the digital game, get out of advertising, and lead the fight against fake news, say its newsroom leaders

By Kat Eschner Over at Policy Options, two newsroom leaders from CBC-Radio Canada have written a piece discussing what the public broadcaster’s mission should be in the fake news era. The “two important challenges” faced by CBC-RC in producing public-service journalism are “the digital environment and the post-factual world,” according to Jennifer McGuire, general manager…
How did we get here? Chronicle Herald strike enters thirteenth month as talks once again break down

By Kat Eschner The 55 Halifax Chronicle Herald employees who walked off the job on January 23, 2016 are now in their second year of striking. But in a release dated Feb. 9, the president of the union that represents them said only eight days of that time have been spent at the bargaining table…
Vice Canada’s ongoing legal case is about bigger issues in Canadian journalism

By Kat Eschner Third-party intervenors in yesterday’s appeal by Ben Makuch and Vice Canada provided broader context into the importance and dangers of this case. Vice Canada and Ben Makuch’s lawyer Iain MacKinnon argued that forcing the national security reporter to give up records of his Kik messenger chats with alleged ISIS member Farah Mohamed…

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