• “What Brings Us Here” showcases activism by local grassroots organizations in Winnipeg. Screenshot by J-Source.

    NFB Instagram project brings Indigenous stories to the mobile screen

    This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Tennessa Wild The Instagram profile “What Brings Us Here” is filled with real stories in real time. The collection of photographs on the profile are compiled by the National Film Board to showcase the activism by local grassroots organizations in Winnipeg, MB. What started out as…

  • Taproot co-founders Karen Unland and Mack Male want stories to answers to questions “planted” by community members and developed by paid freelancers. Screenshot by J-Source.

    Edmonton media outlet Taproot is working on an innovative model for paid reporting work

    This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Trish Audette-Longo Taproot Edmonton’s very first story wouldn’t normally crack a newspaper’s front page or the 6 o’clock news. Posted online in September, “South Edmonton’s surprising deer paradise” was written by freelance journalist Mel Priestley and offers a detailed account of how deer live in the…
  • Patti Sonntag awarded the Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Journalism Education to do project on Canadian resource extraction companies with 26 student journalists and partners. Photo courtesy Patti Sonntag.

    Patti Sonntag spearheads Canadian collaborative investigative journalism project

    This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Jane Gerster The first time Patti Sonntag tried to pitch a hands-on investigative class about resource extraction companies to Canadian journalism schools she was met with enthusiastic but noncommittal interest. It was 2014 and while schools were interested in the topic, Sonntag said, the project was…

  • St. John's, Newfoundland. You won't find the Globe and Mail or the National Post here. Photo courtesy Asmaa Dee/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

    The National Post and The Globe—minus Newfoundland and Labrador

    This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Leila Beaudoin English literature professor Annette Staveley is a well-read woman. She spends the majority of her time engrossed in a publication. But there’s one newspaper that’s never in her home library or office—The Globe and Mail. “We used to pick it up at the gas…

  • The new logo for The Deep, a platform that will highlight longform journalism from across Atlantic Canada. Screenshot by J-Source.

    Halifax’s The Coast is going Deep

    This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Alexander Quon There will soon be a new home for Canadian longform journalism—but Maritimers will notice a familiar name attached to it. Conceived by veteran journalists Matthew Halliday and Chelsea Murray, The Deep will be a joint venture between the pair and Halifax’s alternative weekly, The…
  • The Saskatchewan Legislative Building. Saskatchewan justice minister Gordon Wyant introduced amendments to the Local Authorities Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Act to include police services. Photo courtesy Daryl Mitchell/CC 2.0 Generic.

    Changes to Saskatchewan FOI laws are good news for journalists

    This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Evan Radford Maclean’s writer and editor Nancy Macdonald wanted to dig deeper into carding after hearing how common it is from her Indigenous friends in her hometown, Winnipeg. The term ‘carding’ comes from Toronto, where police would stop people and write down their information on cards,…