Tag / press freedom
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J-Source wins 2020 Michener journalism education fellowship
Funds will support the founding of the Canada Press Freedom Project -
RCMP accused of creating ‘crisis of press freedom’ in Wet’suwet’en raids
Limits on reporters’ access, threats of arrest bring criticism from media, journalism groups -
Vice reporter Ben Makuch loses final bid to block RCMP demand for background material
By Colin Perkel A reporter’s last-ditch attempt at blocking an RCMP demand for his background materials in a terrorism case failed Thursday with a judge refusing to stay the production order. In her ruling, Ontario Superior Court Justice Breese Davies… -
Journalism’s Assange problem
By Kathy Kiely, University of Missouri-Columbia and Laurel Leff, Northeastern University These days, anybody with an internet connection can be a publisher. That doesn’t make everybody a journalist. This distinction has become more important than ever in light… -
‘Dark day’ for Canadian journalism industry after Vice ruling
Press freedom organizations are expressing disappointment after the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a lower-court ruling requiring Vice Media Canada to hand over all records of its communications with Farah Shirdon, a Canadian citizen who left Calgary to fight with…
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