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Digital Democracy Project to examine online disinformation

Public Policy Forum President & CEO Edward Greenspon and recently appointed Max Bell School of Public Policy professor Taylor Owen announced the launch of a multi-year project to analyze and respond to the increasing amounts of disinformation and hate in…
Here’s what the journalism industry has to say about Morneau’s $600-million bailout

More questions than answers as finance minister unveils supports to Canadian news.
New report finds newspaper cuts bad news for local political coverage

Public Policy Forum research could indicate that local newspapers are being saturated by wire service stories, rather than featuring local political coverage.
Journalism students can play a key part in building sustainable journalism models

Magda KoniecznaMagda Konieczna was a reporter at the Guelph Mercury before becoming an assistant professor of journalism at Temple University. She is the author of Journalism Without Profit: Making News When the Market Fails, published by Oxford University Press.…
Toronto Star Public Editor: What’s the public interest in the future of Canadian media?

By Kathy English for the Toronto Star What happens if and when there are no news media? That is the critical question at the heart of an essential public conversation that began in earnest this week with the release of…
Canadian news consumers unaware of financial strain on the industry

By Steph Wechsler for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre Although Canadians value journalism and believe it is essential to a well-functioning democracy, they don’t want to pay for it, concludes a new study that examined the state of Canadian news…
Don’t touch that chequebook! A second look at The Shattered Mirror

Madelaine DrohanMadelaine Drohan is the Canada correspondent for The Economist. For the last 40 years, she has covered business and politics in Canada, Europe, Africa and Asia. In 2016, she became a senior fellow at the Graduate School of…
Must journalists fiddle while democracy burns?

Robert SuttonRobert Sutton is a retired educator who has devoted the last 10 years to encouraging dialogue amongst community members through Democracy Talks, developed by Samara Canada. As well he serves as the coordinator of democratic renewal with a…
Alone at the “Ledge”

Kim TrynacityKim Trynacity is an award-winning journalist and CMG member. This story was originally published on the CMG website and is republished here with the author’s permission.…

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