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Concern about newsroom AI covered at second Future of Independent Media Summit

Community engagement and funding were also among the issues discussed the meeting organized by Press Forward on Oct. 4 at ...
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The emerging political power of social media influencers

As new political actors, can social media influencers fill the increasing trust void between the public and political elites?
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Here are the inaugural winners of the Canadian Student Journalism Awards

Earlier this month, J-Schools Canada/Écoles-J Canada announced the recipients of its inaugural 2025 Canadian Student ...
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No room for debate

“It was 20 seconds,” Tank recalled in an interview with J-Source. In that time, the StarPhoenix employee learned he was laid ...
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How Camille Dundas is redefining journalism and reclaiming Black narratives

Camille Dundas is working to reshape how people in Canada think about, hear and report on Black stories, a mission that Mary ...
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Carleton Free Press closing

The economic downturn hurt the Carleton Free Press, a feisty weekly from Woodstock, NB, which tried to take on the Irving-owned newspaper, but lasted only one year… The economic downturn hurt the ...
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Understanding Canada’s new shield law for confidential sources

Here’s what you need to know about Canada’s new shield law for confidential sources. Continue Reading Understanding Canada’s new shield law for confidential sources Canada has a new law that offers ...
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Journalists across Canada remain unequipped to deal with online harassment

News organizations need to step up their commitments to share aggregated data of online threats against employees and offer flexibility to journalists when dealing with harassment. Continue Reading ...
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Shots fired: A local news desert leads to lack of crime reporting

How the lack of police transparency compounds the effects of a shrinking media Continue Reading Shots fired: A local news desert leads to lack of crime reporting Based on a shooting incident in ...
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Pushing past the empty rhetoric: The Canadian Mountain Podcast and its approach to land acknowledgments

Gabrielle Pyska, Eric Tanner and Ethan Ward are hosts and producers of the Canadian Mountain Podcast, a joint project with the Canadian Mountain Network and Mount Royal University’s Community Podcast ...
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A global study on pandemic-era news explores the gap between journalists’ ideals and realities

In Canada, media ranks second globally in amplifying the views and rights of citizens and echoes government a lot less than trust indicators suggest. But resources constrain watchdog journalism, a ...
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New study launching of how journalists do their jobs

Journalistic Role Performance Project, an international effort, plans to look at 3 sources on 4 platforms to update early pandemic results Continue Reading New study launching of how journalists do ...