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Behind the algorithm: How investigative journalists exposed Canada’s listeria oversight failure

When a deadly listeria outbreak swept across Canada in 2024, the initial headlines focused on recalls and rising case counts.
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Care, connection and a nascent understanding of engaged journalism practices and pedagogies in Canada

When we both started thinking about engaged journalism in the Canadian context, first individually and then together, what we ...
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HonestReporting Canada’s targeted harassment machine

A self-professed media watchdog has been weaponizing antisemitism and trying to poison journalistic standards on covering Palestine. Media workers on the perils of the relentless intimidation and ...
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Canadian Media Guild data shows 10,000 job losses in past five years

The print sector lost nearly twice that of the broadcast sector—6,000 jobs versus 3,700, according to the Canadian Media Guild's preliminary data. Jan Wong summarizes all the recent cuts, cost-saving ...
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Shift happens — A media guide for journalists covering the Downtown Eastside

Trust in journalism is eroding worldwide, with fewer people believing the news they consume. According to the Reuters Digital News Report 2024, only 40 per cent of people globally say they trust “most ...
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Epic snowmen, expert takes and audience orientation

Exploring the differences between normative visions and actual practices, through a content analysis of more than 3,700 news stories contextualized with surveys, and further unpacked by interviews ...
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Women journalists and the glass ceiling

Linda Kay was the first woman sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune, in the 1980s. She considered herself a pioneer at the time. But years later, when she became a professor in Montreal, she began ...
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First batch of Google’s $100 million is paid. Here’s who won big and who didn’t

Every two weeks starting April 30, newsrooms across Canada are receiving cheques in the mail with their share of the $100 million paid by Google as a result of the Online News Act. The group in charge ...
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Creating welcoming spaces: Indigenous journalism students’ perspectives on programming and representation

Our research explores the first-hand experiences of Indigenous journalism students in Canada, examining avenues through which journalism programs can improve their inclusivity and create a more ...
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I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneous

It was cute. But it was still a lie. Gemini invented a news outlet that doesn’t exist and named it fake-example.ca (or exemplefictif.ca, in French). The generative AI system offered by Google led its ...
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The ethics of reporting on incels

When the highly anticipated Joker movie premièred last fall, some film critics and journalists seized upon the moment to invoke the apparent thematic connection to incels – an internet community ...
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The Walrus celebrates its 10th anniversary

With 10 years under its belt and a readership of 250,000, the magazine is on solid footing. But it wasn’t always like that. It’s no surprise that the magazine industry is struggling, and the very fact ...