Disinformation campaigns having long-term impact on public trust, MPs warned
MediaSmarts executive director Kathryn Hill urges parliamentarians and all Canadians be trained to identify trusted sources, but in a way that focuses on ‘discernment over just debunking.’
CBC, Radio-Canada journalists are fiercely independent in their reporting: CBC’s Poulter
Sheila Copps is wrong about CBC journalism. In her opinion piece, “Feds give CBC a budget boost,” (The Hill Times, April 22), Copps makes an outrageous suggestion about CBC journalism. She writes: “It is hard to see how a CBC on the verge of extinction would cover an election campaign without bias. It is unlikely […]
Feds give CBC a budget boost
Fasten your seatbelts. Canada is in for a long election run.
It’s not comedy to make money off a mass murderer
Jokes about murderers and the real risks to Indigenous women is not comedy, it’s monetized hate speech.
Once a wild and important night, Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner now a much more scripted evening, not as impactful
The press gallery dinner was once one of the most important nights in political Ottawa. Not anymore, say some veteran Hill reporters. But there is hope.
As Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain falters, some media experts want more support for entrepreneurs looking to fill the gap
‘When I do any kind of public announcement in my riding … noticeably absent is media,’ said N.L. Liberal MP Churence Rogers. ‘There’s hardly anybody ever in the room.’
Canada a ‘test balloon’ for Meta as company withdraws from news funding in other markets
The company’s ban on news sharing in Canada has shown that ‘news is not good business’ for Facebook and Instagram, says UBC’s Alfred Hermida, as Meta announces it will not enter into new funding arrangements with overseas outlets.
Martin Baron digs into The Washington Post
As the senior news executive at The Washington Post, Martin Baron was a key member of that establishment press. His newsroom was a thorn in Trump’s ego. Collision of Power is his memoir of what that was like.
Freedom Convoy press conference ‘self-evidently problematic’ security loophole for bad actors, says journalist Lebrun
The Parliamentary Press Gallery says it does not weigh in on ‘who is and is not eligible to hold a press conference on Parliament Hill.’
Pay-to-play only works when the value for money is airtight
Local and/or niche news publishers show that people are willing to pay for journalism that aligns with their values and principles, and stories in which they can see themselves represented.
