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“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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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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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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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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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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Canada’s only non-profit investigative centre shutting down

As traditional newsrooms continue to shrink, the question of how to do in-depth reporting – and also make money – in this country has never been more daunting. And now, Canada’s only non-profit ...
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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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Canadian Media Diversity: Calls to Action

CABJ and CJOC on how to improve media representation and inclusion, now Continue Reading Canadian Media Diversity: Calls to Action Canadian newsrooms and media coverage are not truly representative of ...
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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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Here’s how metrics and analytics are changing newsroom practice

There’s an ongoing debate about whether the influence of audience data is good or bad for journalistic practice. But it’s not the audience data that’s an issue – it’s the way they’re used Continue ...
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Over 250 Canadian news media outlets have closed in the last 10 years

According to data collected by the Local News Research Project, a majority of closures have been community papers. Continue Reading Over 250 Canadian news media outlets have closed in the last 10 ...
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The resilience of local journalism in a digital age

How the Orono Weekly Times learned to balance tradition with evolution Continue Reading The resilience of local journalism in a digital age “We had typewriters in the newsroom, we got press releases ...