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The government should reconsider the plan for a bargaining code between news outlets and tech giants and consider revenue redistribution instead. The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently tabled the Online News Act , a proposed news media bargaining code law similar to one that Australian authorities have […]
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Matthew Pearson, Dave Seglins and Tracey Lindeman outlined the findings of the Taking Care survey at the Canadian Association of Journalists conference in Montreal on May 27. [Photo provided by Matthew Pearson] WARNING: SUICIDE This article contains mention of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with […]
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, rising energy costs and our ongoing struggles with the coronavirus pandemic take up a lot of our attention these days. But there’s more going on a lot closer to home — you just might not know it, because your local newspaper is gone. More than […]
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Survey finds that while trust in traditional media is up, so are concerns journalists purposely mislead people through falsehoods and exaggeration. At a time when issues of health, social restrictions and economic anxiety have dominated the news, it’s perhaps no surprise that concerns about trust in media and misinformation […]
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“The term ‘news desert’ has been a shorthand, but the real problem here and elsewhere is that this region lacked the number of journalists it needed to thoroughly inform the public.” We called it the 3 a.m. Club. RELATED ARTICLE We converged in Denver in mid-October last year, between […]
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Our goal is to provide a better understanding of the Canadian Mainstream Media in a time of great digital proliferation where radical transparency may help rebuild trust. Some outlets on this index may not be deeemed journalism by many. We list those media orgs with over 12,000 monthly uniques […]
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“Being so close to bankruptcy made people realize that what we were offering them was a treasure, but it was pretty fragile.” In 2019, six regional daily newspapers in Quebec, Canada were saved from closure after their parent company, Groupe Capitales Médias, announced it was filing for bankruptcy. On […]
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Community newspapers will have to prove their worth, says Roger Belgrave It’s about trust. Our relationship with our readers is built on transparency, honesty and integrity. As such, we have launched a trust initiative to tell you who we are and how and why we do what we do. […]
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“What happens when journalism is everywhere?”, Mathew Ingram asked in 2011. Nine years and one Trump term later, the answer is here. A chapter from “Postjournalism and the death of newspapers” (2020). On November 15, 2011, soon after midnight, the New York riot police started a raid to evict […]
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The number of newspaper employees in U.S. newsrooms dropped by about half between 2008 and 2019, according to a report from Pew Research Center. Then the pandemic accelerated the damage. In response, the number of unions forming across newsrooms is exploding, alongside a transformation in the industry’s understanding of […]
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