Urging journalists to be a catalyst for change, Dawson said: “Use your skills to highlight courage and creativity and not just conflict or crises”
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‘Trusted’ Media Subsidy Increases Risk of Politically-Biased News
What hasn’t been widely discussed, however, is how creating a dependency situation risks undermining provinces over the long haul
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How Diverse Are Brampton Newsrooms?
Three quarters of Brampton’s population are ethnic minorities, but local media has yet to catch up. A recent survey of diversity in Brampton newsrooms shows…
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Sunny Dhillon Quitting Exposes need for Change in Mainstream Media
An obvious part of solving this problem is diversifying mainstream newsrooms through the hiring of reporters from diverse communities
View More Sunny Dhillon Quitting Exposes need for Change in Mainstream Media2017 Marshall McLuhan Fellow, Journalist Manny Mogato: Fake news, a Threat to Journalism
Journalist Manny Mogato is more accustomed to writing news reports than being the subject of the story. Last year, the Reuters Philippines Correspondent made headlines…
View More 2017 Marshall McLuhan Fellow, Journalist Manny Mogato: Fake news, a Threat to JournalismThe Demise of Civic Journalism: Australia’s Xenophon-Turnbull Deal
It was never spectacular, but the Australian media scape is set to become duller, more contained, and more controlled with changes to the Broadcasting Services…
View More The Demise of Civic Journalism: Australia’s Xenophon-Turnbull DealNew TVO Ontario Hubs might be Model for Supporting Local Journalism
The crisis in local journalism is well documented, most extensively in a report last January by the Public Policy Forum, and by others who have painted in…
View More New TVO Ontario Hubs might be Model for Supporting Local JournalismPrivileging Diversity in Canadian Newsrooms
Commentary by George Abraham in Ottawa IN the summer of 2015, a roomful of Ottawa folks got together at the National Arts Centre, eager to gain…
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Journalism: What is Lost in Translation
By Our National Correspondent in Ottawa, ON Lucile Davier, currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa, has spent many years looking at journalism…
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A Less-than-Diverse Media Workforce
When Carleton University asked reporter Judy Trinh to give a talk on diversity in the journalism industry to students in the journalism and communications program,…
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