Commentary by Jagdeesh Mann in Vancouver, BC Earlier this year, Rena Heer, a former reporter for CTV and CP24 in Toronto, hosted a gathering at…
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By: Irish Mae Sylvestre in Chicago, IL Journalist Manny Mogato is more accustomed to writing news reports than being the subject of the story. Last…
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By: Dr. Binoy Kampmark in Melbourne, Australia It was never spectacular, but the Australian media scape is set to become duller, more contained, and more…
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by Our National Correspondent in Ottawa Lucile Davier, currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa, has spent many years looking at journalism that…
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A Less-than-Diverse Media Workforce
by Amanda Ghazale Aziz in Toronto When Carleton University asked reporter Judy Trinh to give a talk on diversity in the journalism industry to students in…
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by Our National Correspondent July 30 marked the 11th anniversary of the Patriotic Vanguard newspaper published from Vancouver. In our continuing effort to profile and…
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Save Us from Depression: Immigrant Journalist
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by Marcus Medford in Toronto Journalism students say they find value in learning how to report on immigration and race issues. Many would like to…
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