Canadian journalism

Since becoming president of the Canadian Association of Journalists, Brent Jolly has witnessed how COVID-19 has not only crippled the health of Canadian citizens but also damaged the health of democracy in Canada.

Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault's promise to introduce legislation that would force tech giants like Facebook to pay Canadian media companies for their content is taking far too long, experts say.

Neither Australia nor Canada should bend over backwards for Google or Facebook, writes Dwayne Winseck, a professor at Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication.

If something isn’t done soon to support Canadian journalism in all of its forms, we are all in trouble, writes Alex Freedman, executive director of the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

There is a growing concern among journalists about whether the historical standard of “fair and balanced” can continue to prevail over simple “right and wrong,” writes CAJ president Brent Jolly.

The Canadian government launched a new program in 2020 to address the hundreds of journalism jobs being lost, the dozens of news organizations being shuttered and the obliteration of the old revenue model for journalism, Canada's National Observer editor-in-chief Linda Solomon Wood writes.

CEO and editor-in-chief Linda Solomon Wood shares why she started Canada's National Observer, how independent media is vital to preserving democracy and what to expect from us in 2021.

The news industry’s job is to shine light in dark places, says Karyn Pugliese, a.k.a. Pabàmàdiz. When the spotlight illuminates our own shortcomings, we mustn’t look away.

Journalism students at Toronto’s Ryerson University want instruction on telling Black stories in the wake of a global uprising against systemic racism sparked by the death of George Floyd while in Minnesota police custody.

The Globe and Mail was wrong to publish Ezra Levant’s most recent article for the same reason Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland would have been right to bar a Rebel Media reporter: Rebel Media is a source of dangerous right-wing propaganda posing an active threat to marginalized groups in Canada. 

The CEO of the National Post's parent company reportedly wants his journalists to be more conservative. Given what conservatism looks like in 2019, that strategy is a direct threat to marginalized groups.

A special investigation by National Observer that uncovered how the federal government rigged its review of a major pipeline project to ensure its approval has been nominated for the Canadian Journalism Foundation Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Concerns are being raised about limits to who might qualify for aid under a section of this week's federal budget geared toward supporting journalism, and whether the money will, in the long run, save a sector of Canada's media industry that has been in financial freefall for a decade.

National Observer will now have a trio of finalists up for national journalism awards in May after Emilee Gilpin made the cut as a finalist for an award recognizing Canada's best emerging Indigenous journalist.

What can the events surrounding Colten Boushie’s death, the trial verdict and its media coverage tell us about the role of journalism and journalists in relation to Indigenous concerns in Canada? All too much, write journalism professors Candis Callison and Mary-Lynn Young.