Media

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.

Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault is promising legislation this year to ensure tech giants like Google and Facebook pay for the news content they disseminate on their platforms.

In conversation with Canada’s National Observer on Thursday evening, Mother Jones CEO Monika Bauerlein flagged a tangential result of the past four years of Donald Trump: a deluge of hard-hitting, gobsmacking investigative journalism, Luke Ottenhof writes.

An annual survey looking at who Canadians trust most suggests the COVID-19 pandemic has given Canadians almost absolute trust in doctors, while trust in corporate leaders and the media has plummeted to all-time lows.

The Vancouver Courier, a well-known newspaper now published by Glacier Media Group and founded in 1908, is “suspending publication until further notice,” according to a statement published on its website. 

China and Russia are meddling in Canadian affairs, a national security-and-intelligence watchdog says in a new report that cites evidence of "significant and sustained" foreign interference directed at Canada.

Scientists have linked the increasing number and ferocity of wildfires to global heating, but you’d never know that if you depended on Canada’s corporate media.

U.S. President Donald Trump's attacks on the media make reporters more vulnerable to abuse around the world, a prominent lawyer for the rights of journalists told an international gathering on on Wednesday, July 10, 2019.

Nicole Davies hopes to support Indigenous knowledge about food sustainability, by listening and learning from established programs and empowering emerging initiatives.

Aside from raging demagogues, nothing threatens genuine news more than bad journalism. That’s why credible news organizations move swiftly to correct errors.

Ontario's newly minted Progressive Conservative leader will not bring journalists with him on the campaign trail this spring, a rare move experts say suggests the Tories are keen to keep the unpredictable populist politician out of the hot seat as he takes on two more seasoned rivals.

National Observer watched, listened and transcribed parts of seven one-on-one interviews Doug Ford gave after becoming Ontario PC leader. While it would not be fair to say media members only lobbed softball questions at the public figure, many gave him a great deal of space to touch broadly on his winning platform without getting into the weeds on what he will actually do if elected premier.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that I really welcome the day when half the population will consider the grievances of the other half as something they should seriously be interested in; not just something they get to react to or debate when they feel like it.

Tuesday’s budget included some highly-anticipated support for local journalism, addressing closures of local newspapers and the massive job cuts that have ripped through newsrooms across the country.