INCIDENTS

Incidents

Healing the journalism pipeline: Tips and tricks for understanding the legal state of post-secondary journalism in Canada

It’s no secret that the journalism industry in Canada is in a state of crisis. From widespread distrust in media to the financial volatility brought on by digital journalism, most attention has been paid to the status and future of legacy media. However, without the reputation and resources larger journalistic institutions can fall back on, it is often those among the industry’s most vulnerable who face the greatest brunt of these issues — in this case, student media.

Why we know so little about Canadian prisons

The restrictions placed on communication with the outside world mean that access-to-information is one of the only ways the few journalists covering prisons can unearth the realities of people incarcerated in provincial and federal institutions. Experts explain what that costs us and how to break through the bureaucracy

The Canada Press Freedom Project: 2023 Report

The Canada Press Freedom Project: 2023 Annual Report

A history of ‘media exclusion zones’

How injunctions became synonymous with police-driven crackdowns on press freedom in Canada

Introducing the Canada Press Freedom Project

The Canada Press Freedom Project, an initiative of J-Source, brings together organizations across disciplines and the country to provide systematic documentation of press freedom violations and tools and resources to help people understand and navigate incursions on their rights and threats to the public record.