The past two years have seen a record number of media workers killed Continue Reading If killing journalists is a war crime, why isn’t anyone stopping it?
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Media workers face a range of workplace issues, from physical safety to navigating mental health. In a culture that can normalize enduring unhealthy working conditions, here’s what journalists need to know about their rights
Without systems that allow local news organizations to be transferred, modernized and operated by a new generation of publishers, every conversation about ‘saving local news’ risks becoming little more than nostalgia Continue Reading Everyone wants to save local news. Almost no one will get the chance
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On the necessity of valuing the labour of writing Continue Reading In defense of blue-collar creative work
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What libel law means online — and what remedies exist
A self-professed media watchdog has been weaponizing antisemitism and trying to poison journalistic standards on covering Palestine. Media workers on the perils of the relentless intimidation and disinformation manufactured by a ‘digital army for Israel’
The Canada Press Freedom Project: 2024 Annual Report
Two Canadian journalists who work for the UK-based broadcaster Iran International received death threats from Iranian authorities, who said that they and their families would be killed if they continued to work for the publication.
Two Canadian journalists who work for the UK-based broadcaster Iran International received death threats from Iranian authorities, who said that they and their families would be killed if they continued to work for the publication.
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.