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    Behind the algorithm: How investigative journalists exposed Canada’s listeria oversight failure 

    When a deadly listeria outbreak swept across Canada in 2024, the initial headlines focused on recalls and rising case counts. But for The Globe and Mail journalists Grant Robertson and Kathryn Blaze Baum, something didn’t add up. A closer look at the data revealed a chilling detail: the DNA strain responsible for multiple listeria deaths had appeared nearly a year earlier—raising urgent questions about how it was missed Continue Reading Behind the algorithm: How investigative journalists exposed Canada’s listeria oversight failure 
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  • Reporting in Black communities: Early findings from focus groups with Black news consumers in four Canadian cities

    As the U.S. and its influence on Canada reverse progress made on diversity, equity, inclusion and race, the Reporting in Black Communities project will equip journalists with comprehensive, community-informed tools to create systemic, long-term change to strengthen and educate generations of journalists and Black communities to come Continue Reading Reporting in Black communities: Early findings from focus groups with Black news consumers in four Canadian cities
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  • Who needs employment rights?

    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

  • Chilling statement

    SLAPP lawsuit against the Globe and Mail dismissed

    The Ontario Superior Court dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Globe and Mail, Globe journalist Robert Fife and journalist Sam Cooper by former Ontario Liberal MPP and cabinet minister Michael Chan. 

  • Intimidation/harassment

    Extremists follow journalist Rachel Gilmore

    Two people named in an investigation into a neo-Nazi and white nationalist group accosted journalist Rachel Gilmore at a concert the day after Gilmore’s article was published. 

  • Chilling statement

    Alberta ministry blacklists CityNews Calgary

    In a post on social media, the press secretary for Alberta’s Ministry of Education and Childcare said that the ministry would “not engage” with any journalists from CityNews, in response to an article from the broadcaster’s Calgary bureau.

  • HonestReporting Canada’s targeted harassment machine 

    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’