• Ethnographic reporting meets engaged journalism and offers untapped resources

    This research note presents findings from a literature review examining the relationship between engaged journalism and ethnographic practice. Responding to journalism’s contemporary crises of trust and legitimacy, engaged journalism has articulated strong principles of community-centeredness, reciprocity, and care Continue Reading Ethnographic reporting meets engaged journalism and offers untapped resources
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  • The certainty illusion: What you don’t know and why it matters

    Timothy Caulfield on pushing back against the forces fueling our current information chaos Continue Reading The certainty illusion: What you don’t know and why it matters
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  • A view from Inukjuak: Engagement journalism with Indigenous partners

    The Flowing River documentary explores both the run-of-river hydro project that now powers the village of Inukjuak in Nunavik, and the relational flow of journalism that emerges from reciprocity with Inuit climate leaders Continue Reading A view from Inukjuak: Engagement journalism with Indigenous partners
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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’