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Severed Secrecy: Revealing a Culture of Sexual Misconduct at CSIS

Canadian Press journalist Darryl Greer reveals the tradecraft that breached the spy agency’s code of silence—uncovering a ...
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Support J-Source on Giving Tuesday 2025

Facts and Frictions, the academic, peer-reviewed journal about journalism supported by J-Schools Canada/Écoles-J Canada and ...
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There are fewer journalists in Canada than 15 years ago — but not as few as you might think

There are fewer journalists in Canada today than 15 years ago — but not as few as you might think, according to data from the 2016 census, the most recent and comprehensive data available. Indeed, ...
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Canadian Media Diversity: Calls to Action

Canadian newsrooms and media coverage are not truly representative of our country’s racial diversity. We acknowledge that journalism outlets have made efforts to address this worrying gap, but glaring ...
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The resilience of local journalism in a digital age

“We had typewriters in the newsroom, we got press releases and phone calls, you were inundated,” said Julie Cashin-Oster, the owner of the Orono Weekly Times when describing the shift she has seen in ...
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First batch of Google’s $100 million is paid. Here’s who won big and who didn’t

Every two weeks starting April 30, newsrooms across Canada are receiving cheques in the mail with their share of the $100 million paid by Google as a result of the Online News Act. The group in charge ...
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Over 250 Canadian news media outlets have closed in the last 10 years

Over the last 10 years, the number of media outlets in Canada has dwindled — and not enough new media outlets have sprung up to replace them. According to data collected by the Local News Research ...
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Shots fired: A local news desert leads to lack of crime reporting

Based on a shooting incident in Halifax, author Pauline Dakin exposes and critiques a striking lack of local news coverage in certain regions of Canada, bringing to light the potential consequences ...
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Generative AI is already being used in journalism – here’s how people feel about it

Generative artificial intelligence has taken off at lightning speed in the past couple of years, creating disruption in many industries. Newsrooms are no exception. A new report finds that news ...
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David Howell leaves Edmonton Journal city editor position

City editor David Howell is leaving his position at the Edmonton Postmedia newspaper to take on an undetermined role within the company. The newspaper is hiring a new city editor, said managing editor ...
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Crime, coverage and stereotypes: Toronto’s Jane and Finch neighbourhood

Is the media's coverage of Jane and Finch disproportionally negative? Eric Mark Do, J-Source's new Students' Lounge editor and Ryerson Journalism student, looks at the media's coverage of crime in the ...
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How journalists informed audiences in a data-filled era

Independent journalist and author Nora Loreto has been collecting COVID-19 mortality data since around mid-April, 2020. Through daily tracking — scanning media reports and obituaries across the ...