A series of crises in the Canadian media sector will become a crucial test for what the country’s media landscape could and should look like in the 21st century.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
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Local media ownership brings a level of accountability to the news business and offers benefits to communities by increasing voter turnout, reducing polarization and saving communities money.
The year ahead could prove critical for Canadian news media. Will the federal government finally take action to help them, as other countries have?
The love Canadians profess for their local newspapers isn’t quite what it seems. Few pay for a subscription, and many say they can get their news elsewhere if their local paper shuts down.
A good news story about the news? It’s true. In British Columbia, a digital news ecology is flowering through ‘coopetition’ – as Media Democracy Day will soon showcase.
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Adjunct professor, School of Communications, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Journalism, Velma Rogers Research Chair, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Media and Communication, University Canada West
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Concordia University
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Professor, School of Journalism, Writing and Media, University of British Columbia
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Professor, School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, University of British Columbia
