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Hind Khoudary, based in the Gaza strip, has been reporting for Al Jazeera English and her own social media channels since Oct. 7, 2023. Media experts say western news outlets, not allowed into Gaza, should create more partnerships with journalists like Khoudary, shown here on Nov. 3, 2023. Hind Khoudary/Instagram

The chilling effects of trying to report on the Israel-Gaza war

Experts say mainstream media coverage of the war in Gaza is severely skewed — with Palestinian voices getting stifled.
Federal Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland and Federal Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones respond to the Meta news. Bianca de Marchi/AAP

How will Meta’s refusal to pay for news affect Australian journalism – and our democracy?

Meta’s announcement it will stop paying for news poses a threat. High-quality news is expensive, but important. Do we need economic measures that somehow get the public to pay for it?
There’s been a big shift in how journalists consider their audiences in newsrooms. That shift is largely due to audience data. (Shutterstock)

How audience data is shaping Canadian journalism

A new study on Canadian journalism examines the impact of audience data on journalistic roles and journalists’ perceptions of their audience
The U.S. has provided Ukraine more than $75 billion in military and other aid to support its war efforts. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Headlines and front lines: How US news coverage of wars in Yemen and Ukraine reveals a bias in recording civilian harm

An analysis of over 1,000 headlines shows key differences in how US media portray the aggressors and victims in the two conflicts.
Copies of the ‘Montreal Gazette’ are shown on a newsstand in Montréal on Feb. 16, 2023. Local Montréal businessman Mitch Garber has expressed interest in buying the newspaper. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Montreal Gazette: A case for the local ownership of community news media

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.
Bill C-18, the Online News Act, is trying to get the dominant digital platforms to negotiate mutually-acceptable agreements with Canada’s online news outlets. (Shutterstock)

Why Ottawa’s efforts to get Google and Facebook to pay for news content misses the mark

There’s no evidence that news outlets are worse off because of Google, Facebook and other aggregators. If anything, evidence shows that, overall, news outlets would be in worse shape without them.

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