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.
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Experts say mainstream media coverage of the war in Gaza is severely skewed — with Palestinian voices getting stifled.
Families no longer gather around the television to watch programmes together as they did in previous decades.
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Countries around the world are debating whether free-to-air television has a future.
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The European Media Freedom Act aims to fight misinformation and ensure an independent press, while also keeping media outlets in business.
Federal Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland and Federal Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones respond to the Meta news.
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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.
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A new study on Canadian journalism examines the impact of audience data on journalistic roles and journalists’ perceptions of their audience
Compassion fatigue doesn’t mean you lack sympathy.
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‘Compassion fatigue’ may act as a coping mechanism to being exposed to the suffering of others.
News media companies are starting to use AI tools, but not all of them are making it clear to the public.
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Media companies should set up guidelines for how they are using AI.
A journalism course invites students to consider the parallels between gathering news and shooting pool.
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A journalism professor discovers that some of the best lessons for future journalists can be taught on a pool table.
A revolution in Canadian communication funding policy is not only possible, it is necessary.
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Meta’s blocking of Canadian news reveals how reliant Canada’s media industry is on the U.S. The government must create a better funding model to provide support for Canadian media.
Can anyone say they haven’t seen any news about Donald Trump and the 2020 election?
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Trump’s lawyers, and those prosecuting him, aren’t the only ones grappling with the problem of finding unbiased jurors in the age of social media.
Vehicles line-up for fuel at Fort Providence, N.W.T., on the only road south from Yellowknife, Aug. 17, 2023.
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Social media has been vital for disseminating information during crises, but with Facebook’s ban of news in Canada, old-school media, especially radio, is critically important.
The U.S. has provided Ukraine more than $75 billion in military and other aid to support its war efforts.
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An analysis of over 1,000 headlines shows key differences in how US media portray the aggressors and victims in the two conflicts.
A new report suggests Canadians are avoiding the news more and less willing to pay subscription fees.
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A new study of digital news consumption shows Canadians are avoiding the news more and trusting it less —especially in English Canada.
Canada needs to look back on its history of establishing the CBC to avoid its media landscape going the route of its neighbour to the south.
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A hundred years ago, civic organizations of all stripes came together to demand a new Canadian approach to media policy. Canada has done it before — it must do so again.
Kent Cooper worked for the Associated Press for over four decades, changing the news media landscape in the process.
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During Cooper’s long tenure as a senior executive, general manager and executive director, he changed the Associated Press and the news its readers and listeners depended on, in major ways.
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.
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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.
Daily Sun covered the pandemic through a social impact lens.
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The newspaper confounded critics with its contextually relevant and informative stories.
18th-century London newspapers frequently reported on the tragic and curious accidents that befell the city’s residents.
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News reports about accidents can deliver important moral lessons and remind us to value life.
Understanding our confirmation biases can help us tackle fake news and misinformation.
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Teaching students about information literacy can help them determine what kinds of practices make news reports trustworthy.
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.
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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.