Canada’s National Observer has been nominated for the Jack Webster Foundation’s Environmental Reporting Award for Marc Fawcett-Atkinson’s “Canada is drowning in plastic waste — and recycling won’t save us.”
Canada’s National Observer, along with several other news organizations, is planning to file a legal application requesting the RCMP allow journalists fair access to cover the Fairy Creek blockades happening on Vancouver Island.
Since becoming president of the Canadian Association of Journalists, Brent Jolly has witnessed how COVID-19 has not only crippled the health of Canadian citizens but also damaged the health of democracy in Canada.
In examining powerful institutions like Big Oil, costly investigative journalism takes a backseat to reactive coverage, write Robert Hackett and Hanna Araza.
Neither Australia nor Canada should bend over backwards for Google or Facebook, writes Dwayne Winseck, a professor at Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication.
If something isn’t done soon to support Canadian journalism in all of its forms, we are all in trouble, writes Alex Freedman, executive director of the Community Radio Fund of Canada.
There is a growing concern among journalists about whether the historical standard of “fair and balanced” can continue to prevail over simple “right and wrong,” writes CAJ president Brent Jolly.
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault is promising legislation this year to ensure tech giants like Google and Facebook pay for the news content they disseminate on their platforms.
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