Was radio cool in the 1960s and ’70s? Mais Oui!
Longtime DJ Marc Denis says his objective has always been ‘to bring the ‘Two Solitudes’ together through radio.’
‘He doesn’t play by the rules’: local Ontario media’s interactions with Poilievre gain national attention
‘Local reporters seem to be doing a fairly decent job of asking fairly tough questions,’ says Carleton University journalism professor Randy Boswell after interviews with the Conservative leader in two Ontario cities went viral.
Sharp contrast: Poilievre ‘can’t wait’ to defund CBC, but that’s ‘recklessly threatening’ Canadians’ access to reliable information, say Liberals
‘Defunding media that rural, francophone, and Indigenous communities depend on is a non-starter, and anyone who wants to represent them should know this,’ says NDP heritage critic Niki Ashton.
Global News hit by five cuts to Parliamentary Press Gallery personnel, as media company slashes 35 unionized jobs across the country
CIBC said it is skeptical about Global News’ parent firm Corus’ ability to pay down and refinance its debts.
Canadian creators cheer CRTC contribution decision as streamers warn ‘discriminatory tax’ will lead to higher prices
As part of its Online Streaming Act plan, the CRTC ruled that online streamers making more than $25M in domestic revenue must give five per cent to Canadian media funds.
Rafah massacre lays bare domestic media shortcomings
The devil in the details as to whom legacy media choose to dehumanize, betraying their own journalistic principles to do so.
‘I just wanted to acknowledge that kids are dying’: author Molope says Writers’ Trust has a responsibility to support freedom of expression
Following her impromptu speech at the Politics and the Pen gala, Kagiso Lesego Molope was escorted from the Château Laurier hotel by security.
Liberal MP Carr says it’s hard to reach voters in current media landscape, while Tory MP Rempel Garner welcomes the changes
‘There is an onus and a responsibility’ for voters to ‘go out and seek some of that information,’ says Liberal MP Ben Carr, but he also believes that many citizens are coming to ‘rapid determinations’ about issues, and those views ‘are solidified very quickly.’
Disinformation campaigns having long-term impact on public trust, MPs warned
MediaSmarts executive director Kathryn Hill urges parliamentarians and all Canadians be trained to identify trusted sources, but in a way that focuses on ‘discernment over just debunking.’
CBC, Radio-Canada journalists are fiercely independent in their reporting: CBC’s Poulter
Sheila Copps is wrong about CBC journalism. In her opinion piece, “Feds give CBC a budget boost,” (The Hill Times, April 22), Copps makes an outrageous suggestion about CBC journalism. She writes: “It is hard to see how a CBC on the verge of extinction would cover an election campaign without bias. It is unlikely […]
