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Media leaders, CAJ weigh in on newsroom diversity efforts 10 months after tumultuous summer of 2020

Canadians will soon have a better picture of progress—and the work that still remains to be done—surrounding diversity in Canadian newsrooms as information comes pouring in from news organizations across the country in response to the Canadian Association of Journalists’ 2020 Canadian Newsroom Diversity Survey.

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE
March 15, 2021

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President and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada Catherine Tait recently told MPs in committee that over the last 30 years, the network 'has not had a real increase in its budget, real dollars aside. We are flat.'

‘Real impact for publishers’: Meta and Google’s responses to Bill C-18 add to turmoil in Canadian media

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Bell Media job cuts, including seasoned Hill journos, spark worries from fellow reporters and editors

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In an internal memo, Richard Gray, Bell Media's vice-president of news, said it needs to significantly adapt to how it delivers news and will move to a single newsroom approach across brands. But some seasoned reporters got the axe.

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In an internal memo, Richard Gray, Bell Media's vice-president of news, said it needs to significantly adapt to how it delivers news and will move to a single newsroom approach across brands. But some seasoned reporters got the axe.