Current issues in journalism

General

• People who use social media for news are less knowledgeable than other news consumers, study says (Eliana Miller, Poynter, July 30, 2020)

• Black journalist who witnessed N-word used in Fifth Estate meeting calls for broader change at CBC (CBC, July 22, 2020)

• Goodbye to the hometown paper: Over her long career as a journalist, Margaret Sullivan has watched the decline of local news with growing alarm (Washington Post, July 8, 2020)

• Canadian Media Is White AF — I Want A Mentor Who Has Felt That (Refinery29, July 3, 2020)

• “White people don’t respond to our pain; they respond to theirs.” What it’s really like to be a black journalist in America. (Slate, June 23, 2020)

• ‘We’re finally realizing that we’re unafraid to speak loudly and publicly’: Black Hill reporters, editors weigh in on lack of diversity in Canadian media (The Hill Times, June 22, 2020)

• Journalists believe news and opinion are separate, but readers can’t tell the difference (The Conversation, June 22, 2020)

• I tried to talk to my bosses about racism at work (Chatelaine, June 17, 2020)

• Hasan Minhaj Breaks Down Why We Need to Save Local Newspapers From Extinction (Vulture, June 8, 2020)

• Police target journalists as Trump blames ‘lamestream media’ for protests (New York Times, June 1, 2020)

• “Unarmed black man” doesn’t mean what you think it means (Poynter Institute, June 1, 2020)

• Twitter adds warnings to Trump and Whitehouse tweets, fuelling tensions (New York Times, May 29, 2020)

• The killer's name: What kind of person would do such a thing? Contrary to the PM's advice to journalists, there is nothing destructive in asking and seeking answers. (Terry Glavin, Maclean’s, April 20, 2020)

• Why don’t they just walk out? During his daily briefings journalists are abused by a president who misinforms the nation. Here's 13 reasons they stick around for that. (PressThink, April 12, 2020)

• Social Media and Journalism: How to effectively reach the public (Sprout Social, April 2020)

• An interview with Snopes about fighting coronavirus lies (Slate, March 26, 2020)

• Twitter debuts ‘manipulated media” label on clip of Biden retweeted by Trump (Reuters, March 9, 2020)

• Canadian Media Diversity: Calls to Action (Canadian Journalists of Colour and Canadian Association of Black Journalists, Jan. 28, 2020)

• The next word: Where will predictive text take us? (John Seabrook, The New Yorker, Oct. 14, 2019)

• Europeans have a “right to be forgotten” online. Should Canadians? (Thomas Daigle, CBC, Sept. 26, 2019)

• Media companies on notice over traumatized journalists after landmark court decision (The Conversation, March 18, 2020)