The United Nations marked World Press Freedom Day with a stark warning: Governments are increasingly trying to silence independent media. The erosion of press freedom threatens democracy itself, UNESCO Secretary General Khaled El-Enany said in a joint statement with leaders of other U.N. governing bodies on May 3. “We unequivocally condemn the killings of journalists […]
Read MoreConsumers need to be more diligent in their news choices instead of relying on social media sources that are designed to enrage us, David Frum told the World Press Freedom Canada luncheon in Ottawa. Frum is a staff writer at The Atlantic who has championed rule of law and press freedom. The conservative commentator is […]
Read MoreFor more than two decades, Mark MacKinnon has served as a foreign correspondent for The Globe and Mail, covering conflict in Afghanistan, the Middle East and Ukraine, often at great personal risk. He has said he does this work because he believes Canadians should see and understand the world through the eyes of Canadian journalists, […]
Read MoreCartoonist Darko Drljevic won first prize in the 26th annual Editorial Cartoon Competition, which had as its theme “Times are Tough.” Like other journalists, editorial cartoonists are facing cutbacks and other economic pressure, as well as threats and intimidation from authoritarian governments around the world. Drljevic is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Podgorica, Montenegro. […]
Read MorePress freedom advocates have raised concerns after the Trump administration intensified leak investigations, with acting Attorney General Blanche pursuing subpoenas for reporters’ records and media organizations warning that the move threatens constitutionally protected newsgathering. The push follows President Trump’s complaints about leaks related to the Iran war, particularly reports detailing internal deliberations over the decision […]
Read MoreOntario’s Progressive Conservative government has passed legislation that significantly restricts public access to records held by the premier, cabinet ministers and their political staff, drawing warnings from transparency advocates that it will weaken government accountability. The changes to the province’s freedom-of-information law apply retroactively and are expected to halt ongoing legal cases seeking records related […]
Read MoreThe Sudanese Journalists Syndicate has been awarded UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Prize in recognition of the courage and resilience of Sudanese journalists working amid the country’s ongoing conflict. Since fighting broke out in 2023, the Syndicate has documented 32 journalist deaths, 556 violations against media workers, and the closure of numerous newspapers and radio stations, […]
Read MoreWhat does it mean to speak truth to power when power has never been more hostile to the truth? That question sits at the heart of this year’s World Press Freedom Canada Awards luncheon, and it is precisely the question that has defined the career of our keynote speaker, David Frum. A Canadian-American staff writer […]
Read MoreB.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner said police had no good reason to block media access during the April 2023 eviction of an encampment in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. A Feb. 4 report found that Vancouver police compromised transparency and press freedom by excluding reporters from the operation. “The rights to peaceful protest and freedom of the press […]
Read MoreWhen the Board of Governors at Algonquin College announced in February it was ending the college’s journalism program, it joined a growing list of journalism program closures across the country. Both the news industry and post-secondary institutions are facing dire financial circumstances. Many colleges are responding by targeting their j-schools, but professors and students worry […]
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