Quebec’s Mila Intelligence Institute marries AI research and the public good

Artificial intelligence is a new technology with the potential to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems, but it also carries frightening risks if it grows out of control and harms humanity. This mix of risk and opportunity applies to the press, as it does to most modern institutions. Researchers at Mila, led by […]

Readers trust news less when AI is involved

Research from the University of Kansas found that when readers think AI is involved in news production, they have lower trust in the credibility of the news, even if they don’t fully understand what it contributed.

Pushing back against ‘AI-generated slop’

Toronto lifestyle magazine, The Grind, caught seven freelance articles for a special edition that they believed were AI-generated stories about fake people and places.

RCMP tried to get photojournalist Amber Bracken charged and detained without bail

The RCMP sought to keep photojournalist Amber Bracken in custody for months after alleging she assaulted a sheriff upon release from jail following her 2021 arrest at the Wet’suwet’en pipeline standoff. Court documents reveal police quickly failed in their attempt to have her charged and detained without bail, despite knowing she was reporting as a […]

AI and the Press: Canadian Crossroads

Artificial intelligence is reshaping journalism at a pace that demands caution and celerity in determining how it should be used. Among the considerations, Canadian newsrooms must weigh the benefits of using AI-powered news gathering and content creation against the risks to accuracy, ethical considerations, and further eroding the trust of audiences. AI delivers automation that […]

Celebrating Canadian journalism at the World Press Freedom Canada’s 2025 luncheon

Roughly 300 guests joined World Press Freedom Canada at our annual awards luncheon on May 1 to celebrate journalists’ role in protecting Canadian democracy. The theme of the 2025 luncheon was Disinformation & Democracy: Standing on Guard. Catherine Clark, a communication consultant and co-founder of The Honest Talk, hosted the luncheon and veteran newscaster Kevin […]

Canada needs a battlefield approach to disinformation: Kevin Newman

Canadians remain dangerously unaware of disinformation attacks, and the country needs an aggressive strategy to combat its corrosive effects. That was the message from veteran broadcaster Kevin Newman to World Press Freedom Canada’s annual awards luncheon, held May 1 at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre. Newman had a lengthy career as a newscaster, including stints as […]

Free Jimmy Lai

World Press Freedom is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Jimmy Lai, the founder of Apple Daily, who remains unjustly detained in Hong Kong under the pretext of national security charges. His pro-democracy newspaper was shut down. The 77-year-old publisher has been held in solitary confinement for more than four years under harsh […]

Trump’s first 100 days give rise to fears over press freedom and democracy: Committee to Protect Journalists

In the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term, there have been a startling number of actions that, taken together, threaten the availability of independent, fact-based news for vast swaths of America’s population, CPJ said in a report. “From denying access to upending respect for the independence of a free press to vilifying […]

Economic fragility represents a leading threat to press freedom: Reporters without Borders

In its 2025 index on press freedom, the global NGO said its economic index for media freedom “now stands at an unprecedented, critical low.” Canada ranks 14th on the index, and the non-profit group said the country “has room for progress, particularly around press coverage involving Indigenous people and land disputes.”