WPFC Press Freedom Awards open until March 22 Nominations for World Press Freedom Canada’s prizes for the annual press freedom award, career achievement award and student journalism award close on March 22. Click here to learn more about the awards. Understaffing, poor pay undermining student journalism Student journalism at campuses across North America is threatened […]
Read MoreJournalists across the country have been threatened, arrested, removed, or denied access by the police while trying to do their job of reporting the news. Journalist Brandi Morin was the latest high-profile case. Morin was arrested on January 10 while conducting interviews at a homeless encampment in Edmonton. The obstruction charges brought were dropped on […]
Read MoreHundreds of journalists across the country may lose their jobs at the end of March with the expiry of a federal program that supports local media. The Trudeau government created the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) in 2019 to help smaller community news outlets keep their doors open. Funding is due to end on March 31, […]
Read MoreMeta Dug In As of Jan. 1, Meta’s boycott of Canadian news organizations on its Facebook platform continued in response to the federal government’s Bill C-18, which requires online platforms to compensate news organization for use of their content. While Google reached a deal to allocate $100-million to news providers under C-18, Meta has dug […]
Read MoreThe latest annual report on the Access to Information Act indicates that journalists are abandoning this vital transparency tool in record numbers. Treasury Board’s 2022-2023 statistics on use of the Act, released Dec. 20, shows that fewer than 10 per cent of general requests filed that year came from members of the media. That’s less […]
Read MoreIn an industry already facing challenges over public trust, the rise of artificial intelligence is adding yet another threat to press freedom. Erosion of public trust creates conditions in which governments and others in authority can more easily restrict media freedom. Last month, the chief executive of The Arena Group which owns Sports Illustrated, was […]
Read MoreWorld Press Freedom Canada continues to be concerned about oversight surrounding the Vancouver Police Department’s treatment of journalists during an operation to dismantle a camp for homeless people. In December, we penned a letter to the Vancouver Police Board, expressing our serious concerns with its quick dismissal of a press freedom complaint against the Vancouver […]
Read MoreThis year marks the first time in history that more than half of the world’s population will participate in elections. How voters are informed may impact the outcomes in 40 countries. In an information ecosystem increasingly polluted by misinformation and disinformation campaigns, could 2024 could be a bellwether for the resilience of democracy? According to […]
Read MoreIn Canada’s battle with Big Tech, smaller publishers are caught in the crossfire Independent outlets explain how traffic and engagement have plummeted overnight after Meta blocked news from its platforms. Read the Reuters story. International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, Nov. 2 Ending impunity for crimes against journalists is one of the […]
Read MoreSince Reporters Without Borders published their annual World Press Freedom Index on World Press Freedom Day May 3, the sorry state of press freedom and the ability of journalists to do their jobs safely has deteriorated even further. The report in May showed the journalism environment in 128 countries was problematic or dangerous for media […]
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