Meta’s shift to ‘Community Notes’ is a direct threat to press freedom and democracy By HEATHER BAKKEN, WPFC PRESIDENT Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to replace professional fact-checkers on Meta platforms…World Press Freedom CanadaJanuary 20, 2025
Dispatch Rising journalist killings and unchecked impunity threaten global press freedom By HEATHER BAKKEN UNESCO’s report marking the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against…World Press Freedom CanadaNovember 25, 2024
The tenets of disinformation BY HEATHER BAKKEN, president of World Press Freedom Canada The U.S. Department of Justice in…World Press Freedom CanadaSeptember 30, 2024
Press Freedom ensures citizens can participate in the democratic process. But are they informed? As press freedom goes, so goes democracy. Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects freedom…World Press Freedom CanadaJune 1, 2024
DispatchDispatchDispatchDispatchDispatchDispatchUncategorized Can Journalism Save Democracy? BY HEATHER BAKKEN, PRESIDENT Award-winning American journalist and pro-democracy media critic, Margaret Sullivan, will be…World Press Freedom CanadaMarch 18, 2024
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Why journalists are unsung heroes who need us to sing their praises It’s increasingly hard to navigate what “information” is true and what is not, or which…World Press Freedom CanadaDecember 3, 2023