OTTAWA, May 3, 2021— Nathan VanderKlippe, The Globe and Mail’s China correspondent, and Sarah Cox, investigative reporter with The Narwhal, have been declared co-winners of the 2021 Press Freedom Award by the Ottawa-based advocacy group World Press Freedom Canada. Risking detention, deportation or even imprisonment, VanderKlippe reported on forced labour camps where thousands of Uyghurs, […]
Read MoreOTTAWA – A deadline of March 15 for nominations for the 2021 World Press Freedom Canada award was announced today. The award honours a journalist or media organization for making an outstanding contribution last year to press freedom in Canada. “We are thrilled to honour journalists who have confronted secrecy, defied intimidation and outwitted obstacles […]
Read MoreThis November 17, the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (CCUNESCO), World Press Freedom Canada and Journalists for Human Rights are proud to launch a unique collection of papers written by women journalists from across the globe. The three organizations have invited three leading women journalists, Nisreen Anabli of Syria, Sandra Bashengezi of the Democratic Republic of […]
Read MoreRECORDED WEBINAR: from September 15, 2020 10:30 am (ET) Hosted by: Press Freedom Canada. The Canadian Commission for UNESCO is partnering with us for the event, which is sponsored by the Canadian Bankers Association Speaker: Maria Ressa, Filipino journalist, whose Rappler online publication has drawn the ire of President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines. She […]
Read MoreAs host of the upcoming international conference on media freedom, Canada must oppose the autocratic assault on the free press, says WPFC president. OTTAWA (June 17, 2020) — Politically motivated persecution of prominent Philippine journalist Maria Ressa underscores the need for international sanctions to protect media rights, says World Press Freedom Canada. A targeted international […]
Read MoreThe 20th International Editorial Cartoon Competition had the theme Pulling the plug on social media. We received more than 300 cartoons from 31 countries. Grand prize winner Arash Ekramifar has collaborated with various Iranian publications for 14 years and is now continuing his studies in journalism and arts. Second prize was awarded to Kianoush Ramezani […]
Read MoreThe winner of the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom (CCWPF) 2020 Press Freedom Award is Kenneth Jackson, reporter/producer with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). The annual award recognizes outstanding achievements by Canadian media workers who produce pub-lic-interest journalism, while overcoming secrecy, intimidation or other efforts to thwart their work. Backed by his APTN […]
Read MoreHere are the rules and regulations: 1. The theme for the 20th International Editorial Cartoon Competition is: Pulling the plug on social media After a facing backlash over the publication of a cartoon deemed anti-Semitic, the New York Times stopped publishing editorial cartoons in their international publication. In August, India stripped Kashmir of its constitutional autonomy and […]
Read MoreDo you know a journalist or media employee whose work has been frustrated by a cloak of secrecy over the public’s right to know, or by legal manoeuvres or political intimidation? Do you know of a reporter who has risked his or her safety or reputation for the sake of free speech? If so, why […]
Read MoreThis blog post originally appeared on the Canadian Committee for UNESCO website on September 3, 2019. You can find the original post here A number of recent studies have revealed worrying figures about peoples’ ability to distinguish deceitful news reporting from responsible journalism—or in other words, “fake news” from truth: • The Pew Research Center […]
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