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SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes: an inside look into award-winning Globe and Mail investigations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Investigative journalists work tirelessly to hold the powerful to account by unearthing stories that expose systemic issues and can lead to meaningful change. On November 30\, the Canadian Journalism Foundation welcomes award-winning Globe and Mail journalists Tom Cardoso\, Grant Robertson\, and Chen Wang for an inside look into how they pitch and research in-depth stories\, the challenges they face\, and the resulting impact of their work. \nThe National Newspaper Awards named Cardoso Journalist of the Year for his 2020 investigation into systematic bias against Indigenous\, Black\, and female prisoners in Canada’s corrections system. In 2021\, Robertson won several awards\, including the CJF’s Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism\, for his work that uncovered serious flaws in Canada’s pandemic preparedness system with respect to COVID-19. In 2019\, the National Newspaper Awards recognized Chen Wang and her colleagues in the Business category for their investigation on aging wells and how major organizations routinely offloaded energy assets with hefty cleanup costs onto smaller companies with limited capacity to pay the environmental bill. This year\, Wang\, a data journalist\, has been exploring the power gap in the workplace and why progress for women has stalled. \nTogether\, they join David McKie\, Deputy Managing Editor\, Canada’s National Observer\, in conversation.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Nov. 30\, 1 p.m. ET \n– WATCH THE SHOW\n– LISTEN TO THE SHOW[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Tom Cardoso is a member of The Globe and Mail’s investigations team. Based in Toronto\, he has been with The Globe since 2014. His work often combines creative freedom of information requests\, data analysis and source development. His reporting on systemic racism in prisons was recognized in 2021 with awards from the National Newspaper Awards\, Canadian Association of Journalists and Online News Association. Before moving to investigations\, he covered gun policy\, policing and Canada’s correctional system while on the crime and justice beat. @tom_cardoso \nSample award-winning work:  \n– “Bias behind bars: A Globe investigation finds a prison system stacked against Black and Indigenous inmates”\n– “For Indigenous women\, systemic racial bias in prison leaves many worse off than men” \nGrant Robertson is a journalist who has been recognized for investigative journalism\, business reporting\, sports writing\, and feature-writing. Currently a member of The Globe and Mail’s investigative team based in Toronto\, he has covered four Olympics\, written extensively about business and the financial markets\, the pharmaceutical industry\, public health\, and has worked as a political reporter on Parliament Hill. In 2021\, he was awarded the Canadian Hillman Prize\, which honours excellence in journalism in service of the common good\, and the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism\, for investigative work that uncovered serious flaws in Canada’s pandemic preparedness and response to the COVID-19 outbreak. \nSample award-winning work:  \n– “‘Without early warning you can’t have early response’: How Canada’s worldclass pandemic alert system failed”\n– “‘We are not prepared’: The flaws inside Public Health that hurt Canada’s readiness for COVID19”\n– “Canada’s international pandemic alert back in operation\, more than 400 days after falling silent” \nChen Wang joined The Globe and Mail’s visual journalism team in 2018 and has worked as a data journalist since then. In 2019\, she was part of a team that received a National Newspaper Award in business reporting for an investigation about inactive oil and gas wells in Western Canada. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic\, Chen has been part of a group at the Globe that tracks COVID-19 data daily and supports reporting related to the pandemic. She also co-authored an investigative series on gender disparities in the Canadian workplace that was nominated for two Online Journalism Awards in 2021. @hichenwang \nSample award-winning work:  \n– “Hustle in the oil patch: Inside a looming financial and environmental crisis“[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]David McKie is the National Observer’s deputy managing editor. Before joining the Observer\, the Ottawa-based\, award-winning journalist and author spent 26 years honing his skills at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as an investigative producer and reporter. Records obtained from federal access-to-information and provincial freedom-of-information requests drove a lot of his work which included investigations into prescription drugs\, Tasers\, medical devices\, nursing homes and school violence. David teaches at the schools of journalism at Carleton University\, the University of King’s College\, Ryerson University\, the UBC. He has and has co-authored three journalism textbooks and two user guides on freedom-of-information laws and privacy\, respectively.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nEXCLUSIVE J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2167″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/behind-the-scenes-an-inside-look-into-award-winning-globe-and-mail-investigations/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2021
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211104T130000
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SUMMARY:Reimagining Opinion Journalism
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In these highly opinionated times\, what is the role of opinion journalism? What opinions should be amplified? Which views might be better left in the dark? Have opinions overtaken the news? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kathleen Kingsbury\, appointed in 2020 as the New York Times’ Opinion editor\, tackles these big questions in her new role with one of the world’s most influential Opinion sections. Kingsbury speaks about the new ideas she brings to the Times and the future of opinion journalism\, in conversation with Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of J-Talks Live and the CBC podcast More.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Nov. 4\, 1 p.m. ET \n– WATCH THE SHOW\n– LISTEN TO THE SHOW[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Kathleen Kingsbury is Opinion editor at The New York Times. She joined The Times in 2017 from the Boston Globe\, where she served as managing editor\, digital. Kingsbury joined the Globe’s editorial board in 2013 and later edited the Ideas section\, an influential\, original Sunday section at the Globe with a tradition of tackling the new thinking\, intellectual trends\, and big ideas that shape our world. In this role\, Kingsbury was also deputy managing editor for the paper and the deputy editorial page editor. Kingsbury was awarded the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished editorial writing for a series on low wages and the mistreatment of workers in the restaurant industries. She also edited the Globe’s 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning commentary on race and education. Kingsbury has also worked as a New York-based staff writer and Hong Kong-based foreign correspondent for Time Magazine. In addition\, she has contributed to CNN\, Reuters\, the Daily Beast\, BusinessWeek\, and Fortune. @katiekings[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Anna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nEXCLUSIVE J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2141″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/reimagining-opinion-journalism/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2021
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SUMMARY:Big Voices
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Content Warning: The Big Voices J-Talk will explore discussion points that may be graphic or sensitive to some audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]At a time when a range of voices and perspectives are available across multiple platforms\, and a choice word or angle can be a landmine—setting off a barrage of online hate—what does it take to be a columnist and how has the role evolved in a fraught social media environment where attacks inordinately target women and racialized journalists? \nFeatured speakers are columnists Daphne Bramham\, Vancouver Sun\, Shree Paradkar\, Toronto Star and Elizabeth Renzetti\, The Globe and Mail\, in conversation with Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of the CBC podcast More.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Oct. 28\, 1 p.m.\, E.T. \n– WATCH THE SHOW\n– LISTEN TO THE SHOW [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Daphne Bramham is a Vancouver-based journalist and author who has written extensively about children’s rights\, women’s rights and animal rights. She has covered two Olympics\, two elections in India\, the handover of Hong Kong to Chinese control in 1997 and too many elections in Canada to count. A columnist for the Vancouver Sun since 2000\, she was named Commentator of the Year by the Jack Webster Foundation in 2019\, an award she had won previously. She has also received a National Award for column writing. She is a past recipient of the Rosemary Brown Award for women and in 2011 was named Champion of Child and Youth rights by the BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition. Her book\, The Secret Lives of Saints: Child Brides and Lost Boys in Canada’s Polygamous Mormon Sect\, was published in 2008 and was a finalist for three national\, non-fiction book awards. @bramham_daphne \nShree Paradkar is a Toronto Star columnist who writes on anti-oppression and social justice issues. She is also the Star’s – and Canada’s – first internal ombud\, a position created to develop an anti-racist newsroom. She is the 2018-2019 recipient of the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy and winner of two Amnesty Awards for Human Rights reporting. Earlier this year Shree won the Racial Justice in Media award by the Urban Alliance of Race Relations. Shree is the author of Betrayed: My cousin’s wrongful conviction for the murder of her daughter\, Aarushi\, and has been a journalist in Bangalore\, Mumbai\, Singapore and Toronto. @ShreeParadkar \nElizabeth Renzetti is a Canadian journalist and author. Her column runs weekly in the Globe and Mail\, where she is also a feature writer. She is the author of two books\, the essay collection Shrewed: A Wry and Closely Observed Look at the Lives of Women and Girls and the novel Based on a True Story. She has reported from London\, Los Angeles and Berlin and was also the Globe and Mail’s Arts and Books editor. In 2020 she won the Landsberg Award for her reporting on gender equality. @lizrenzetti[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Anna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nEXCLUSIVE J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2141″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/big-voices/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211026T130000
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SUMMARY:State of Emergency: Reporting on Solutions to Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From record-breaking heatwaves to prolonged droughts to migration crises and even production declines\, our changing climate impacts all aspects of society. \nWhat role can journalists play in ensuring that climate reporting doesn’t only cover “what is” but “what can be”? What role can concrete solutions-based coverage play in responding to this crisis? In the lead-up to COP26 on October 31\, this panel will explore the importance of climate solutions journalism in sharing valuable knowledge and lessons learned from academics\, news leaders\, and local communities. \nFeatured speakers Jonathan Watts\, climate editor at The Guardian\, Linda Solomon Wood\, CEO and editor-in-chief at Canada’s National Observer\, Mike De Souza\, Managing Editor at The Narwhal\, Laura Lynch\, host of CBC’s What on Earth\, and Blair Feltmate\, climatologist and professor at the University of Waterloo\, will be in conversation with Fatima Syed\, journalist at The Narwhal. \nOct. 26\, 1 p.m. ET \n– WATCH THE SHOW  \n– LISTEN TO THE SHOW[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Mike De Souza is an award-winning investigative journalist\, specializing in covering environmental issues and the energy industry. He has also covered politics for more than two decades. A Montreal native\, Mike has worked as a broadcast and print journalist in his hometown\, as well as the National Assembly in Quebec City\, Parliament Hill in Ottawa\, Toronto and Calgary. Along the way\, he has worked for Global News\, Reuters\, Postmedia\, The Montreal Gazette\, CJAD\, CTV and National Observer. @mikedesouza \nBlair Feltmate is the Head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation\, University of Waterloo. He serves on several advisory boards and councils\, including the federal National Adaption Strategy board and the Ontario provincial Climate Advisory Board\, Minister of Environment. Dr. Feltmate is also Chair of the Adaptation Council\, Canadian Institute for Climate Choices\, and Expert Member of the International ISO Strategic Advisory Group\, ESG. \nLaura Lynch is an award-winning journalist and host at CBC. In 2020\, Laura was part of the team that created the weekly radio program What on Earth\, focusing on climate change solutions. In 2021\, the program won the inaugural Canadian Journalism Foundation award for its work. Throughout her career\, she has reported from across Canada and around the world\, covering everything from gun control to abortion to international trade to political assassinations and civil war. @lauralynchcbc \nLinda Solomon Wood is a CEO and editor-in-chief who has\, for more than a decade\, been a leader in the digital re-invention of Canadian media and has helped to drive the national conversation on the environment\, politics\, and climate change. She founded Canada’s National Observer in 2015 and since has worked to establish a national publication that is rigorous about accuracy and that adheres to the highest standard of ethics. Coverage of the race against climate change at the intersection of politics\, technology and culture is at the heart of CNO’s mission and has been called essential by climate leaders such as David Suzuki\, Maude Barlow and Bill McKibben. @Linda_Solomon \nJonathan Watts is global environment editor of the Guardian and a founder of the Rainforest Journalism Fund. Working across a range of text\, photographic\, video and podcast media\, he has previously served as the paper’s correspondent in Japan (1996-2003)\, China (2003-2012) and Brazil (2012-2017). Watts is the author of the eco-travelogue When a Billion Chinese Jump and helped to edit the recently released “Standing up for a Sustainable World.” Four years ago\, he and group of Brazil-based journalists founded the Rainforest Journalism Fund\, which uses a $5.5million dollar donation from the Norwegian government to support reporting trips in the world’s major tropical forests. @jonathanwatts[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Fatima Syed is a Mississauga-based journalist with The Narwhal and host of The Backbench podcast. She has worked for The Walrus\, the Toronto Star\, The Logic\, and National Observer\, where she established the outlet’s Queen’s Park bureau\, with an emphasis on coverage of environmental and energy policy. She is a National Magazine Award nominee\, a Digital Publishing Award winner\, and has contributed chapters to two anthologies published by Coach House Books—Subdivided: City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity and House Divided. She is also the vice-president of the Canadian Association of Journalists. @fatimabsyed[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nEXCLUSIVE J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2113″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/state-of-emergency-reporting-on-solutions-to-climate-change/
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CATEGORIES:2021
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SUMMARY:Beyond "Police Say": Exploring the Media’s Reliance on Official Accounts
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The death of George Floyd focused the world’s attention on police brutality—and the problematic practice of relying on official accounts of events. But reporters have also long maintained police sources who provide information for their crime coverage. How has Floyd’s death changed reporting on police and their activities?Featured speakers Karen Attiah\, columnist with The Washington Post\, Wendy Gillis\, crime and police reporter for the Toronto Star\, and Adrian Harewood\, host of CBC News Ottawa at 6\, will be in conversation with Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of the CBC podcast More. \nOct. 14\, 1 p.m. E.T. \n– WATCH THE SHOW \n– LISTEN TO THE SHOW[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Karen Attiah is a columnist for The Washington Post. She joined The Post in 2014 as a digital producer in the Opinions section. Attiah often writes on issues relating to race\, gender and international politics\, with a special interest in Africa. Previously\, she reported as a freelancer for the Associated Press while based in the Caribbean. Attiah was the winner of the 2019 George Polk Award and was the 2019 Journalist of the Year from the National Association of Black Journalists. @KarenAttiah \nWendy Gillis is the longtime crime and police reporter for the Toronto Star. Her beat coverage on police accountability and justice issues has earned her journalism awards and nominations\, including being named the 2021 co-recipient of the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Landsberg Award for coverage of violence against women. Wendy has nominated for multiple National Newspaper Awards\, including in 2020 for an investigation into police use of force and in 2018 as part of a team for the Star’s coverage of the Yonge St. van attack. Wendy led a team nominated for the 2016 Governor General’s Michener Award for coverage of Ontario police watchdog\, the Special Investigations Unit\, and was also part of a group nominated for a Canadian Hillman prize for the Star’s work on the police practice of carding. In 2017\, she was awarded a residency at the Banff Centre’s Literary Journalism program\, where she produced “Backfire\,” a long feature investigation into an Ontario police officer involved in three on-duty fatalities. @wendygillis \nAdrian Harewood is the host of CBC News Ottawa at 6. Harewood is an associate professor at the Carleton University School of Journalism. He has been a guest host on national CBC programs such as As it Happens\, Sounds Like Canada and The Current. Before coming to television\, Harewood was the host of All In A Day on CBC Radio One in Ottawa. @CBCAdrianH[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Anna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nEXCLUSIVE J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/beyond-police-say-exploring-the-medias-reliance-on-official-accounts/
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CATEGORIES:2021
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210909T130000
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SUMMARY:9/11: 20 Years On: Lessons Learned in Global Journalism
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 9/11 attacks compelled news organizations and journalists to rethink their coverage\, from creating a security beat\, to ethical questions of sending or using freelancers in danger zones\, to how to cover those who were accused—just a few issues among many. Twenty years on\, as the West makes its chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan\, what lessons shape today’s coverage and what challenges still persist? \nThe featured speakers are Omar El Akkad\, novelist and journalist whose career coincided with the war on terror; Michelle Shephard\, journalist\, author\, podcaster and filmmaker who has covered issues of terrorism and civil rights since the 9/11 attacks; Nazim Baksh\, a producer with CBC’s The Fifth Estate who has worked extensively on issues of national security and violent religious extremism; and Shenaz Kermalli\, a freelance writer who teaches journalism at Ryerson University and University of Toronto\, in conversation with Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of the CBC podcast More. \nThursday\, September 9\, 2021\n1 p.m. ET \n– WATCH THE SHOW\n– LISTEN TO THE PODCAST[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Omar El Akkad is an author and journalist. He was born in Egypt\, grew up in Qatar\, moved to Canada as a teenager and now lives in the United States. The start of his journalism career coincided with the start of the war on terror\, and over the following decade he reported from Afghanistan\, Guantanamo Bay and many other locations around the world. His work earned a National Newspaper Award for Investigative Journalism and the Goff Penny Award for young journalists. His fiction and non-fiction writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The Guardian\, Le Monde\, Guernica\, GQ and many other newspapers and magazines. His debut novel\, American War\, is an international bestseller and has been translated into thirteen languages. His new novel\, What Strange Paradise\, was released in July\, 2021. @omarelakkad \nMichelle Shephard is an award-winning journalist\, author and filmmaker who has covered issues of terrorism and civil rights since the 9/11 attacks. During her two decades at the Toronto Star\, she reported from more than 20 countries\, including Somalia\, Yemen\, Syria\, Pakistan and the U.S. Naval prison in Guantanamo Bay. Among her films\, Shephard was the co-director and producer of the Emmy-nominated documentary Guantanamo’s Child\, and her books include Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism’s Grey Zone. Shephard is also a podcast host and producer. Her next CBC series\, The Accelerationists\, will be released in October 2021 and investigate the rise of violent neo-Nazi groups hoping to spark a race war. @shephardm \nNazim Baksh is a producer with The Fifth Estate. He has won numerous awards over the years for his work on The National\, The Fifth Estate\, the CBC’s documentary unit and Toronto News. Since 9/11\, he has worked extensively on issues of national security and violent religious extremism. @NazimBaksh \nShenaz Kermalli is a freelance writer and former producer with BBC News\, CBC News and Al Jazeera English. She teaches journalism at Ryerson University and University of Toronto and is a Director-at-Large of J-Schools Canada/ÉcolesJ. Her work has been published in The Globe and Mail\, The Toronto Star\, The Guardian\, Global News\, The Ottawa Citizen and Foreign Policy\, among others. @ShenazKermalli[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Anna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nEXCLUSIVE J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/9-11-20-years-on-lessons-learned-in-global-journalism/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2021
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SUMMARY:David Remnick on The New Yorker
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]David Remnick helms The New Yorker\, journalism’s gold standard for agenda-setting\, long-form investigations and personal narratives. In the 23 years of Remnick’s editorship\, The New Yorker has become the most-honoured magazine in the United States\, winning 48 National Magazine Awards and six Pulitzer Prizes. Remnick also won a Pulitzer personally for Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire—one of his six books—based on his time serving as Moscow correspondent for The Washington Post. Remnick speaks about his remarkable career and the challenges of running a legacy publication in conversation with Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of J-Talks Live and the CBC podcast More. \nTHURSDAY\, MAY 13\n1:00 P.M. ET \n– VIEW THE SHOW\n– LISTEN TO THE PODCAST[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]David Remnick\, the editor of The New Yorker since 1998\, began his career at the Washington Post\, in 1982. He is the author of several books\, including “The Bridge\,” “King of the World\,” “Resurrection\,” and “Lenin’s Tomb\,” for which he received both the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction and a George Polk Award for excellence in journalism. He became a staff writer at The New Yorker in 1992 and has since written more than two hundred pieces for the magazine. In 2015\, he débuted as the host of the national radio program and podcast\, “The New Yorker Radio Hour\,” which airs weekly. Under Remnick’s leadership\, The New Yorker has become the country’s most honored magazine\, with a hundred and seventy-eight National Magazine Award nominations and forty-eight wins. In 2016\, it became the first magazine to receive a Pulitzer Prize for its writing\, and now has won six\, including the gold medal for public service.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Anna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nEXCLUSIVE J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/david-remnick-on-the-new-yorker/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2021
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210303T130000
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SUMMARY:News and How to Use It: A Conversation with Alan Rusbridger
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\nIn his latest book News and How to Use It\, the former long-time editor of The Guardian\, Alan Rusbridger\, casts his eye across the messy media landscape\, examines the way journalism is produced and consumed\, and offers a user’s guide on how to stay informed at a perplexing time of fast-changing news. Has it ever been more difficult to believe what we watch and read due to the proliferation of competing ‘truths’ online? Join Rusbridger\, now chair of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and a member of Facebook’s Oversight Board\, as he offers his insights across a wide swathe of the industry\, covering social media\, citizen journalism\, business models and more\, in conversation with Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of the CBC podcast More. \nThis book is available at Amazon.ca. \nWednesday\, March 3\, 2021\n1 p.m. ET \n– WATCH THE SHOW\n– LISTEN TO THE PODCAST[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\nAlan Rusbridger was editor-in-chief of the Guardian from 1995-2015.  He is the author of News and How to Use It: What to Believe in a Fake News World. He is currently principal of Lady Margaret Hall\, Oxford\, and chair of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.  During his time at the Guardian\, both he and the paper won numerous awards\, including the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Journalism.  The Guardian grew from a printed paper with a circulation of 400\,000 to a leading digital news organisation with 150m browsers a month around the world. He launched now-profitable editions in Australia and the US as well as a membership scheme which now has 1m Guardian readers paying for content. He was born in Zambia\, was educated at Cambridge and lives in Oxford and London. He is the co-author of  the BBC drama\, Fields of Gold. He is a keen amateur musician and the author of Play it Again. His memoir of journalism and its future\, Breaking News\, was published in 2018. @arusbridger[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\nAnna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nEXCLUSIVE J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/news-and-how-to-use-it-a-conversation-with-alan-rusbridger/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2021
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210225T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210225T130000
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SUMMARY:Navigating Race and Politics in a Post-Trump World
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hopes are pinned on President Joe Biden to navigate the turbulent terrain of race and politics inflamed during Donald Trump’s presidency. What role does the media play in the path forward? How can journalism make a difference? Discussing the challenges and opportunities ahead: Errin Haines\, co-founder and editor-at-large for The 19th\, a non-profit\, non-partisan news organization focused on women\, politics and policy\, and from The New York Times\, opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie and national political reporter Astead W. Herndon\, in conversation with Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of the CBC podcast More. \nThursday\, February 25\, 2021\n12 p.m. ET NEW TIME \n– WATCH THE RECORDED SHOW\n– LISTEN TO THE PODCAST[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJamelle Bouie is a columnist for the New York Times and political analyst for CBS News. He covers campaigns\, elections\, national affairs\, and culture. Prior to the Times\, Jamelle was chief political correspondent for Slate magazine. Before that\, he was a staff writer at The Daily Beast and held fellowships at The American Prospect and The Nation magazine. He attended the University of Virginia\, where he graduated with a degree in political and social thought\, and government. He is based in Charlottesville\, Va. and Washington D.C.\n@jbouie \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nErrin Haines is a founding  mother and editor-at-large for The 19th\, a nonprofit\, nonpartisan newsroom covering the intersection of women\, politics and policy\, and an MSNBC Contributor. An award-winning political journalist focused on issues of race\, gender and politics\, Errin was previously the Associated Press’ National Writer on Race and Ethnicity. She has also worked at The Washington Post\, The Orlando Sentinel and The Los Angeles Times. Errin was a Fall 2019 Ferris Professor at Princeton University\, teaching a class on black women and the 2020 election. She joins Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics as a fellow in their fifth anniversary class in Fall 2020. Originally from Atlanta\, Errin is based in Philadelphia with her dog\, Ginger. @emarvelous \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nAstead W. Herndon is a national political reporter for The New York Times\, based in New York. He was previously a Washington-based political reporter and a City Hall reporter for The Boston Globe. @AsteadWesley[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\nAnna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nEXCLUSIVE J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/navigating-race-and-politics-in-a-post-trump-world/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2021
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210126T130000
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SUMMARY:Fast Forward: Trust\, Tech and the Media
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s all happening—and happening fast across the media spectrum: digital transformation\, diversification of newsrooms and efforts to engage the diverse communities media organizations seek to serve. But there are still challenges and more change to come — how best to connect with those who are typically underserved\, whether it be communities of colour\, the disenfranchised or the young and disengaged? How can innovations in today’s technology be applied to reach various audiences? Particularly\, can technology from the gaming world be deployed to our digital-first storytelling future? \nJoin Sandra Clark\, vice-president for news and civic dialogue at WHYY\, the public media organization serving the Philadelphia region\, Nadine Ajaka\, senior producer of visual forensics with The Washington Post\, and Kristopher Alexander\, assistant professor with a focus on video games at the RTA School of Media at Ryerson University\, in a virtual conversation with host Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of the podcast More. \nTuesday\, January 26\, 2021\n1 p.m. ET \n– WATCH THE SHOW\n– LISTEN TO THE PODCAST[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSandra Clark is vice president for news and civic dialogue at WHYY\, the Philadelphia region’s leading public media outlet. Clark\, who joined WHYY in 2016\, is a member of the executive leadership team and manages all news operations for radio\, television and digital media. In addition\, she leads digital transformation\, audience diversification and community engagement initiatives at the station. She is a long-time vocal advocate for diversity\, inclusion and equity\, and closing the power and trust gap between journalists and communities of colour. Clark also is a contributing instructor/coach to emerging leaders for the Poynter Institute. Clark was previously managing editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer\, where she served on the executive leadership team\, created a revenue-driven innovation team and developed a reader-supported after-school healthy eating program in Philadelphia schools. Under her leadership\, the Inquirer was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 2014. @SandraSWClark \n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNadine Ajaka is the senior producer for video platforms at The Washington Post\, where she has worked since May 2017. At The Post\, Ajaka works with platforms including YouTube\, Facebook\, Amazon and Apple to ensure the right type of video appears in front of the right audience. Before that\, she was at the Atlantic\, where she was video curator and associate producer. At the Atlantic\, Ajaka oversaw films from outside contributors and featured more than 300 short films from independent filmmakers on theatlantic.com. She was one of 25 women selected for the 2017 Online News Association’s Women’s Leadership Accelerator. She’s a former Fulbright scholar. @nadineajaka \n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Kristopher Alexander is assistant professor for the RTA School of Media at Ryerson University. His research focuses on video games\, specifically\, how video game design provides a model for developing active engagement within higher education. It also looks at the influence of video games on attitudes and capacities of individuals and communities of fans. Most recently\, Dr Alexander has undertaken research-creation in the area of esports\, where he developed curriculum for video game engine architecture\, and helped build e-sports infrastructure. He is also developing his own video game which will embody his research in audience engagement. Dr. Alexander has taught broadcast media\, game design\, audio production\, multi-platform media\, social media and creative thinking. He has also created video game development curricula and programs for a number of post secondary institutions and other organizations. @Videogamesprof\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\nAnna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nEXCLUSIVE J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/fast-forward-trust-tech-and-the-media/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2021
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SUMMARY:Ronan Farrow on Lies\, Power and Predators
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]– Watch the video\n– Listen to the podcast\n– View the photos \n\n\n\n\n\nIn his book Catch and Kill: Lies\, Spies\, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators\, Ronan Farrow sheds light on the stranger-than-fiction challenges of reporting on his Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker exposé of one of Hollywood’s most powerful producers. Farrow reveals the inexplicable resistance he faced from the major television network where he worked and how he himself became the target of intimidation tactics as he got closer to the truth\, the conspiracies and the cover-ups—similar strategies long deployed to silence victims of sexual abuse. Join Farrow in conversation with Globe and Mail investigative reporter Robyn Doolittle\, author of Had It Coming: What’s Fair in the Age of #MeToo? \n  \n  \nTuesday\, December 3\, 2019\n6pm Doors open 7pm Discussion\nReception to follow (cash bar)\nIsabel Bader Theatre\n93 Charles St. West Toronto \nSpecial offer: Save $20 on seats using promo code CJF-20. Limited seats available. \nEach ticket purchase includes a copy of Ronan Farrow’s book Catch and Kill.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Ronan Farrow is a contributing writer to The New Yorker\, where his investigative reporting has won the Pulitzer Prize for public service\, the National Magazine Award\, and the George Polk Award\, among other honours. He is also currently producing documentaries for HBO. He previously worked as an anchor and investigative reporter at MSNBC and NBC News with his print commentary and reporting appearing in publications including the Wall Street Journal\, the Los Angeles Times\, and the Washington Post. Before his career in journalism\, he served as a State Department official in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence. Farrow has been named one of Time Magazine‘s 100 Most Influential People and one of GQ‘s Men of the Year. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and a member of the New York Bar. He recently completed a Ph.D. in political science at Oxford University\, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He lives in New York. @RonanFarrow[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Robyn Doolittle is an award-winning journalist and author. She is a member of the Globe and Mail’s investigative team and is a two-time winner of Canada’s Michener Award. Robyn’s probe into the ways that Canadian police services handle sexual assault cases prompted a national overhaul of policy\, training and practices around sexual violence. For that work\, she was awarded a National Newspaper Award for investigative journalism and was named the 2017 journalist of the year. Robyn released her second book this fall: Had It Coming; What’s Fair In The Age Of #MeToo? @robyndoolittle[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \n J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2207″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nASPIRING JOURNALISTS SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] \nMEDIA PARTNER \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2242″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/ronan-farrow-on-lies-power-and-predators/
LOCATION:Isabel Bader Theatre\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:2020
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SUMMARY:Risk and Injury: Journalists\, Mental Health and COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]– Watch the show (start at about 28 minutes)\n– Listen to the podcast\n– View the tip sheet Looking after your mental health during COVID-19\, courtesy of Dr. Anthony Feinstein\n–  From the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism:\n– COVID-19 is hurting journalists’ mental health. News outlets should help them now\n– Low ego and listening: how the expectation of leadership in news has radically changed\n– Changing newsrooms 2020: addressing diversity and nurturing talent at a time of unprecedented change\n– Resources:\n– Rory Peck Trust\n– Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma\n– Canadian Freelance Guild\nWhen the pandemic arrived\, journalists on all beats experienced high levels of stress as they pivoted quickly to cover COVID-19\, the fastest-moving story of our time. According to the early results of a study conducted in June by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford\, participating journalists from around the world showed signs of anxiety and depression—70 percent suffering from some level of psychological distress—due to the many challenges and high stakes they faced in covering the crisis\, sometimes in the absence of reliable information. In this ongoing reality\, how can journalists take care of their mental and emotional well-being and how can newsrooms best support them? \nJoin the study’s authors: Dr. Anthony Feinstein\, professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto and a neuropsychiatrist whose specialties include exploring how journalists are impacted by the traumatic events they report on\, and Meera Selva\, director of the journalist fellowship program at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in Oxford\, in a conversation with Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of the CBC podcast More. \nThursday\, November 19\n1 p.m. EST / 10 a.m. PST[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Anthony Feinstein is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on the search for cerebral correlates of behavioral disorders associated with multiple sclerosis\, traumatic brain injury\, and hysteria. His books include In Conflict\, Dangerous Lives: War and the Men and Women Who Report It\, Journalists Under Fire: the Psychological Hazards of Covering War\, Battle Scarred and Shooting War. In 2000-2001 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study mental health issues in post-apartheid Namibia. In 2012\, he produced a documentary\, Under Fire based on his research of journalists in war zones. It was shortlisted for an Academy Award and won a 2012 Peabody Award. His series Shooting War for The Globe and Mail was shortlisted for a 2016 EPPY award. \n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeera Selva is director of the journalist fellowship programme at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in Oxford. Meera is an accomplished senior journalist with experience in Europe\, Asia and Africa. She joined the Reuters Institute from Handelsblatt Global where she had been working out of Singapore\, having helped launch the digital daily business paper in Berlin in 2014. Her previous experience includes several years as a London based correspondent for the Associated Press\, and three years as Africa correspondent for the Independent based in Nairobi. Meera studied for an MPhil in European Politics at St Antony’s College\, was a journalist fellow at the Institute in 2007–8 where she conducted research on media coverage of the Darfur crisis. Her current work at the Reuters Institute touches on press freedom\, media diversity and journalists’ well-being. @MeeraSelva1 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\nAnna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nEXCLUSIVE J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/risk-and-injury-journalists-mental-health-and-covid-19/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2020
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SUMMARY:After the U.S. Election: What’s Next?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]– WATCH THE SHOW \n– LISTEN TO THE PODCAST\n  \nIn the aftermath of a heated\, divisive and often unpredictable run-up to the U.S. election\, and the win for President-elect Joe Biden\, this discussion will explore the impact of polarized media coverage and the spread of misinformation\, learnings for the media and what the election outcome means for the U.S. and Canada.\nJoin Joy Malbon\, Washington bureau chief for CTV National News\, and Paul Hunter\, a correspondent based in Washington for CBC News\, in conversation with Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of the CBC podcast More. \nThursday\, November 12\n1 p.m. EST / 10 a.m. PST[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoy Malbon is Washington bureau chief for CTV National News\, a role she has held since 2005. Malbon has covered the Bush\, Obama\, and Trump administrations. She is regularly dispatched to the Middle East to cover U.S. developments in that region and has been her network’s go-to reporter for a variety of Olympic Winter Games. Prior to her assignment in Washington\, Malbon was CTV News’ Parliamentary correspondent in Ottawa and was stationed in England as CTV’s London Bureau Chief. @JoyCTV \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n. \n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Hunter is a correspondent based in Washington\, D.C. for CBC News. He is an award-winning multi-platform journalist producing news length reports and feature documentaries for more than 30 years in Canada\, the U.S. and worldwide. He has covered the Trump and Obama Administrations\, the Rio Olympics\, the Boston bombing\, the Newtown massacre\, the earthquake in Haiti\, the tsunami in Japan\, the 2014 war in the Gaza Strip\, Canada’s involvement in the war in Afghanistan and the BP oil spill. @paulhuntercbc \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\nAnna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT \n  \n  \n.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nEXCLUSIVE J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/after-the-u-s-election-whats-next/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2020
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201029T130000
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SUMMARY:Media in Crisis: Can Journalism Survive - and Thrive - in this Year of Challenge?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]– WATCH THE VIDEO\n– LISTEN TO THE PODCAST \n“Pivot” is a word well-used during the pandemic\, and one that news organizations are familiar with—they’ve been doing it for years in the face of diverted audience attention and declining ad revenues. Add to that mix the uncertainty of the COVID-19 crisis and a polarized political environment. How is this all impacting news organizations? What does this mean for the sustainability of media’s business models? What will it take to survive in this new reality? Join S. Mitra Kalita\, senior vice-president for news\, opinion and programming for CNN Digital\, and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen\, director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford\, in conversation with host Anna Maria Tremonti\, also host of the CBC podcast More. \nThursday\, October 29\, 2020\n1 p.m. EDT / 10 a.m. PDT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nS. Mitra Kalita is the senior vice president for news\, opinion and programming for CNN Digital. Kalita leads the national news desk and efforts to creatively share CNN’s journalism and storytelling across an array of platforms. She arrived at CNN in 2016. Kalita was previously managing editor for editorial strategy at the Los Angeles Times\, executive editor at large for Quartz\, and has worked at the Wall Street Journal\, Washington Post\, Newsday and the Associated Press. She was a founding editor and columnist of Mint\, a business paper in New Delhi. Kalita is the author of Suburban Sahibs and My Two Indias. @mitrakalita \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n. \n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRasmus Kleis Nielsen is director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. He is also professor of Political Communication at the University of Oxford. He was previously director of research at the Reuters Institute and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Press/Politics. His work focuses on changes in the news media\, on political communication\, and the role of digital technologies in both. He has done extensive research on journalism\, American politics\, and various forms of activism\, and a significant amount of comparative work in Western Europe and beyond. @Rasmus_Kleis \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\nAnna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT \n  \n  \n.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nEXCLUSIVE J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/media-in-crisis-can-journalism-survive-and-thrive-in-this-year-of-challenge/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2020
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200924T130000
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SUMMARY:Voices for Change: Media’s Moment to Shine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]– WATCH THE SHOW\n– LISTEN TO THE PODCAST  \nThe death of George Floyd ignited a reckoning across every facet of our society. In media\, conversations about anti-Black racism have given weight and prominence to stagnant discussions about newsroom culture and composition—and the biases found in coverage of Black\, Indigenous and people of colour. Is this the year meaningful change will finally happen? Join Nana aba Duncan\, host of CBC Radio One’s Podcast Playlist and Ontario’s weekend morning show Fresh Air; Karen K. Ho\, a global finance and economics reporter for New York-based Quartz\, a digital business news publication\, and Angela Sterritt\, a journalist with CBC Vancouver and member of the Gitxsan Nation\, in conversation with moderator Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of the CBC podcast More. \nSeptember 24\, 2020\n1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNana aba Duncan is a 2020/2021 William Southam Journalism Fellow at University of Toronto’s Massey College where she will be studying the experiences of racialized and women leaders in Canadian media. She is on leave from her roles as host of CBC Radio One’s Podcast Playlist and Fresh Air\, Ontario’s top-rated weekend morning show. In 2015\, Nana aba launched Media Girlfriends\, a podcast that features women in media. Media Girlfriends has grown to include events\, student scholarships and a peer network supporting racialized and LGBTQ2+ women/non-binary people working in media. Previously\, Nana aba was country director with Journalists For Human Rights in Ghana. @nanaaba \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaren K. Ho is the global finance and economics reporter at Quartz. Prior to this role\, Karen was a Delacorte Fellow at the Columbia Journalism Review and contributed to publications like GQ\, Chatelaine\, The New York Times\, Fast Company\, Glamour\, The Walrus\, Vox\, The Globe and Mail and The San Francisco Chronicle. She started her business journalism career at The National Post\, wrote Toronto Life’s most popular story of the last decade on a high-profile murder trial in 2015 and wrote Time’s cover story on the blockbuster romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians. She is a proud graduate of the University of Toronto and Columbia University\, and is currently based in New York. @karenkho \n\n\n. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAngela Sterritt is an award-winning journalist and author from British Columbia. Sterritt has worked as a journalist for close to twenty years with her reports appearing in the Globe and Mail\, The National\, CBC’s The Current\, and various other national and local news programs. She currently works with CBC Vancouver as radio\, television\, and online reporter. She was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for best local reporter of the year in 2020 and has won numerous awards for her CBC column\, Reconcile This. She is a proud member of the Gitxsan Nation and is currently working as a university professor at UBC’s School of Journalism as an Asper Fellow. @AngelaSterritt \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\nAnna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT \n  \n  \n.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nEXCLUSIVE J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/voices-for-change-medias-moment-to-shine/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2020
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SUMMARY:The View from Washington with Susan B. Glasser
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]- View the video\n– Listen to the podcast\n– Watch on CPAC \nIn a year of a pandemic and protests over race-related police brutality in the U.S.\, how can Canadians make sense of the chaos across our border? Join us for a conversation on U.S. politics and leadership—and what the handling of the various crises could mean for the American presidential election—featuring The New Yorker’s Susan B. Glasser\, who writes a weekly column about life in Trump’s Washington. Glasser’s award-winning career includes serving as editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy\, founding editor of Politico Magazine and Moscow bureau chief at the Washington Post. She will be in conversation withAnna Maria Tremonti\, who is also host of the CBC podcast More. \nThursday\, June 4\, 1pm EDT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusan B. Glasser is a staff writer at The New Yorker\, where she writes a weekly column on life in Trump’s Washington. Glasser has served as the top editor of several Washington publications; most recently\, she founded the award-winning Politico Magazine and went on to become the editor of Politico throughout the 2016 election cycle. She previously served as the editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy. Before that\, she worked for a decade at the Washington Post\, where she was the editor of Outlook and national news. She also oversaw coverage of the impeachment of Bill Clinton\, served as a reporter covering the intersection of money and politics\, spent four years as the Post’s Moscow co-bureau chief\, and covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She is the author of Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution\, which she co-wrote with her husband\, Peter Baker. She will publish a biography of former Secretary of State James Baker\, written with her husband\, in 2020. @sbg1 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Anna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \n J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2207″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/the-view-from-washington-with-susan-b-glasser/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2020
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200528T130000
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SUMMARY:COVID-19 and the New Economic Reality
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]– Watch the webcast\n– Listen to the podcast\n– Watch on CPAC \nAt all levels\, the Canadian economy is taking a hit amid this global pandemic. Even with federal and provincial governments providing unprecedented measures to help support workers\, families and businesses\, the scenarios for what a recovery might look like—and when—vary greatly. Join award-winning journalist Heather Scoffield\, economics columnist and Ottawa bureau chief for the Toronto Star\, for her informed perspective on the implications for the Canadian economy and covering the biggest economic challenge of our time. This webinar features Scoffield in conversation with Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of the CBC podcast More. \nThursday\, May 28\, 2020\n1pm EDT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Heather Scoffield is the Ottawa bureau chief and economics columnist at the Toronto Star. Her writing focuses on political economy and its effect on people. Previously\, she was Ottawa bureau chief for The Canadian Press\, leading an award-winning team of 15 journalists focused on politics\, public policy and the nation’s capital. Over the course of her 27-year career in journalism\, she has covered monetary and fiscal policy\, economics\, trade policy\, social policy\, aboriginal affairs\, environment and energy\, and several different political parties. Before joining CP in 2009\, she spent 12 years at the Globe and Mail. She and her team won several National Newspaper Awards for their work\, among other recognitions. She lives in Gatineau\, QC. @hscoffield[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Anna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \n J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2207″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/covid-19-and-the-new-economic-reality/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2020
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200521T130000
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SUMMARY:Canadian Leadership and the COVID-19 Response
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]– Watch the webcast\n– Listen to the podcast\n– Watch on CPAC \nIn managing the biggest health and economic crisis of our time\, Canadian politicians and public officials deploy varying strategies and levels of transparency. What does the handling of COVID-19 reveal about those at the helm of our country and our provinces — and what might this mean for Canada post-pandemic? Join acclaimed journalist Chantal Hébert\, a regular political contributor to news organizations including the Toronto Star\, L’Actualité and CBC’s The National\, as she shares her perspectives on politics and leadership with host Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of the CBC podcast More. \nThursday\, May 21\, 2020\n1pm EDT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Chantal Hébert is a political columnist whose work appears in the Toronto Star and the magazine L’Actualité. She is a weekly participant on the political panel at Issue on the CBC’s The National as well as Radio-Canada’s Les Coulisses du pouvoir on television and Tout un matin on Montreal radio. Ms Hébert began her career in Toronto as a reporter for the regional newsroom of Radio-Canada in 1975 before moving on to Parliament Hill for Radio-Canada radio.  She has served as parliamentary bureau chief for Le Devoir and La Presse. @ChantalHbert[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Anna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \n J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2207″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/canadian-leadership-and-the-covid-19-response/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2020
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SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes of Covering COVID-19: The View from Vancouver
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]– Watch the webcast\n– Listen to the podcast \nFrom the outset\, COVID-19 has been a fast-moving\, relentless challenge for journalists across Canada and around the world. How do you report the news while working from home? Are there regional differences to this story? Vancouver’s Ian Hanomansing\, weekend host of CBC News’s The National\, reveals the challenges broadcast journalists face reporting in this social-distancing environment and shares his perspective on covering the pandemic from British Columbia where Canada’s first community-transmission cases appeared. Hanomansing will be in conversation with host Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of the CBC podcast More. \nThursday\, May 14\, 2020\n10am PDT / 1pm EDT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Ian Hanomansing hosts CBC News’s The National from Vancouver. Born in Trinidad and raised in Sackville\, New Brunswick\, the veteran host and reporter began his broadcasting career at CKDH Radio in Amherst\, Nova Scotia\, working at radio stations in Moncton and Halifax before joining CBC in Halifax in 1986. His assignments took him to Toronto the following year and eventually to Vancouver\, where he was a national reporter for fourteen years. He has hosted a wide range of programs including CBC News Network with Ian Hanomansing. @CBCian[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Anna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \n J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2207″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2117″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/behind-the-scenes-of-covering-covid-19-the-view-from-vancouver/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2020
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SUMMARY:Beyond Quarantine: The View from Beijing
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]– Watch the webcast\n– Listen to the podcast \nAll eyes still remain on China\, where COVID-19 first emerged\, strict quarantine measures have been relaxed and attempts at resuming regular activities have begun\, albeit with the use of controversial tools such as digital surveillance. From his base in Beijing\, Nathan VanderKlippe\, Asia correspondent for The Globe and Mail\, shares his perspective on the pandemic’s outbreak in China and the issues arising from this new\, post-lockdown life—including insights into what Canadians might expect once current restrictions are lifted. He’ll be in conversation with our host Anna Maria Tremonti\, also host of the CBC podcast More. \nThursday\, May 7\, 10 a.m. EDT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Nathan VanderKlippe is the Asia correspondent for The Globe and Mail. Based in Beijing\, his reporting takes him across the region\, where he covers political developments\, social trends\, international affairs\, refugee crises\, natural disasters and\, occasionally\, hockey games. He has spoken with political and business leaders\, including Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi\, Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte\, former president of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou\, JD.com founder Richard Liu and many others. Prior to joining the Globe in 2009\, VanderKlippe was a print and television correspondent in Western Canada based in Calgary\, Vancouver and Yellowknife. He has covered Canada’s energy industry\, aboriginal issues and Canada’s north. @nvanderklippe[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Anna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \n J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2207″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/beyond-quarantine-the-view-from-beijing/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2020
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200430T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200430T183000
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CREATED:20200430T185227Z
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SUMMARY:Postponed - Seeing isn’t Believing: Confronting the Threat of Fake Video
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]DUE TO THE DEVELOPING CORONAVIRUS SITUATION\, THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED.  \nWhile many altered videos are meant to be funny and harmless\, the potential for politically-driven deepfakes to spread disinformation and manipulate citizens is great. Already\, we’ve seen darker forces at work\, as deepfakes enmesh public figures in political scandals and cause others to become victims of cybercrime. How can we prepare for this threat? Are there tech tools to help us do so?\nThis discussion features Nadine Ajaka\, senior producer for video platforms with The Washington Post who created The Washington Post’s Guide to Manipulated Video in conversation with Jeff Yates\, journalist with Radio-Canada\, and part of Décrypteurs\, Radio-Canada’s team dedicated to tackling online disinformation. \nThursday\, April 30\nDoors open 6 p.m. | Discussion 6:30 p.m. | Reception 8:00 p.m. \nTMX Broadcast Centre\nThe Exchange Tower\, 130 King St. W. (View map)\nToronto[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Nadine Ajaka is the senior producer for video platforms at The Washington Post\, where she oversees video distribution. She leads a team focused on fact-checking video and created The Washington Post’s Guide to Manipulated Video. Previously\, she was video curator and associate producer at The Atlantic. Nadine was selected for the 2017 Online News Association’s Women’s Leadership Accelerator. She’s a former Fulbright scholar and a graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. @nadineajaka[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Jeff Yates has been covering online dis- and misinformation for over five years. He copilots Décrypteurs\, Radio-Canada’s team devoted to tracking and debunking disinformation. He’s also featured on the TV show of the same name\, the first TV show in North America entirely devoted to information disorder online. @Jeff__yates[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \n J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2207″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \nASPIRING JOURNALISTS SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/postponed-seeing-isnt-believing-confronting-the-threat-of-fake-video/
LOCATION:TMX Broadcast Centre\, The Exchange Tower\, 130 King St. W.
CATEGORIES:2020
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SUMMARY:Covering COVID-19: Award-winning health journalist André Picard on the pandemic
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When Globe and Mail columnist André Picard speaks\, Canadians pay attention. He is our country’s pre-eminent health journalist\, named Canada’s first “Public Health Hero” in 2011 by the Canadian Public Health Association. In early March\, when the number of COVID-19 cases in Canada was just beginning to register\, Picard was one of the first calling for strong social distancing measures\, with a clear call to “Shut it Down.” Join this award-winning journalist in conversation with Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of the CBC podcast More\, for an insightful discussion about how he reports with authority on the coronavirus and the vital information Canadians need to stay safe and healthy at a time when misinformation abounds. \nThursday\, April 23\, 1pm EDT \n– Watch the webcast\n– Listen to the podcast[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]André Picard is a health reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail\, where he has been a staff writer since 1987. He is also the author of five bestselling books. André is an eight-time nominee for the National Newspaper Awards\, Canada’s top journalism prize\, and past winner of prestigious Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service Journalism. He was named Canada’s first “Public Health Hero” by the Canadian Public Health Association\, as a “Champion of Mental Health” by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health\, and received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his dedication to improving healthcare. @picardonhealth[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Anna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \n J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2207″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/covering-covid-19-award-winning-health-journalist-andre-picard-on-the-pandemic/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2020
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SUMMARY:BJ-Talks Live - Recognizing Disinformation Amidst COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the first of our new J-Talks Live webcast series hosted by award-winning broadcaster Anna Maria Tremonti\, host of the CBC podcast More\, Jane Lytvynenko\, senior reporter with BuzzFeed News\, explores disinformation around the coronavirus outbreak\, including the online rumours\, fake texts and propaganda fuelling panic and anxiety as well as driving people to false cures. This session will help you recognize the misinformation in your midst. \nThis is a free webcast.\nThursday\, April 9\, 1pm EDT\n– Watch the webcast\n– Listen to the podcast\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Jane Lytvynenko is a senior reporter at BuzzFeed News where she focuses on disinformation\, cyber security\, and online investigations. She has uncovered state-run social media manipulation campaigns\, cryptocurrency scammers\, and financially motivated bad actors spreading disinformation. Her work also brings accessible fact-checking to wide audiences during times of crisis. Jane is originally from Kyiv\, Ukraine and currently resides in Toronto\, Canada.  @JaneLytv[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Anna Maria Tremonti is the host of the CBC podcast More\, a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti #MorewithAMT[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \n J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2207″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/j-talks-live-recognizing-disinformation-amidst-covid-19/
LOCATION:Virtual event
CATEGORIES:2020
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200305T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200305T183000
DTSTAMP:20260423T084145
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SUMMARY:The Time is Now: Amplifying Women’s Voices in Media
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With women’s perspectives underrepresented in media\, how can journalists increase the gender mix and diversity of their news sources and the experts they quote?  This important panel discussion will explore the outcome and ongoing challenges of a dedicated global project to increase the voices of women in news. Initiated and run by United for News\, a global coalition founded by Internews in partnership with the World Economic Forum\, the project aims to build trust in journalism by making it more representative of its diverse audiences.\nThe conversation features: Deborah Ensor\, senior vice-president of technical leadership for Internews\, lead of the Reflect Reality initiative\, and the Canadian pilot of the project; Melissa Stasiuk\, head of programming with The Globe and Mail\, a project participant and Evelyn Kwong\, social media and audience lead with the Toronto Star\, and part of a newsroom committee launched as a result of the project. Shari Graydon\, founder of Informed Opinions\, a leader in helping bridge the gender gap in Canadian media\, will also join the conversation. The discussion will be moderated by Supriya Dwivedi\, host of The Morning Show on Global News Radio 640. \nThursday\, March 5\nDoors open 6 p.m. | Discussion 6:30 p.m. |  Reception 8:00 p.m. TD Bank Tower\, 54th Floor 66 Wellington St. West\, Toronto \n– View the photos\n– Watch the video\n– Listen to the podcast  \n  \nIn partnership with \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Deborah Ensor is currently the senior vice president of technical leadership at Internews\, lead of the Reflect Reality initiative for United for News. Internews is an international non-profit that works in more than 70 countries around the world to build healthy information environments that enable everyone to make better-informed decisions\, bridge divides\, participate more fully in their communities\, and hold power to account. As part of her current role\, Deborah leads the “United for News” work around increasing women’s expert voices in the media. Her career includes working 15 years as a journalist and editor in the U.S. @Internews \nEvelyn Kwong is a social media and audience lead at the Toronto Star. When she’s not scouring the internet for the latest trending events and memes\, she’s working on shaping the voice of The Star’s social platforms and thinking of new social strategies to gain new audiences. The audience engagement work also aligns with her passion for bringing diverse voices to light which entails assisting reporters and editors to find angles to highlight those in marginalized neighbourhoods\, people of different cultural backgrounds\, and younger people on their struggles and successes. She also writes a weekly social media column for the Star and started the business Millennial Money series in hopes to engage a more vast audience. @EVYSTADIUM \nMelissa Stasiuk is head of programming at The Globe and Mail\, leading a team of 15 journalists who identify priority stories and use homepage\, SEO\, social media\, newsletters\, mobile alerts\, audience data and print to get stories to the widest or most appropriate audience. She is also on the hiring committee for The Globe’s summer program\, which hires students or recent grads\, and led the Breaking the Habit 2.0 initiative – aimed at increasing female voices in Globe stories  –  in partnership with United for News. She can also teach you baby sign language. @Melissa_Stasiuk \nShari Graydon is founder and catalyst of Informed Opinions\, an award-winning author and women’s advocate. Since 2010\, she has helped amplify the voices of more than 2\,500 women in diverse fields and sectors across Canada\, supporting them in sharing their insights and analysis with a broader public. A former newspaper columnist\, TV producer and commentator for CBC radio and TV\, Shari also served as press secretary to a provincial premier. For 10 years during the 1990s\, she was President of MediaWatch\, a national women’s organization working to improve the portrayal and representation of women in media. @ShariGraydon[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Supriya Dwivedi is the host of The Morning Show on Global News Radio 640 Toronto\, and a regular panelist on CBC’s Power & Politics. She has previously worked in government relations and strategic communications\, as well as advising political campaigns. @supriyadwivedi\n*Program subject to change[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/the-time-is-now-amplifying-womens-voices-in-media/
LOCATION:TD Bank Tower\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:2020
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200206T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200206T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T084145
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SUMMARY:Postponed: Decoding Digital Discontent: Kara Swisher Talks Tough on Today’s Digital Media Ecosystem
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]WE REGRET THAT THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. We apologize for any inconvenience. For questions\, contact programs@cjf-fjc.ca. \nWith her signature no-holds-barred toughness\, Kara Swisher is a singular force when it comes to covering the all-pervasive tech industry and Silicon Valley. Across many platforms\, she gives voice to today’s digital discontent — privacy concerns\, ethical issues\, tech regulations and U.S. politics. Swisher co-founded the technology news site\, Recode\, in 2014\, hosts and produces the popular podcast Recode Decode and co-founded the Code Conference\, an annual gathering of global tech leaders. She is also a contributing writer for The New York Times. In conversation with Kevin Newman\, host of the podcast Attention Control\, Swisher will discuss how the decisions of today’s tech leaders impact the health of our media and our democracy. \nThursday\, February 6\, 2020\nDoors open 6 p.m. |  Discussion 7 p.m.\nIsabel Bader Theatre 93 Charles St. Toronto[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Kara Swisher is the co-founder and editor-at-large of Recode\, producer and host of the Recode Decode and Pivot podcasts and co-executive producer of the Code Conference series. She is a New York Times contributing opinion writer and a contributor to NBC\, CNBC and MSNBC. Swisher co-founded Recode and\, before that\, co-produced and co-hosted The Wall Street Journal’s “D: All Things Digital” conference series (now called the Code conference) with Walt Mossberg starting in 2003. It was\, and still is\, the country’s premier conference on tech and media\, with interviewees such as Bill Gates\, Steve Jobs\, Mark Zuckerberg\, Jeff Bezos\, the Google leadership\, Tim Cook\, Jack Dorsey and many other leading players. She and Mossberg were also the co-executive editors of a tech and media Web site\, AllThingsD.com\, founded in 2007. Swisher worked in The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco bureau. For many years\, she wrote the column “BoomTown\,” which appeared on the front page of the Marketplace section and online at WSJ.com. Previously\, Swisher covered breaking news about the Web’s major players and Internet policy issues and also wrote feature articles on technology for the paper. Earlier in her career\, Swisher worked as a reporter at the Washington Post and as an editor at the City Paper of Washington\, D.C. Swisher is also the author of aol.com: How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates\, Nailed the Netheads and Made Millions in the War for the Web and the sequel\, There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere: The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for a Digital Future.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Kevin Newman is host and executive producer of the ground-breaking podcast Attention Control with Kevin Newman. It is the first charity-funded independent journalistic podcast in Canada\, in association with McGill University in Montreal. Kevin has a proven record of innovation in Canadian journalism. He guided the development and success of Global National as the country’s third national newscast and also the first news podcast on Apple’s iTunes. He later created the innovative Kevin Newman Live for CTV\, and was Bell Media’s ‘Digital News Evangelist’. While co-anchoring World News Now at ABC News\, his newscast was the first live streamed on the internet in 1995. Kevin also served for six years on the Board of Directors for the Communitech Hub in Waterloo Ontario which is Canada’s leading start-up incubator. He has created television series and iPad content through his independent company\, NewMan Media Ltd. Kevin’s career in television journalism is unequalled in Canada. He has been host/managing editor of CTV’s Investigative series W5\, host/executive editor of Global National\, co-host of ABC’s Good Morning America\, host of CBC’s\nMidday\, national/international correspondent for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings\, Nightline with Ted Koppel\, and Parliamentary correspondent for CBC The National\, CTV National News and Global News. Along with his son Alex\, Kevin co-authored the best selling memoir All Out.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \n J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2207″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \nASPIRING JOURNALISTS SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/postponed-decoding-digital-discontent-kara-swisher-talks-tough-on-todays-digital-media-ecosystem/
LOCATION:Isabel Bader Theatre\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:2020
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200206T183000
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SUMMARY:The Podcast Promise
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Podcasting has become a rare bright spot for the news industry. According to a recent report from the Reuters Institute at Oxford University\, the number of news podcasts globally rose by almost 12\,000 in just 10 months\, between January and October 2019. Whether it be true crime investigations\, daily news\, marginalized voices\, niche topics or in-depth conversations\, podcasts are also taking hold throughout Canada. What is this popular new journalism all about and why does it matter to the profession’s future? Master interviewers\, expert storytellers and those who bring a depth of subject-specific knowledge share their experiences of launching a podcast in Canada and the challenges of creating compelling audio narratives. \nJoin our speakers: \n\nAward-winning podcaster Connie Walker\, former host of Missing & Murdered from CBC News and CBC Podcasts\, now developing a podcast for Gimlet Media out of New York\nAnna Maria Tremonti\, host of new CBC podcast More\nVicky Mochama\, podcast host and principal at Vocal Fry Studios\, and Culture and Society editor at The Conversation Canada\nPolitical strategist David Herle\, principal partner of The Gandalf Group and host of The Herle Burly\nModerated by BuzzFeed News editor Elamin Abdelmahmoud\, a co-host of Party Lines from CBC News and CBC Podcasts\n\nThursday\, February 6\nDoors open 6 p.m. | Discussion 6:30 p.m. | Reception 8:00 p.m. \nTMX Broadcast Centre\nThe Exchange Tower\, 130 King St. W. (View map)\n– Watch the livestream  \n– View the photos\n– Watch the video\n–  Listen to the podcast [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”15078″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Connie Walker is an investigative reporter and former host of Missing & Murdered\, from CBC Podcasts and CBC News. She recently joined Gimlet Media\, based in New York City and is developing a new podcast that will be out later this year. Connie is a member of the Okanese First Nation in Saskatchewan. @connie_walker \nAnna Maria Tremonti is the host of the new CBC podcast More – a series of conversations with high-profile guests and rising stars from a variety of fields. The podcast represents a change\, and a progression toward more immersive conversations following her success hosting the CBC Radio’s The Current\, the flagship current affairs program she helped create. Prior to that Tremonti was a co-host of CBC Television’s investigative program the fifth estate and before that she was covering war\, disaster\, politics and society as a foreign correspondent for CBC’s The National\, with postings in Berlin\, London\, Jerusalem and Washington. @amtremonti \nVicky Mochama is a writer and podcast host\, and is a principal with Vocal Fry Studios. She has written for the Toronto Star\, StarMetro\, VICE\, Globe and Mail\, and Hazlitt. She was the host of Safe Space and former co-host of Canadaland Commons. She also hosts No Little Plans\, a podcast about the UN Sustainable Development Goals; the project is a Vocal Fry Studios production in partnership with Community Foundations of Canada and Strategic Content Labs. She is also the Culture and Society editor at The Conversation Canada. @vmochama \nDavid P. Herle is principal partner with The Gandalf Group. David is a public affairs and corporate strategist\, helping CEOs manage crises\, union leaders shape their public appeals and directing winning campaigns for both prime ministers and premiers. David has appeared on CBC’s The National\, where he provided biweekly commentary on “The Insiders” panel from 2008 to 2017 and during the 2019 federal election. The Herle Burly was created as a platform for honest talk and respectful debate\, in the midst of something fun and rambunctious. Starting in 2017\, guests such as David Axelrod\, Robbie Robertson\, Thomas Frank and George Will have sparred with David about politics and culture. @TheHerleBurly[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Elamin Abdelmahmoud is a news curation editor with BuzzFeed News\, and writer of Incoming\, the BuzzFeed News daily morning newsletter. He is also a co-host of Party Lines from CBC Podcasts and CBC News\, a columnist for CBC Radio and a frequent culture and politics commentator for CBC News. His work has appeared in the Globe and Mail\, Maclean’s Magazine and Chatelaine. His debut collection of essays\, Son of Elsewhere\, will be available fall 2020. @elamin88[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \n J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2207″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \nASPIRING JOURNALISTS SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/the-podcast-promise/
LOCATION:TMX Broadcast Centre\, The Exchange Tower\, 130 King St. W.
CATEGORIES:2020
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191107T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191107T183000
DTSTAMP:20260423T084145
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SUMMARY:BuzzFeed: From Listicles to Hard News
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]– View the Facebook Live or the video on our Youtube channel\n– View the photos\n– Listen to the podcast  \nHired as editor-in-chief in 2012\, Ben Smith did for BuzzFeed—then best known for its lists\, quizzes and viral videos—what few in the industry get to do: he built a news division from scratch. Although BuzzFeed’s entry into serious journalism was met with some skepticism\, Smith grew its newsroom into a now-established force that has both garnered awards and generated controversy. In a conversation with Jayme Poisson\, host of the CBC News podcast Front Burner\, Smith discusses what’s next for BuzzFeed News. \nThursday\, November 7\, 2019\n6pm Doors open  |  6:30pm Discussion |  8pm Reception\nTMX Broadcast Centre The Exchange Tower\, 130 King St. W. Toronto View map[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Ben Smith is the Editor-in-Chief of BuzzFeed News. Since joining the company in January 2012\, Smith has built a newsroom of over 200 reporters and editors\, led expansion of over 20 content verticals\, and built teams across the world. Under his leadership\, BuzzFeed News’s coverage has grown to include politics\, business\, investigative reporting\, longform journalism\, and entertainment while growing the site’s traffic to over 200M monthly unique visitors. Smith was called “one of the most talented and admired scoop-mongers in the game” by The New Republic\, named one of Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business\,” and featured as Fortune’s “40 Under 40″ for his work at BuzzFeed. Prior to BuzzFeed\, Smith was senior political writer for Politico\, wrote a column and a blog for the New York Daily News\, started New York’s first political blog\, The Politicker\, for the New York Observer\, as well as the political site\, Room Eight\, after working as City Hall Bureau Chief for the New York Sun and as a stringer for the Wall Street Journal in Latvia.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text]Jayme Poisson is the host of daily CBC News podcast Front Burner. Prior to this\, she spent eight years as a reporter for The Toronto Star\, focusing largely on investigative reporting. Poisson has been nominated for three national newspaper awards: she was part of a team that won the Governor General’s Michener award for reporting on former Toronto mayor Rob Ford; and she has won the Sidney Hillman award for public service journalism twice\, for investigations into sexual assault on university campuses and ongoing mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows First Nation. Poisson’s mercury poisoning investigation also won an award for achievement in human rights reporting from the organization Journalists for Human Rights.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \n J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2207″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTERS \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] \nASPIRING JOURNALISTS SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2214″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/buzzfeed-from-listicles-to-hard-news/
LOCATION:TMX Broadcast Centre\, The Exchange Tower\, 130 King St. W.
CATEGORIES:2019
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191002T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191002T183000
DTSTAMP:20260423T084145
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SUMMARY:Doubt It? Check It. Challenge It. Combatting Misinformation: Strategies by Canada’s News Leaders and Tools for Digital Citizens
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]– View the photos\n– Watch the livestream\n– Listen to the podcast \n \n  \nWith the federal election approaching\, how can we work together to spot and stop the spread of misinformation and outright lies\, so voters can make informed decisions at the polls?\nIn a special pre-election luncheon event\, news leaders from across Canada’s major media will talk about the steps they are taking to combat ‘fake news’. And\, we’ll share the smart strategies Canadians can adopt to verify information with the launch of CJF’s Doubt It? campaign\, a NewsWise project. \nAllan Gregg\, a principal with Earnscliffe Strategy Group\, moderates this discussion featuring:\n•    Kenton Boston\, vice-president\, national and network news\, Global News\n•    Dennis Choquette\, head of enterprise\, The Globe and Mail\n•    Wendy Freeman\, president\, CTV News\n•    Anthony Furey\, national columnist and national comment editor\, Sun/Postmedia\n•    Irene Gentle\, editor\, Toronto Star\n•    Jennifer McGuire\, general manager and editor-in-chief\, CBC News\n•    Julie Traves\, deputy editor\, National Post\n\nWednesday\, October 2\, 2019\n12:30pm Registration and buffet lunch | 1:00pm Discussion | 2:30pm Event ends\nGoogle Toronto\n111 Richmond Street West\, 9th Floor Toronto\nView map[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”15094″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Kenton Boston is an award-winning journalist whose career spans three decades in print\, radio\, digital and television. Boston is currently the Vice President of National and Network News for Global Television news channels\, online and radio. Previously\, Boston was the Vice President of News and Information for Western Canada covering six news\, talk and traffic radio stations\, eight television stations and BC1. Prior to joining Global\, Boston worked at CTV for ten years\, holding a variety of positions including that of senior producer for the news channel and the network’s flagship morning show\, Canada AM. Boston started his broadcast journalism career in radio at CKO Radio in Toronto. @KentonBoston \nWendy Freeman is President of CTV News. Since being named President of CTV News in 2010\, Freeman has been responsible for news\, information and current events programming\, including CTV National News\, CTV News Channel\, BNN\, and CP24. Freeman presides over all Bell Media news editorial content and newsgathering efforts for television and digital\, and oversees the newsrooms’ day-to-day operations. Previously\, Freeman held a variety of senior management positions with CTV News. Prior to joining the company\, Freeman worked at WPIX-TV in New York and WXYZ-TV in Detroit\, as well as Citytv in Toronto\, where she began her television career. @WendyFreeman \nAnthony Furey is a national columnist and the national comment editor for the Sun papers\, where he has worked since 2010. He’s also a host on SiriusXM radio. He’s appeared on TV and radio programs across Canada and the world\, including BBC and Fox News Channel\, and his writing has been featured in Time\, NY Daily News\, Literary Review of Canada and more. He studied philosophy\, history and English at the University of Toronto.. @anthonyfurey \nIrene Gentle is the editor of the Toronto Star. Gentle is the first female editor in the Star’s 127-year history. As editor\, she is responsible for all the coverage in the print and digital editions\, as well as in charge of overall editorial strategic planning. She joined the Toronto Star in 2011 as Business Editor. In 2012\, she was appointed Assistant Managing Editor and City Editor and\, in 2016\, named Managing Editor. Before joining the Star\, she held a series of progressive roles at The Hamilton Spectator\, which she joined in 2005\, serving as Assignment Editor\, Business Editor\, City Editor and finally as News Editor. @IreneGentle \nJennifer McGuire has been the General Manager and Editor in Chief of CBC News since 2009\, which makes her the longest serving Editor in Chief of CBC News. McGuire led the digital transformation of CBC News\, which has seen it become a\ndominant digital player. McGuire is chief journalist and is responsible for: CBC News Network\, all news programming on CBC Television and Radio; CBCNews.ca; news podcasts such as Front Burner and Finding Cleo\, CBC News on Snapchat and all other mobile and digital applications of CBC News. Previously\, she was the Executive Director of CBC Radio. Her media career began on the CBC Radio morning show in Ottawa. @jmcguirecbc \nDennis Choquette heads The Globe and Mail’s enterprise desk\, where he oversees investigations and special projects. Previously\, he was The Globe’s national editor\, leading a team of editors and reporters producing domestic news coverage. His teams have won multiple awards for reporting on a broad range of topics\, including sexual assault\, Vancouver real estate\, soldier suicides\, political corruption and solitary confinement. \nJulie Traves is deputy editor of the National Post. Her role includes editorial strategy\, newsroom management and oversight of print and digital content. Prior to joining Postmedia in 2014\, Traves spent 10 years at The Globe and Mail\, where she was a senior leader on sections such as Focus\, Arts and Travel. She has also worked in marketing and communications for the publishing industry\, including Penguin Books Canada and The Word On The Street.  @Jrtraves[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE HOST [vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllan Gregg is a principal with Earnscliffe. Gregg is among Canada’s most recognized and respected researchers\, strategists and social commentators. He has played a central role in dozens of campaigns over the last thirty years. His unique talent is to develop research-based strategies and then translate them into all aspects of campaign management – from policy and speeches to media relations; from communications and advertising to targeted grassroots campiagns.  He founded Decima Research in 1979\, co-founded the Strategic Counsel in 1995 and was the Chair of Harris-Decima from 2007 to 2014. From 1993 to 2013 he hosted the TVO talk show Allan Gregg in Conversation with…\, and for over a decade was a regular participant on CBC’s “At Issue” panel. @allangregg \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \n J-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2207″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nFUNDING FOR NEWSWISE PROVIDED BY \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”2114″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/doubt-it-check-it-challenge-it-combatting-misinformation-strategies-by-canadas-news-leaders-and-tools-for-digital-citizens/
LOCATION:Google\, Toronto
CATEGORIES:2019
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190916T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190916T190000
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SUMMARY:Fighting 'Fake News' Ahead of the Election
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In partnership with \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n– VIEW THE PHOTOS\n– WATCH THE CONVERSATION FEATURING ASAPSCIENCE’S MITCHELL MOFFIT AND GREGORY BROWN\, WITH SUPRIYA DWIVEDi\, OR LISTEN TO THE PODCAST\n– WATCH THE CONVERSATION FEATURING CBC NEWS’ KALEIGH ROGERS AND BUZZFEED NEWS’ JANE LYTYVNENKO\, WITH GLOBAL NEWS’ FARAH NASSER\, OR LISTEN TO THE PODCAST \n  \nOver the past three years\, the precipitous rise of ‘fake news’ online has become one of the biggest challenges for democracies around the world. Academics\, political experts\, and journalists warn that the easy spread of misinformation affects public debate and drives polarization in our societies.\nSo how can we protect ourselves from ‘fake news’? Is the government doing enough\, or has this become too big of a problem? What about the responsibilities of the social media platforms that can amplify misinformation? Most important\, how can we ensure that in the run-up to the October federal election\, Canadian citizens don’t fall prey to misinformation as they make up their minds on who to vote for? \nCome to a special evening of discussions on what to do about ‘fake news’:\nFirst\, you’ll get to hear a conversation about the science of fake news with Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown\, the Canadian YouTubers responsible for wildly popular AsapSCIENCE\, a YouTube science channel with over 8 million subscribers\, in a conversation with Supriya Dwivedi\, from Global News.\nThen\, hear a discussion with Kaleigh Rogers from CBC News and Jane Lytvynenko from BuzzFeed News\, experts on how misinformation is spreading in Canada. Moderated by Farah Nasser\, from Global News.\n** Come learn about the rollout of CJF’s NewsWise 2.0\, the second phase of our news literacy initiative. ** This event is a partnership of our  J-Talks series (#CJFjtalk) and the Toronto Public Library’s On Civil Society  (#OnCivilSociety) series. \nMonday\, September 16\nDoors open (cash bar): 6 p.m. |  Discussion: 7p.m. – 8:30 p.m.\nBram & Bluma Appel Salon Toronto Public Library 780 Yonge Street\, 2nd Floor Toronto View map \nThis event is free\, but you must register to attend. Click on the link below to get tickets. \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]AsapSCIENCE’s Gregory Brown and Mitchell Moffit are YouTube stars\, comedians\, and educators. They began their journey as scientists\, and transformed their passion into a force for inspiring their nearly 10 million YouTube fans. When they’re not creating viral video content\, they use their platform to speak on environmental change\, queer voices in science\, and the power of science to debunk fake news and shape cultural movements. AsapSCIENCE have had a New York Times-selling book\, presented at the UN\, and collaborated with Greenpeace. They’ve created video content with NASA\, BBC\, National Geographic\, Bill Nye\, Neil DeGrasse Tyson\, The Gates Foundation\, and the Sochi Winter Olympics. Their video partnership with Emma Thompson on seismic blasting in the arctic and its influence on indigenous lives helped change legislation. Their ability to inspire through humour and creativity continues to be a catalyst for positive change. @AsapSCIENCE \nSupriya Dwivedi is the host of The Morning Show on Global News Radio 640 Toronto\, and a regular panelist on CBC’s Power & Politics. She has previously worked in government relations and strategic communications\, as well as advising political campaigns. @supriyadwivedi\nJane Lytvynenko is a journalist with BuzzFeed News\, where she investigates online misinformation. Her work focuses on analyzing the spread of fake news and the rise of hyperpartisanship though online platforms using digital tools. Besides English\, she speaks Russian and Ukrainian.  Her work has also appeared in Maclean’s\, CBC News\, and Canadaland\, where she was a media reporter and editor. @JaneLytv \nKaleigh Rogers is a senior reporter at CBC News covering disinformation online. An award-winning reporter\, Kaleigh has written for the New York Times\, the Globe and Mail\, CBC\, and VICE. She got her start covering politics\, first as a city hall reporter covering Toronto Mayor Rob Ford during his tumultuous tenure\, and then at Queen’s Park during the 2014 Ontario election. Later\, she covered technology and the digital divide at VICE in New York\, before returning home to tackle this important issue during Canada’s election. @KaleighRogers \nFarah Nasser is an award-winning journalist\, bringing extensive experience to her role as anchor on Global News at 5:30 & 6. Nasser has covered elections at every government level and moderated key political debates. She created notable buzz on social media as the force behind #FirstTimeIWasCalled and #LivingInColour\,two digital series’ exploring the experiences of marginalized peoples. Nasser began her career with Rogers TV before accepting a position with Newstalk 1010. After landing this first major reporting gig\, Nasser went on to hold various roles with Toronto 1\, A-Channel News\, Citytv\, and CP24 before joining Global News. @FarahNasser \n  \n*Program subject to change[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/fighting-fake-news-ahead-of-the-election/
LOCATION:Toronto Public Library\, Bram and Bluma Appel Salon
CATEGORIES:2019
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190528T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190528T183000
DTSTAMP:20260423T084145
CREATED:20190528T133827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220223T144540Z
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SUMMARY:Trust\, Truth and Trump
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]- View the Facebook Live\n– View the photos\n– View the video\n– Listen to the podcast \nMargaret Sullivan became The Washington Post’s media columnist in 2016 – the same year Donald Trump was elected president. Since then\, she’s cast her critic’s eye across the journalism landscape: from the troubling “conjoined twins” relationship between Trump and Fox News\, to the coverage of potential U.S. presidential candidates\, to the press-freedom issues surrounding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Her career includes being public editor of The New York Times and the first female editor of The Buffalo News. Join Sullivan for this conversation on U.S. politics and the media with David Walmsley\, editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail. \nTuesday\, May 28\, 2019\nDoors open 6pm  |  Discussion 6:30pm |  Reception 8pm TMX Broadcast Centre The Exchange Tower\, 130 King St. W. Toronto [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”15120″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS [vc_column_text]Margaret Sullivan is the media columnist for The Washington Post. Before joining The Post\, she was The New York Times public editor\, and previously\, the chief editor of The Buffalo News\, her hometown paper where she started as a summer intern. A graduate of Georgetown University and Northwestern University’s Medill School\, she lives in New York City. She was a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 2011 to 2012\, and was twice elected as a director of the American Society of News Editors\, where she led the First Amendment committee. Sullivan has taught in the graduate schools of journalism at Columbia University and City University of New York. @sulliview[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1492008828909{margin-top: 40px !important;}”][vc_column] ABOUT THE MODERATOR [vc_column_text]David Walmsley is the editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail. Before his appointment in 2014\, he was the director of news content at CBC News responsible for coverage across digital\, radio and television. He is a veteran of leading media organizations in Canada\, having come to Canada as a launch editor of the National Post in 1998. He has also worked at the Toronto Star and held two previous positions at The Globe\, as the managing editor and national editor. Before his arrival in Canada he worked as a news reporter for The Belfast Telegraph\, The Daily Record in Glasgow and in London he worked for The Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph. He was the associate producer of a documentary for Channel 4 television\, The Final Flight of Zulu Delta 576\, that culminated in a successful 17-year-long investigation into the worst helicopter accident in the Royal Air Force’s history. @WalmsleyGlobe[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nJ-TALKS SERIES SPONSOR \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2207″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] \nIN-KIND SUPPORTER \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2119″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]*Program subject to change[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://cjf-fjc.ca/event/trust-truth-and-trump/
LOCATION:Toronto Public Library\, Bram and Bluma Appel Salon
CATEGORIES:2019
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