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- Watch the video - View the photos - Listen to the podcast  The cannabis industry’s influence is far-reaching, affecting public health and safety, policy-making, the economy and talk of a ‘pot-com’ bubble. As various issues get worked out post-legalization, what challenges do journalists face in informing the public in a responsible manner? Join our speakers focussed on […]

- Regardez la vidéo / Watch the video - Écoutez le podcast / Listen to the podcast - Voyez les photographies / View the photos - Regardez la vidéo CPAC / Watch the CPAC video Prévenir les menaces à l'approche des élections fédérales Si on se fie aux élections américaines et françaises — et à celles d'autres pays — nous sommes tout aussi vulnérables à la manipulation par des forces extérieures […]

- Read the press release on the results of the CJF poll conducted by Maru/Matchbox - View the photos - Listen to the podcast - Watch the CPAC video If journalism is about holding power to account, then journalists on both sides of the border are on it. But how does the political climate in each country affect reporting and coverage—or does it? Join […]

- View the video - View the photos - Listen to the podcast After witnessing the horrors of war, natural disasters or local crime stories, journalists must often cope with emotional trauma, moral quandaries and PTSD. How can reporters—and newsrooms—manage the personal impact of covering stories that involve human cruelty or suffering? How do these experiences shape future […]

- View the photos A dinner salon event With a federal election approaching, editors of five Canadian news organizations discuss their strategies for covering Western Canada. What are the challenges of reporting on key issues and of overcoming perceptions of unbalanced coverage? And does their coverage play a role in the growing sense of political alienation among some […]

- View the Facebook Live - View the photos - View the video - Listen to the podcast Margaret 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 […]

In partnership with       - VIEW THE PHOTOS - WATCH THE CONVERSATION FEATURING ASAPSCIENCE'S MITCHELL MOFFIT AND GREGORY BROWN, WITH SUPRIYA DWIVEDi, OR LISTEN TO THE PODCAST - WATCH THE CONVERSATION FEATURING CBC NEWS' KALEIGH ROGERS AND BUZZFEED NEWS' JANE LYTYVNENKO, WITH GLOBAL NEWS' FARAH NASSER, OR LISTEN TO THE PODCAST   Over the past three years, the precipitous rise of […]

- View the photos - Watch the livestream - Listen to the podcast https://youtu.be/mfH4vSZVZ0U   With 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? In a special pre-election luncheon event, news leaders from across Canada’s major media will […]

- View the Facebook Live or the video on our Youtube channel - View the photos - Listen to the podcast  Hired 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 […]

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 […]