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- View the photos - Watch the video - Listen to the podcast - View the J-Source liveblog What's the difference between fake news and satire? If you don't know, The Beaverton can explain it. The weekly TV satirical news show on The Comedy Network (adapted from the popular website TheBeaverton.com) pokes fun at Canadian and world events with deft, scathing scrutiny.  But […]

- View the photos - Listen to the podcast - View the video  They are the journalists who produced some of Canada's most recent poignant and powerful stories. What challenges lie behind reporting these important pieces? From the first notion of an idea to its final fruition—and even after a story airs or is published—hear about the process and […]

In partnership with A half-day symposium exploring the right to be forgotten - View the video: Part 1 and Part 2 - Listen to Part 1 and Part 2 of the symposium - View the photos _ View the coverage on CPAC - View the results of the poll by Maru/Matchbox, commissioned by the CJF. View the press release. - See the Canadian Marketing Association's Attitudes towards Privacy and Transparency, presented […]

- View the photos - Read the J-Source liveblog - Listen to the podcast - Watch the video In this era of #MeToo, misinformation, and media industry upheaval, the media has become the news and journalists who cover the beat are on the frontlines making front page headlines. Hear from reporters covering these turbulent Trumpian times: Michael Calderone, the senior media […]

- View the photos - View the video - Watch the interview with Emily Steel on The National, CBC News - Podcast coming soon It’s true. Emily Steel, Pulitzer Prize-winning business reporter with The New York Times, took down the bad guys with her reporting. With the media industry as her beat, she and a colleague exposed former Fox News host Bill […]

- Watch the livestream - View the photos - Listen to the podcast - View the event on CPAC - Read the J-Source liveblog In an age of misinformation, disinformation, AI and media manipulation, how can news organizations and platforms like Google build trust with audiences? Join our speakers: Richard Gingras, vice-president of news at Google, and Craig Silverman, media editor with BuzzFeed […]

In partnership with - View the photos - View the video - Watch the Facebook Live on the RTDNA Canada page - View the J-Source liveblog - Listen to the podcast  Lara Setrakian is co-founder of Press Forward, an organization looking to improve newsroom culture in the wake of media-industry sexual harassment allegations—including her own against journalist Mark Halperin while at ABC News. She is […]

- View the photos - Watch the livestream - Listen to the podcast  Where some see pitfalls in the media business, others see opportunity. So it is with Village Media, which is expanding its hyper local Ontario online news sites across smaller cities during a general decline in community newspapers. So it is, too, with media startup The Logic, a subscription […]

- Watch the video - Watch the CPAC broadcast on Public Record - View the photos - Listen to the podcast  Journalists and media organizations around the world are under siege from misinformation fed by social media and an antagonistic U.S. president. How should journalism and democracy respond to this dual challenge? How can journalists ensure truth overrides false information? […]

In partnership with Western University Enough about fake news. What about the real news? What do citizens of our communities need to know about news that matters? In the midst of the dual crises now challenging journalism and the news industry- dwindling trust and decimated local newsrooms struggling to cover their communities - a special […]