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- 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 […]

A CJF Special Presentation - Watch the video - Listen to the podcast - View the photos  Beginning with last year’s explosive Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker investigation on movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s history of sexual assault, and continuing with his recent reports exposing similar allegations against CBS head Les Moonves, Ronan Farrow has become a leading journalist in exposing how influential figures in […]

- Watch the video - View the photos - Listen to the podcast With her recent bombshell New York Times front-page story, investigative reporter Susanne Craig helped debunk President Trump’s claim of being a self-made billionaire. For more than a year, Craig and two colleagues followed an unwieldy paper trail, documenting deliberate tax manoeuvres that increased the wealth Trump received from his […]

- Watch the video - Listent to the podcast - View the photos - Read the Toronto Star columns by public editor Kathy English and columnist Heather Mallick - Listen to the interview on CBC Radio's The Current - Read the interview with The Globe and Mail's senior media writer Simon Houpt Over a 20-year career as editor of the British daily The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger oversaw the publication […]

- View the photos - Watch the video  - Listen to the podcast In journalism today, the only constant is constant change. The need to innovate is greater than ever before, as powerful new tech tools alter the way we connect and communicate. Join two of journalism’s top innovators and changemakers in a discussion about the challenges and opportunities […]

- 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 […]