Patrick Watson was a true giant of Canadian broadcasting
A brilliant mind with a critical eye. Intelligent, engaging, curious, humorous and innovative
Tag: Journalism
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Lazy journalism becoming a mouthpiece for the State’s narrative
PETER STOCKLAND: There is a growing comfort in institutional journalism to follow rather than question
When a spy agency cozies up to the media, who do we trust?
Carl Berstein once exposed the existence of a network of CIA-recruited journalists working around the world for the U.S. We should expect similar connections today
Grad mixes science, journalism in quest for versatile skill set
For Tom Ndekezi, university was a chance to gain practical skills not only for a variety of jobs but a variety of careers
Beware of Twitter – it will bite you in the ass
Examples of tweets destroying careers are numerous. Commit your thoughts to Twitter and you’re forever setting your opinions in amber
Covid-19 news coverage based more on #fearporn than science
Journalists eager to echo doomsday alarms about pandemic case numbers while ignoring the social devastation of lockdown policies
CBC trying to shake free of its mandate as a public broadcaster
The RCI controversy shows CBC’s primary purpose is the acquisition – at the expense of private broadcasters – of audiences and money
Just the facts? Don’t count on fact-checkers
A closer look at almost every fact-checking organization shows a great deal of politics and vested interests involved
Media freedom doesn’t come free
Government funding is no magic bullet. Nor are crowdsourced and advertising-supported journalism perfect
It’s time we all stood up for Julian Assange
What message do we send dictators and the people who live under their tyranny if we don’t have the courage to live up to our own ideals?