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Vulnerable communities are being targeted by right-wing, bad faith personalities in the wake of a national tragedy. Media can ensure they’re following best practices & avoid stoking an increasingly emboldened hate movement. @transjournalists.org guide + more resources for covering Tumbler Ridge:

Resources for covering Tumbler Ridge - J-Source

Vulnerable communities are being targeted by right-wing, bad faith personalities and accounts online in the wake of a national tragedy. Newsrooms can make sure they’re following best practices and avo...

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Demonization of communities now unwittingly aligned with an appalling event of mass violence should galvanize newsrooms aspiring to report accurately and in keeping with evidence-based approaches to focus on the facts and not cede reality to bad faith actors. Resources for covering Tumbler Ridge:

Resources for covering Tumbler Ridge - J-Source

Vulnerable communities are being targeted by right-wing, bad faith personalities and accounts online in the wake of a national tragedy. Newsrooms can make sure they’re following best practices and avo...

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"Failure to mount a serious response to this harassment, and the deference some newsrooms show to the pressure, represents a serious threat to the public perception and practice of journalism at a critical moment." A comprehensive look at the tyranny of Honest Reporting: j-source.ca/honestreport...

HonestReporting Canada’s targeted harassment machine - J-Source

A self-professed media watchdog has been weaponizing antisemitism and trying to poison journalistic standards on covering Palestine. Media workers on the perils of the relentless intimidation and disi...

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A self-professed media watchdog has been weaponizing antisemitism and trying to poison journalistic standards on covering Palestine. Media workers spoke with @sparksriley.bsky.social about the perils of the relentless intimidation and disinformation manufactured by a ‘digital army for Israel:’

HonestReporting Canada’s targeted harassment machine - J-Source

A self-professed media watchdog has been weaponizing antisemitism and trying to poison journalistic standards on covering Palestine. Media workers on the perils of the relentless intimidation and disi...

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Former CBC human resources employee sues over workplace so toxic staff were given a 'crying room' The lawsuit also alleges CBC kept a secret 'do not hire' list that disproportionately blacklisted marginalized, disabled and Indigenous people:

Former CBC human resources employee sues over workplace so toxic staff were given a 'crying room'

Lawsuit also alleges CBC kept a secret 'do not hire' list that disproportionately blacklisted marginalized, disabled and Indigenous people.

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Postmedia has suspended Bryan Passifiume, a Toronto Sun bureau chief, for a tweet after the killing of a Minneapolis woman by ICE, reports @lukelebrun.ca @pressprogress.ca “In this case, the far left ended up catching a few well-deserved bullets for their miscalculation,” he had tweeted.

Postmedia Suspends Toronto Sun Parliamentary Bureau Chief After Tweet Applauding ICE Killing Minneapolis Woman

Postmedia says Bryan Passifiume’s tweet about ICE killing of Renee Good was ‘regrettable and insensitive’

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My latest piece for @jsource.bsky.social, Beyond the Famine Frame, pulls back the curtain on how editorial decisions, political pressure, and industry gatekeeping have eroded trust — and why the famine narrative isn't the shift in coverage some think it is.

J-Source@jsource.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The war on Gaza has exposed a breaking point between young people in Canada and traditional media, writes @imankassam.bsky.social Beyond the famine frame:

#NEW: This month, 100+ publications got their share of $100 million from Google. Most that applied for funds have been approved. But Indigenous-led online publication, @indiginews.bsky.social was denied. A breakdown of the details, in my first for @jsource.bsky.social j-source.ca/first-batch-...

First batch of Google’s $100 million is paid. Here’s who won big and who didn’t - J-Source

A look at how Online News Act funds are being distributed

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"More journalists were killed in 2024 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed last year, nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israel."

2024 is deadliest year for journalists in CPJ history; almost 70% killed by Israel - Committee to Protect Journalists

Introduction More journalists were killed in 2024 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 124 journalists and medi...

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