The Liberals’ newly announced supports for media would have no impact on the day-to-day decisions of any working journalist. Jerry Dias For the media in Canada and around the world, the internet and social media have changed everything. The way …
Continue Reading A Tax Credit Can Help Save Canadian Journalism, But Never Buy ItIn the wake of the federal government throwing a lifeline to civic journalism last week, let’s take a quiz about perception of media bias. Here we go. Rank in order of importance the following contributions, or alleged contributions, to perceptions of …
Continue Reading Take this Media Bias QuizA country and its culture is distinguished from another by the stories it tells – about itself and about its place in the world. Those are stories told through books and magazines, television and film, through broadcast and printed journalism, …
Continue Reading Culture an essential part of a new NAFTAGood reporters ask hard questions. They challenge what you say, and you better have the facts to back you up. The fact is, tough reporters make me better at my job, and that serves the public. I know I need …
Continue Reading No excuse for attacks on journalistsKen Doctor saw it coming. A few years ago, the media analyst looked at the trend lines and predicted that by 2017 or so, American newsrooms would reach a shocking point. “The halving of America’s daily newsrooms,” he called what …
Continue Reading The local-news crisis is destroying what a divided America desperately needs: Common groundBy Bill FoxOpinion Sun., July 22, 2018 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday tweaked his cabinet line-up as his Liberal government readies itself for the 2019 federal election. And as the new line-up looks for opportunities to step up their …
Continue Reading Cabinet reset an opportunity for a policy reset in support of ‘civic journalism’American media are finally noticing Canada and making nice. It is unclear why they are suddenly so fond of our 37 million citizens, oh I see, they want our subscription money. A chirpy hard-sell American consultant explained it this way …
Continue Reading It’s time to start paying for Canada’s newspapers“If you profit, you contribute—there is no free ride” Heritage Minister Melanie Joly, June 3 2018 The battle for Canadian cultural sovereignty is on. And no, it’s not a battle against Donald Trump. It’s a debate among Canadians. Justin Trudeau’s …
Continue Reading The Battle for Canadian Content (2018-2020)At long last, some common sense in Canadian media policy. On May 31st the CRTC answered Heritage Minister Melanie Joly’s request for its advice on how to sustain Canadian content and local news in the Internet age. With the existing …
Continue Reading This CRTC Chair Ain’t Afraid of No Netflix TaxDoug Ford is now in the news business. The fake news business that is. In a series of Ontario election campaign videos circulated by Ford’s campaign team, the front-running leader of the Conservative party appears as a news subject in …
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