Canada's competition watchdog sues Google over online advertising #cdnpoli trib.al/I2FJ6Xl

🧵We are alarmed at the persistent and escalating patterns of harassment and intimidation directed towards Canadian journalists who dare to report on contentious topics in the public interest. One recent example occurred this past weekend with journalist Rachel Gilmore. (1/5)

Attn: #GoldQuill entrants! Check out the UpSkill video youtu.be/pBYL65oEYMY?fe… for insights from world class IABC communicators from 🇺🇸🇨🇦 🇿🇦 🇦🇺 More than 2 hours of helpful tips curated by IABC Waterloo #ProfessionalDevelopment #communication IABC Canada West Region (CWR) IABC Canada East

🎧: Margaret Sullivan, columnist and former New York Times editor, joins Media Confidential. She has called Trump an existential threat to journalism. “Buckle up! It’s going to be wild.” mediaconfidential.lnk.to/podcastto

How a little-known far-right candidate manipulated TikTok to rise to the top in the Romanian election rappler.com/world/europe/h… via Rappler

Threats against the lives of Canadian journalists are real and indisputable. We're pleased to politicians speaking out about it, but we'd like to see these words turn into action: montrealgazette.com/news/local-new… #polcan #qcpoli #cdnpoli

Snow sculpture in process.

On today's show... The tradition continues in Hespeler Remembering a massacre Concerns raised over new road in Kitchener Council Chambers The Coach's Show The Other Coach's Show The Friday Four Free Phones Friday Listen live, 9-1, on CityNews Kitchener! kitchener.citynews.ca/audio/

Valuable insight into CBC News coverage and monitoring of #bias. #journalism #democracy

Catching Up on MediaPolicy - News bias at the #CBC - Online harms back on the menu - Doug, #Trump and the 51st state mediapolicy.ca/2024/12/07/cat… via MediaPolicy.ca

"...life in a news desert: more political corruption, higher taxes, lower bond ratings, greater social alienation and rising misinformation, as well as the loss of social cohesion when subjects such as high school sports, local obits and community projects aren’t covered." 🤔

"They will do everything to undermine public confidence in the press and to undermine its economic sustainability". Donald Trump has threatened more lawsuits against the media. Marty Baron tells me "they are salivating for the opportunity to prosecute journalists."

Why paying for a newspaper (or real journalism) is worth every penny. Florida is no longer the Sunshine State. To get a public record, you often have to hire a lawyer.

The next issue of our bimonthly newsletter, Dispatch, is coming out soon! Kickstart the new year with the latest #pressfreedom news. It's free! Subscribe today: worldpressfreedomcanada.ca/dispatch/ #cdnpoli #polcan #democracy #journalismmatters #JournalismIsNotACrime

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

I gave this TED talk warning Silicon Valley of the profound threat of it posed to democracy nearly 6 years ago. It provoked a lawsuit that caused me years of pain. The UK government did nothing to contain the threat. And here we are.

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has decided to ditch fact-checkers and ask users to contest facts—or create alternative ones. alan rusbridger and Khaled Mansour خالد منصور, who sit on the company’s oversight board, respond to his latest move. prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/free-…

Thank you to Valerie Hill for writing this beautiful "Lifetimes" piece about #MamaV, aka my Mom. She loved the news, and looked forward to reading the Waterloo Region Record daily while she was able. I know she would be humbled to be reading about herself today.

On Thursday, January 9, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) released a landmark report, Municipalities Under Pressure: The Human and Financial Cost of Ontario's Homelessness Crisis. The findings are sobering: Ontario is at a tipping point. Homelessness is

Today I started a 21-day hunger strike to support my dear friend Alaa Abd -el-Fattah, still in prison in Egypt. His 68-yo mum is also striking. She hasn’t eaten for 113 days. We are outside Downing St each day demanding the Brit Govt do more to help one of their own.