Un/fortunately there were no social media or web sites as we know it on March 24, 1993, to look up and refer back to now, but there’s always Hansard. 1/14

Seems like a good day to share Viviane Fairbank's excellent 2021 story from The Walrus, "How Do We Exit the Post-Truth Era?: Why fact-checking alone won't save us from fake news." thewalrus.ca/how-do-we-exit…

Thank you to Konrad Yakabuski and the The Globe and Mail for highlighting our recent research on the future of the CBC/Radio-Canada. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Thanks to Mike Farwell and CityNews Kitchener for having me on to talk about Canadians and their media environment!

Some context from Jessica Johnson (who led our national survey that examined how Cdns feel about CBC & Radio-Canada: bit.ly/DoWeNeedtheCBC) in response to today's announcement from Minister Pascale St-Onge re: her vision for Canada's largest public service media. #cdnpoli

With so much going on in the world, I converted my tips on how to pitch a story to a publication (long the pinned tweet on my profile) to a more detailed Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/peoplewhoh…

With Chris Alexander 🇨🇦🌻, I wrote about the growing international case for maintaining public media services like the CBC/Radio-Canada in the face of misinformation/disinformation, natural disasters, and other threats to public safety. thestar.com/opinion/contri…

"The survival of civic-function journalism, especially on a local level, is a cross-partisan matter." ppforum.ca/publications/l…

We’re hiring! The Indigenous Editors Association is seeking a part‐time, remote Administrative Assistant. For full job details, please visit our LinkedIn post: linkedin.com/posts/indigeno…. Kindly share with your network!

I talked to David Coletto 🇨🇦 for my article on the CBC, and he shared these results, which show that voters think Poilievre would kill CBC and most don't want that.

Tonight on APTN National News: A grassroots campaign in Ontario is encouraging First Nations people to participate in the upcoming federal election. A family in Saskatoon is fighting to stop the adoption of Indigenous children into non-Indigenous homes. youtube.com/live/MnlHOxFxy…

Today, Senior Fellow at the Centre and author of What Should the CBC Be?, Jessica Johnson spoke with CJAD 800 Montreal about how Google's AI overviews are problematic for media outlets and our information ecosystem. Have a listen here ⬇️