On Friday, January 5, Linda Solomon Wood joined Manda Aufochs Gillespie on Folk U Radio to talk about the state of the media today.
Solomon has been a professional journalist since the 1970s and founded the Vancouver Observer in 2009. As the bio on her website explains, this grew into a national publication:
Continue reading Folk U: Linda Solomon Talks about the state of the media todayWriter, journalist, ecologist, and Cortesian Rex Weyler joined us on December 15th to chat about truth and bias. We discussed media literacy, checking our own biases, and the intersection of media and global politics. Listen to this fascinating presentation and discussion on reading between the headlines.
Continue reading Rex Weyler Talks about truth and bias on Folk UEditor’s note: This story is of interest because of the light it shines on the modern media.
Emmanuel Nwaneri, New Canadian Media, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
If you’ve noticed a shift in the news over the last two decades, it’s likely caused by two things: A massive drop in the number of Canadian reporters and a correspondingly huge surge in the number of spin doctors.
According to journalist-author Cecil Rosner, the number of active reporters in Canada by 2021 has shrunk to about 11,000 from about 13,000 in 1991. In this 20-year period, the number of public relations consultants has increased from about 24,000, to about 160,000 – a ratio of 14 – 1 vis-à-vis publicists and reporters, Rosner says.
Continue reading Manipulating the message: Public relations consultants outnumber journalists 14 – 1 in CanadaTerrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
After two days of court hearings, all those arrested from the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline construction site in northwest B.C. have been released with conditions.
Last week the RCMP arrested 29 people from the construction site near Houston, while enforcing an injunction order for CGL and clearing up blockades set up by a Wet’suwet’en group and their supporters.
Continue reading All arrested CGL pipeline opponents in northwest B.C. released with conditionsBy Fernando Arce, New Canadian Media, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A new landmark study shows most Canadian newsrooms remain overwhelmingly white even as immigration continues to redefine this country’s demographics, resulting in much public lament over the lack of diversity in the media.
Continue reading ‘Historic’ report slams Canadian newsrooms for overwhelming whiteness
