Journalists

• Community mobilizes to stop staff cuts at Montreal Gazette

  A group calling itself the Friends of the Montreal Gazette, has launched a campaign they hope will stop any planned staff cuts at the newspaper.

  Canada

  Feb 12, 2023
  
• Twitter facing UN, EU backlash over journalist suspensions. What to know

  Elon Musk is facing backlash from the European Union, the United Nations, and Amnesty International after Twitter suspended at least five journalists.

  World

  Dec 16, 2022
  
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• Killing of Las Vegas reporter an example of dangers in modern journalism

  The political climate in the U.S. and elsewhere, where the media is increasingly under attack from behind political podiums, is exacerbating an already dangerous situation.

  World

  Sep 13, 2022
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• Gord Steinke prepares for final Global Edmonton newscast after 30 years as anchor

  Three decades after becoming a television news anchor with Global Edmonton, Gord Steinke is preparing to read the news on air for the last time before he officially retires.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2022
• Afghan interpreter in Pakistan pleads with Ottawa to speed up visa processing

  'They are asking me, 'Please, what will happen to us? Please contact with IRCC,'' said a former Canadian Forces interpreter who escaped to Pakistan.

  World

  Oct 1, 2021
• U.S. tightens visa rules for Chinese journalists in retaliatory move

  The United States and China have been engaged in a series of retaliatory actions involving journalists in recent months.

  World

  May 8, 2020
• Saskatoon Express newspaper’s demise leaves void for local readers

  The Saskatoon Express weekly community newspaper put out its final edition Monday, citing a decline in advertising revenue.

  Canada

  May 14, 2019
• Journalists faced ‘unprecedented’ violence, hatred this year: report

  The murder of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi in a year when more than half of all journalists killed were targeted deliberately reflects a hatred of the media in many areas of society, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday.

  World

  Dec 18, 2018
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• Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel laureate and honourary Canadian, slammed after Myanmar imprisons journalists

  Suu Kyi is being pilloried by diplomats and human rights activists after a judge in Myanmar sentenced two Reuters journalists to jail for seven years. 

  World

  Sep 3, 2018
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• Halifax councillor Matt Whitman likes, then unlikes, tweet advocating violence against journalists

  Whitman is no stranger to social media controversy.

  Politics

  May 11, 2018