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I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneous

The generative AI system offered by Google led its fictional media outlet to report that a school bus drivers’ strike had ...
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Comment une enquête journalistique a forcé Doug Ford à faire marche arrière

Lorsque Doug Ford a tenté d’ouvrir à la construction des terres protégées de la ceinture de verdure, des journalistes du Narwhal et du Toronto Star ont uni leurs forces pour publier une série de repor ...
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How They Did It: Chris Arsenault on unraveling an oil deal — from Guyana’s offshore blocks to a home in Ontario’s cottage country

A flagged footnote, an anonymous tip, and the question of whether Guyana’s oil boom could escape the ‘black gold curse’ led ...
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Des forages du Guyana aux faubourgs de l’Ontario: Chris Arsenault raconte une affaire pétrolière

Une note de bas de page signalée, une information anonyme et la question de savoir si le boom pétrolier du Guyana pourrait ...
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AI in Canadian newsrooms: what do newsrooms in Canada expect from new hires regarding AI literacy?

Cabin Radio in Yellowknife hires a few reporters every summer, or what it calls “front-line” journalists, to cover communities throughout the Northwest Territories. The term “AI” doesn’t appear in any ...
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Shift happens — A media guide for journalists covering the Downtown Eastside

Trust in journalism is eroding worldwide, with fewer people believing the news they consume. According to the Reuters Digital News Report 2024, only 40 per cent of people globally say they trust “most ...
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Crime, coverage and stereotypes: Toronto’s Jane and Finch neighbourhood

Is the media's coverage of Jane and Finch disproportionally negative? Eric Mark Do, J-Source's new Students' Lounge editor and Ryerson Journalism student, looks at the media's coverage of crime in the ...
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AI in Canadian newsrooms: media engaging cautiously

Newsrooms across Canada are figuring out how to use AI, and that leaves journalism educators with a challenge: how to teach students about AI when the industry itself is still working it out. To ...
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Over 250 Canadian news media outlets have closed in the last 10 years

Over the last 10 years, the number of media outlets in Canada has dwindled — and not enough new media outlets have sprung up to replace them. According to data collected by the Local News Research ...
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Exposing Abuse Within Canada’s International Student Boom

Walrus journalist Nicholas Hune-Brown retraces the steps that led to his ground-breaking investigation—probing exploitative recruitment practices in Canada’s international education industry while ...
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Making it ‘Local’: Community data journalism for health justice

How hyperlocal digital community journalism can offer more relevant and equitable coverage Continue Reading Making it ‘Local’: Community data journalism for health justice This paper reports on a ...
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What the decision in a dispute between CBC and Ahmar Khan proves about how Canadian news organizations fail racialized journalists

In a decision released Wednesday, an arbitrator ruled that the public broadcaster “acted improperly” in firing CBC Manitoba journalist Ahmar Khan after he set off “a chain of events” with his tweet ...