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Your insights will help J-Source track press freedom violations and create tools that best serve media workers, organizations, students and researchers. Take the Canada Press Freedom Project questionnaire: https://j-source.ca//complete-the-canada-press-freedom-pr/

Vos commentaires aideront J-Source à surveiller les violations de la liberté de la presse et à créer des outils qui serviront mieux les travailleurs des médias, les organisations, les étudiants et les chercheurs. Remplissez le questionnaire du Projet sur la liberté de la presse au Canada:

If you work in anything from journalism to media research or access-to-information policy, we want to hear from you as we develop the Canada Press Freedom Project:

AD: Registration is open for RISE the Canadian Association of Black Journalists and Communicators and Canadian Journalists of Colour's inaugural joint conference, for and by racialized journalists. Visit RISE Conference online for more details: https://riseconference.ca

The professional craft of obituary writing has been disappearing with newspapers' decline. But in the wake of public health crises, large scale commemorative projects are reviving the medium:

We've got #journojobs from The Local, National Observer, CHEK News, Up Here magazine & more:

The Journalistic Role Performance project is examining the evolution of journalists’ practice during a period of deep disruption for news organizations

Across industry organizations, newsrooms and campus media, journalists are re-examining best practices on reporting on mental health and suicide:

Community-driven, multimedia journalist Collins Maina is working with J-Source to build a national resource for press freedom data and education

It's a community of ambitious and curious young people who are just trying to learn more about our history, our heritage." TRAD magazine brings African culture, ideas to young audience:

"Most of the people we interviewed described persistent financial insecurity and anxiety about the stability of their jobs. Nearly all participants had been laid off in most cases, multiple times."

AD: Les candidatures pour le Prix et les bourses Michener 2020 sont désormais acceptées. La date limite est le 19 février. Pour en savoir plus: bit.ly/2W7Mqye

We've got #journojobs from The Local, The Walrus, FVCurrent, CANADALAND, King's Journalism & more:

"The journalists we studied were caught between intense demands from employers for near-total commitment and persistent anxiety and financial insecurity rooted in the precarious conditions of their work."

Please check out the article published on J-Source about our recent research project on COVID-19 and media coverage of related topics.

AD: Submissions are now open for the 2020 Michener Award and Fellowships. The deadline to enter is Feb. 19, 2021. Learn more at: https://bit.ly/3af5SRZ

At the CRTC hearings, the fundamental issues did not get addressed. What we need urgently is to rethink CBC/Radio-Canada’s mandate in the digital age

"We’re hearing all of the right words, but are we seeing what needs to be seen to restore the trust that is gone between these organizations and racialized journalists?" Canadian Association of Black Journalists and Communicators and Canadian Journalists of Colour on calls to action, one year later: