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#NEW: This month, 100+ publications got their share of $100 million from Google.
Most that applied for funds have been approved. But Indigenous-led online publication, @indiginews.bsky.social was denied.
A breakdown of the details, in my first for @jsource.bsky.social
j-source.ca/first-batch-...
First batch of Google’s $100 million is paid.
@brishti.bsky.social reports on who won big and who didn’t:
Citing data from the Canada Press Freedom Project, a @jsource.bsky.social initiative, the Fédération Professionnelle des Journalistes du Québec is demanding that HRC drop its intimidating tactics against journalists
www.fpjq.org/fr/nouvelles...
"More journalists were killed in 2024 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed last year, nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israel."
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Reminder: Applications for The Local Journalism Fellowship are due in one week. Come work with us this summer! thelocal.to/local-jounal...
10.02.2025 20:19 — 👍 14 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 1Some personal news, as they say:
Introducing Debrief Communications! A collective of journalists making our skills available for hire in the communications market.
Website: debriefcomms.ca
Full announcement ⬇️
Submissions are open for @registerednurses.bsky.social’s annual Media Awards, recognizing journalists for their outstanding reporting on nursing and health-care issues.
Apply by Feb. 28:
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I’d be grateful if you’d support @jsource.bsky.social by following us where we’ll be from now on:
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“The independence their support grants us demands ethical responsibility — and underscores our decision that exiting X is the right thing to do.”
@thetyee.ca on leaving Twitter:
The Canada Press Freedom Project collected testimony on student media’s biggest threats, from censorship to legal intimidation to lack of funding.
Healing the journalism pipeline: Tips and tricks for understanding the legal state of post-secondary journalism in Canada:
"It is crucial to situate climate disinformation & delay narratives within the broader context of climate obstruction, because ultimately, climate obstruction is a systemic issue & its solutions should be too."
New @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social report on climate disinformation:
Come work with me! We're looking for a newsletter writer who can help our reporting sing and our commentary, um, also sing?
This job involves developing the voice of the publication and working across beats, and has a ton of space to grow.
ICYMI - @rsf.org - Reporters Without Borders and @ifex.org are on Bluesky icymi #pressfreedom also recommend @citizenlab.ca and @jsource.bsky.social
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CPFP is continuing to speak with media workers who have been targeted by HonestReporting Canada.
Want to talk? Get in touch here:
Journalists have described the aftermath of being targeted by HRC (reviewofjournalism.ca/the-power-to...) and its chilling effects: (breachmedia.ca/cbc-whitewas...).
04.02.2025 18:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Journalists have received hundreds of messages after being named in these campaigns, including one student journalist who received 1,500 emails in a single day.
04.02.2025 18:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Journalists targeted by these campaigns tell CPFP that HRC is weaponizing antisemitism to shut down reporting critical of Israel, and in the process provoking torrents of online harassment.
04.02.2025 18:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The organization says it aims to “control the narrative” by monitoring media and mobilizing complaints about reporting it sees as anti-Israel.
04.02.2025 18:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This number only includes posts which name individual media workers or newsrooms and which also include a means to contact them.
04.02.2025 18:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Media workers and newsrooms reporting on Israel and Palestine are being flooded with messages after being named in HonestReporting Canada pressure campaigns. Since Oct. 2023, HRC has relentlessly targeted the media, posting about twice a day — nearly 700 alerts total.
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From the Canada Press Freedom Project:
HonestReporting Canada has targeted at least 384 individual media workers with almost 700 publications since October 2023.
CPFP is tracking these incidents as “chilling statements” in our database of press freedom infringements:
The Walrus (@thewalrus.ca) is launching six regional bureaus to tell Canada’s local stories
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HonestReporting Canada has targeted at least 384 individual media workers with almost 700 publications since October 2023.
CPFP is tracking these incidents as “chilling statements” in our database of press freedom infringements:
HonestReporting Canada has targeted at least 384 individual media workers with almost 700 publications since October 2023.
CPFP is tracking these incidents as “chilling statements” in our database of press freedom infringements:
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New Canada Press Freedom Project data:
HonestReporting Canada has targeted at least 384 individual media workers with almost 700 publications since Oct. 2023. CPFP is tracking these incidents as “chilling statements” in our database of press freedom infringements:
