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| February 7, 2017

Communities need to take back community media

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A lot of people over the years have have had the experience of going to the local community cable production studio to do an interview, operate a camera and even host their own show.

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| December 22, 2015

A message to the media: I am more than just violence

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In the new media age, #JournalismIs... more important than ever

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There's a new advertising campaign adorning pages in Canada's national dailies this summer and it's got journalists talking

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CBC's program q aimed at U.S. youth while most Canadians given a back seat

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When CBC management announced following the dismissal of Jian Ghomeshi last October that the radio program Q would be re-launched, I hoped that we might see a revival of true Canadian arts and culture programming in radio's morning time slot.  

I and tens-of-thousands of other Canadians yearn for the return of programming similar to some of the greatest radio broadcasting in the world that found its home on CBC Radio going back to the mid-1970s -- programs such as This Country in the Morning, Morningside and This Country.

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| April 16, 2015

Journalism's legitimation crisis

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There is a core contradiction at the heart of journalism. The public interest is giving way to the advancement of private interests.

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Why were these Gaza protest photographs altered?

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