Work-from-home workarounds
EVA VOINIGESCU During her first few days of working remotely, CBC parliamentary bureau senior reporter Karina Roman was worried that she’d recreate 2017’s viral “BBC [Read more...]
Journalists
Get tough with those who suppress free expression, CWA Canada leader tells social media conference
A two-day international conference — Social Media: Challenges and Ways to Promote Freedoms and Protect Activists — that wrapped up Monday in Doha, Qatar, drew more than [Read more...]
In a chilly year for the news business, union organizing is smoking hot
RICK EDMONDS | Poynter [~] Put 2018 in the rear view mirror ASAP for those trying to make money by doing journalism. Newspaper revenues are still sinking fast. Magazines are [Read more...]
Leader of far-right group faces criminal charges in attempt to intimidate VICE journalists
The leader of the neo-fascist group Atalante, whose members attempted to intimidate VICE journalists last month in Montreal, is facing criminal charges. Martin O’Hanlon, [Read more...]
CWA Canada expresses ‘grave concern’ over crackdown on media in Turkey
CWA Canada has appealed to the Turkish envoy in Ottawa to “take a stand against authoritarianism” after a court in Istanbul on Thursday sentenced 25 journalists to jail [Read more...]
Understanding Canada’s new shield law for confidential sources
LISA TAYLOR, BRIAN MACLEOD ROGERS, RYDER GILLILAND | J-Source [~] Canada has a new law that offers significantly enhanced protections to reporters’ confidential sources and [Read more...]
Board hearing on National Post union vote set for Oct. 11
TORONTO – A majority of newsroom staff at the National Post have voted to join media union CWA Canada, but the final vote result will have to wait until after a hearing is [Read more...]
National Post newsroom staff file to unionize
TORONTO — Newsroom staff at the National Post have officially filed for union certification after a strong majority of workers signed union cards. CWA Canada, the [Read more...]
Coalition urges press shield laws, inquiry into spying on journalists
A press freedom coalition of a dozen organizations, including CWA Canada, is calling on the federal government to take urgent action to protect journalists and their sources. [Read more...]
