TORONTO, Sept. 4, 2020 /CNW/ —The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the Ontario Provincial Police’s decision to arrest and lay charges against an award-winning Indigenous journalist...
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TORONTO, 18 août 2020 /CNW/—Dimanche dernier, le conseil national de l’Association canadienne des journalistes (CAJ) s’est réuni pour une réunion ordinaire. Un des points importants à l’ordre du jour a été de discuter de la récente déci...
Read MoreTORONTO, Aug. 18, 2020 /CNW/ -This past Sunday, the national board of the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) gathered for a regular meeting. One of our main agenda items was to discuss the recent news of the Alberta Legislative Press Gallery’s refusal to issue memberships to employees o...
Read MoreOTTAWA, Aug 4, 2020 /CNW/ —The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is thrilled to announce the launch of the 2020 Mentorship Program for Early-Career Journalists. Some of the best journalists working in radio, television, digital, and print publications across the country have s...
Read MoreTORONTO, July 31, 2020 /CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is alarmed to learn the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has threatened CBC reporter Colin Butler with harassment charges while performing his reporting duties. "Responsible, ethical, reporting requires that journalist...
Read MoreOTTAWA, 28 juillet 2020/CNW/ — L’Association canadienne des journalistes (CAJ) condamne les attaques contre des journalistes qui couvraient des manifestations anti-masques à Québec et à Montréal survenues le week-end dernier, et demande à la police de sanctionner...
Read MoreOTTAWA, July 28, 2020/CNW/ — The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) condemns the attacks against journalists covering anti-mask protests in Quebec City and Montreal this past weekend and calls on police to sanction all behaviour by protesters that intentionally put journalists̵...
Read MoreUpdate: An earlier version of this press release stated that Global had laid off 70 journalists from across its operations. Global claims that number is incorrect but declined to say how many people were laid off. TORONTO, July 23, 2020 /CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) was dism...
Read MoreOTTAWA, July 6, 2020 /CNW/ — The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is pleased to announce Brent Jolly has been elected as president for the 2020-2022 term. Jolly served as vice-president of the CAJ since 2018, and has chaired the association’s events and advocacy committee...
Read MoreOTTAWA, June 10, 2020 /CNW/ — The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is raising a number of concerns about Ontario's proposed Bill 156 and it's impacts on journalists and the public's right to know. These concerns include the targeting of investigative journalists an...
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