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CAJ launches third annual Canadian Newsroom Diversity Survey

Monique Durette2023-03-14T20:22:53-04:00

OTTAWA ON, March 15, 2023 / The Canadian Association of Journalists is pleased to announce the launch of the 2023 Canadian Newsroom Diversity Survey — Canada’s annual national media diversity survey. This is the third year that the survey is being sent out to newsroom leaders nationwide. Last year’s survey saw 242 media outlets participate in the survey. “The Canadian Newsroom Diversity Survey is a critical exercise to help understand and evaluate our industry’s commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives,” said CAJ president Brent Jolly. “The number of outlets participating increased from year one to year two. We look [...]

CAJ launches third annual Canadian Newsroom Diversity SurveyMonique Durette2023-03-14T20:22:53-04:00

CAJ ‘springs forward’ with the latest round of its mentorship program

Monique Durette2023-03-09T14:37:09-05:00

OTTAWA, March 9, 2021 /CNW/ —The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is thrilled to announce the launch of our Spring 2023 Mentorship Program. Since launching in August 2020, the CAJ Mentorship Program has been thrilled to include some of the best journalists working in radio, television, digital, and print publications across the country. Each has signed on voluntarily to donate their time. “The CAJ Mentorship Program has provided invaluable guidance, training, and professional development to hundreds of its early and mid-career members,” said CAJ president Brent Jolly. “We’ve seen how this program has provided a ‘hand-up’ to so many young [...]

CAJ ‘springs forward’ with the latest round of its mentorship programMonique Durette2023-03-09T14:37:09-05:00

Applications open for 2023 EU-Canada Young Journalist Fellowship

Monique Durette2023-03-01T12:12:10-05:00

Ottawa, ON, Mar 1 2023 – The Delegation of the European Union to Canada and the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) are thrilled to launch the 2023 edition of the European Union-Canada Young Journalist Fellowship. Deadline for submissions is 3 May 2023. The study tour to Brussels will take place the week of 9 October 2023. The EU-Canada Young Journalist Fellowship aims to recognize outstanding journalistic talent among young Canadians. Since 2001, three candidates have been selected every year to participate in a weeklong study tour to experience the EU institutions, the Canadian Mission to the EU, and media outlets [...]

Applications open for 2023 EU-Canada Young Journalist FellowshipMonique Durette2023-03-01T12:12:10-05:00

Canadian Association of Journalists announces 2022 finalists for Canada’s top investigative journalism awards competition

Monique Durette2023-03-01T10:01:35-05:00

OTTAWA, ON., Feb. 24, 2023 /CNW/ – The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is pleased to share the list of finalists for its 2022 awards program. Recipients in each category will be announced at the awards gala scheduled for April 15, 2023 in Vancouver, as part of the CAJ’s national conference. Finalists qualify for special conference rates, and will be contacted with how to obtain these rates. Finalists are listed alphabetically according to the media outlet where they worked at the time their entry was broadcast/published or where the particular entry was broadcast/published. Links to work have been provided where [...]

Canadian Association of Journalists announces 2022 finalists for Canada’s top investigative journalism awards competitionMonique Durette2023-03-01T10:01:35-05:00

Hey Google: Why are you preventing some Canadians from accessing the news?

Monique Durette2023-02-23T21:49:59-05:00

TORONTO, ON, Feb. 23, 2023 - Google’s efforts to prevent some Canadians from accessing news on its platform under the auspices of “rebalancing the power dynamics in the digital news marketplace” is a harmful act that amounts to taking the public hostage in its efforts to undermine legislation currently being studied by the Canadian Senate. On Wednesday, Google told The Canadian Press that it is temporarily limiting access to news content for less than four per cent of its Canadian users as it evaluates potential responses to Bill C-18, The Online News Act. If passed, the legislation would compel tech [...]

Hey Google: Why are you preventing some Canadians from accessing the news?Monique Durette2023-02-23T21:49:59-05:00

Breaching a journalist’s Charter rights is a red line that can never be crossed

Monique Durette2023-02-14T14:22:54-05:00

VANCOUVER, B.C., Feb. 13, 2023 /CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) strongly supports the legal action brought forward in the Supreme Court of British Columbia earlier today by Amber Bracken and The Narwhal against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and related parties for alleged violation of their rights under Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The lawsuit stems from the arrest of Bracken, an award-winning photojournalist, while she was on assignment for The Narwhal in late 2021. Bracken was covering enforcement of an injunction related to the construction of TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink pipeline on unceded Wet’suwet’en territory. Following [...]

Breaching a journalist’s Charter rights is a red line that can never be crossedMonique Durette2023-02-14T14:22:54-05:00

Announcing the Winter 2023 CAJ Post-Secondary Student Interns

Monique Durette2023-02-07T14:37:56-05:00

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is pleased to welcome Scott Duke-Giles, Poornima Francis and Yumna Iftikhar to the team and will work with the CAJ as post-secondary student interns for the winter semester. Duke-Giles, Francis and Iftikhar will help produce engaging promotional materials, aid in communications efforts of the organization and will assist the conference committee with planning and delivery of the CAJ’s upcoming national conference and awards gala. Scott Duke-Giles is a British-Canadian first year Master of Journalism student at the University of British Columbia. He is from North London and finds himself living in Canada for the [...]

Announcing the Winter 2023 CAJ Post-Secondary Student InternsMonique Durette2023-02-07T14:37:56-05:00

CAJ releases second annual national Canadian Newsroom Diversity Survey results

Monique Durette2022-12-21T18:42:57-05:00

OTTAWA, Dec. 21, 2022/ CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is pleased to release the findings of its second annual national Canadian Newsroom Diversity Survey. The CAJ collected data on 5,012 journalists from 242 newsrooms across radio, television, digital and print media in Canada. This is up from 3,873 journalists at 209 newsrooms in the inaugural 2021 survey results. The CAJ worked with data and analytics experts at Qlik to develop an interactive website to visualize the results. This year's survey represents the most comprehensive data set on the gender and racial breakdown of Canadian newsrooms. It marks [...]

CAJ releases second annual national Canadian Newsroom Diversity Survey resultsMonique Durette2022-12-21T18:42:57-05:00

The Canadian Association of Journalists is now accepting nominations for its 2022 Awards program

Monique Durette2022-12-02T11:47:02-05:00

OTTAWA, Dec. 2, 2022 / CNW/ – The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is pleased to announce entries are now being accepted for its CAJ Awards program, Canada’s preeminent national journalism investigative awards program. The CAJ Awards program features 18 categories and rewards journalistic excellence published across multiple platforms and frequencies. There are special awards for specific topics, including: environment and climate change, labour, human rights, and reconciliation. The 2022 program will also celebrate the excellent work from student journalists, as well as recognize an emerging Indigenous journalist. The deadline to submit entries to this year’s competition is 11:59 p.m. [...]

The Canadian Association of Journalists is now accepting nominations for its 2022 Awards programMonique Durette2022-12-02T11:47:02-05:00

CAJ Fall 2022 mentorship program matches 59 journalists with mentors

Monique Durette2022-12-06T14:36:06-05:00

TORONTO, November 28, 2022/ CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is pleased to announce the 59 successful applicants for the seventh round of its mentorship program. In the coming weeks, mentees will work with mentors from across the country and across mediums and platforms: radio, television, audience engagement, photojournalism, digital, and print publications. Mentors had the option to select mentees for a full six-week individual or group mentorship, or have a one-hour conversation. This allowed flexibility for mentors’ busy schedules, and ultimately for more journalists to participate in the program. “Learning from those who have come before you [...]

CAJ Fall 2022 mentorship program matches 59 journalists with mentorsMonique Durette2022-12-06T14:36:06-05:00

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