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The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is proud to join more than two dozen Canadian news organizations and industry supporters for the newly-launched ‘Fact Checked’ campaign that aims to fight misinformation by amplifying the value of Canadian journalism. The campaign was produced by Unifor’s Media Action Plan. The campaign will see advertisements shared online and social media, aired on radio and television and printed in newspapers across the country. The campaign’s editorial cartoon was created by Michael de Adder. “Our Fact Checked campaign is meant as a reminder to Canadians who want to be informed and want to be accurate [...]

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) vehemently opposes the recent changes proposed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that would severely limit Canadian journalists’ ability to live and work in the United States. This is not the first time this proposal has been made. During the last Donald Trump administration, changes were proposed to I visas that would limit the time foreign journalists can stay and work in the U.S. At the time, the CAJ and a number of news agencies, including CBC/Radio-Canada, CTV News and the Toronto Star, signed a joint statement calling for the proposal to be [...]

This past Sunday, a team of four Al Jazeera journalists and two freelance reporters were killed in a bombing by Israel. In the hours and days since we learned of the killing, we have also received considerable correspondence from members who have expressed their desire to see the CAJ issue a statement condemning the killings. The CAJ’s position has always been, and always will be, that attacks on journalists anywhere in the world are attacks on journalism. Full stop. Sunday’s deliberate attack was a devastating, appalling, and tragic loss of life. Once again, we join the Committee to Protect Journalists [...]

In Canada, journalists shouldn’t need to look over their shoulders just for doing their jobs. But that’s exactly what’s happening to Globe and Mail reporter Carrie Tait, who has been the subject of a disturbing online intimidation campaign. An anonymous social media account has posted photos of her taken without her knowledge, tracked her private movements, and implied they will expose her confidential sources. "These kinds of intimidation tactics have no place in a democratic society,” said Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) president Brent Jolly. “They are assaults on the very foundations of press freedom that are enshrined in Canada’s [...]