Since 2018, Canadian journalism has generated over $315 million for Facebook. Putting some of these profits back into the Canadian media may help address the losses faced by the industry.
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Small newspapers and new start-ups face significant barriers to receiving government grant money and a share of ad revenue from Google and Facebook, making their survival less than assured.
The news media crisis is constant but there are a few practical solutions available to help the news business get out of the hole.
Canada’s news industry has been decimated by losses of advertising revenue during the pandemic. There are some promising signs, however, that more Canadians are paying for digital news subscriptions.
Does taking government money mean journalists owe the government something? A media ethics scholar examines the ethical questions about news organizations getting government help during the pandemic.
According to the Australian Newsroom Mapping Project, there have been 200 contractions of news operations since March. But ‘news deserts’ were a growing problem long before coronavirus.
COVID-19 has accelerated the disintegration of New Zealand’s media. A state-led reconstruction strategy is the only answer.
Examining the first newspaper notices from 400 years ago reveals the beginnings of marketing strategies that would eventually power the advertising world into the modern era.
Small newspapers across Australia are closing or going digital-only in the economic fall-out from the coronavirus pandemic. This is what we need to do to save them.
W.T. Stead’s 1885 account of the process by which wealthy Londoners procured teenagers for sex became a global news story, but the police refused to investigate.
A newspaper paying its journalists bonuses to chase page views has big implications for its role in a democracy.
With major dailies giving a megaphone to the police, the coverage of Stonewall is a reminder of what’s lost when alternative media outlets wither away.
A New York Times decision has led to predictions of the death of cartooning. But rather than perishing, is the global art form just feeling the full force of technological and workplace change?
Canadians have relatively high trust in their media compared to other countries, but that doesn’t translate into a willingness to pay for online news.
Students – and indeed all of us – must learn to ask questions about what stories are told, and the implications of what stories are not being told.
The health of American democracy could be at stake.
The newspaper industry has been asking the federal government for financial assistance for years. Now that Ottawa has revealed its plan, what purpose will it serve to sustain news organizations?
The #MeToo movement brought to light the extent of sexual violence in the community, largely through the media. But there is still a long way to go to overturn stereotypes and shut down online abuse.
American politics has gotten more partisan in the last 50 years. One of the reasons: the closing of local newspapers.
Journalism’s crisis – loss of readers, revenue and respect – has led many to conclude that if the news business is to survive, it has to do a better job of connecting with its audience. How can it be done?
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Professor of Political Communication; Director CAJ, The University of Melbourne
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C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy, University of Pennsylvania
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Professor (Communication), Deakin University
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Visiting Professor of Practice (Journalism), City St George's, University of London
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Professor in Media and Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Concordia University
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Associate Professor, Co-Director of the Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University
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Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Professeure/Professor, Directrice/Director, Centre d'études sur les médias, Université Laval
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Senior Lecturer in Media & Communication at UCFB, University Campus of Football Business
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Assistant Professor of Political Communication, Louisiana State University