Canadian journalist institutions have failed to address their ongoing colonialism and that has meant that urgent Indigenous issues have been ignored or sensationalized.
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While changing the name of the Lou Marsh Trophy is a necessary first step, the weight of Marsh’s legacy will be felt until we fully understand the damage done by his history of sports journalism.
The study analysed the content of six news outlets from 1994 to 2014, looking at how core socio-economic issues were reported.
A large body of research shows the lack of diversity in the UK news media.
The Lou Marsh Trophy was named after the famous sports journalist and editor. But Marsh’s sports coverage of racialized athletes was problematic — should this prompt a renaming of the award?
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication and Media, University of Johannesburg
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Lecturer, Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity, School of Journalism, Birmingham City University
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Professor, School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor, Sport Management, Brock University
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Rogers Journalist in Residence at the TMU School of Journalism/Host and Producer, CBC Radio, Toronto Metropolitan University; Carleton University