CJF J-Talks. Journalism Matters
CJF J-Talks. Journalism matters. 2017-2018 Year in Review Fixing Newsroom Culture: A conversation with Lara Setrakian May 25, 2018 – Sheraton Centre, Toronto Lara Setrakian is co-founder of Press Forward, an organization looking to improve newsroom culture in the wake of media-industry sexual harassment allegations—including her own against journalist Mark Halperin while at ABC News. She is also co-founder and CEO of News Deeply, a digital media company that mixes investigative reporting, expert analysis and community insights to create single-theme platforms that cover topics such as Syria, refugees and water. Setrakian was in conversation with Farah Nasser, anchor of Global News at 5:30 & 6. In partnership with RTDNA. Building Trust in Media May 2, 2018 – Google Headquarters, Toronto In an age of misinformation, disinformation, AI and media manipulation, how can news organizations and platforms like Google build trust with audiences? This discussion featured Richard Gingras, vice-president of news at Google, Craig Silverman, media editor with BuzzFeed News; and moderator Anna Maria Tremonti, host of CBC Radio One’s The Current. Reportage as Superpower: A Conversation with Emily Steel April 25, 2018 – National Arts Centre, Ottawa It’s true. Emily Steel, Pulitzer Prize-winning business reporter with The New York Times, took down the bad guys with her reporting. With the media industry as her beat, she and a colleague exposed former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly’s settlements with multiple women over sexual harassment and other inappropriate behaviour--now known to total more than $45 million. She went on to report about the toxic culture at Vice Media, involving four settlements over sexual harassment and defamation allegations.
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