2015-2016 Year in Review CJF J-Talks Journalism matters. Through our live events, media experts and other industry leaders share information, exchange perspectives, and debate ethics and values to gain an understanding of the realities that drive the other's policies and practices. To watch webcasts, view photos, read liveblogs and more, visit www.cjf-fjc.ca/j-talks. Keeping Pace with the New Media Ecosystem May 26, 2016 | TMX Broadcast Centre, Toronto Even as news publishers innovate to adapt to digital disruption, the challenges keep coming. When it comes to business models, product development and journalism itself, what will it take for the news industry to remain viable? Digital pioneer Emily Bell, founding director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School, was in conversation with leading thinker on digital disruption in the media David Skok, managing editor and vice-president of digital for The Boston Globe. Amy Goodman with David Walmsley May 19, 2016 | Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto Amy Goodman’s remarkable career is built on casting light into the corners where mainstream media fail to look. An award-winning investigative journalist, she is host and executive producer of the independent daily news program Democracy Now!. In this conversation with David Walmsley, editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail, Goodman discussed media coverage of the U.S. election and America's role in international conflicts. Google: Journalism’s Greatest Frenemy? May 5, 2016 | Toronto Board of Trade Is Google more friend or foe to news publishers? How does Google see its role in relation to the future of journalism? Richard Gingras, senior director of news at Google, was in conversation with David Walmsley, editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail, to discuss the delicate symbiosis between the powerful tech company and the news media it aims to serve. Media Evolving: A Look at Changing LGBT Coverage April 5, 2016 | TD Bank Tower How are media coverage and newsroom culture changing when it comes to LGBT issues? Join speakers Kamal Al-Solaylee, author of Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes and associate professor of journalism at Ryerson University; Susan Marjetti, executive director of radio and audio for CBC English Services; and Lauren Strapagiel, social news editor with BuzzFeed Canada, to look at the evolving landscape in print, broadcast and digital news organizations. Kevin Newman, co-host and correspondent for CTV's W5 and co-author of All Out, a memoir he wrote with his son, moderated this panel. Spotlight on Publishers: The Challenge of Making News Pay February 3, 2016 | TMX Broadcast Centre, Toronto It might just be the toughest job in the industry: trying to find ways to make journalism profitable. Reducing the number of print editions, diverting resources to tablets, upping the amount of sponsored content and removing (or keeping) paywalls—which strategies are key to creating a sustainable business model? Top publishers Phillip Crawley of The Globe and Mail and John Cruickshank of the Toronto Star joined La Presse COO Pierre-Elliott Levasseur to discuss finding the right revenue model to support quality journalism. Kelly Toughill, director of the School of Journalism at University of King’s College, moderated this discussion. Martin Baron in conversation with Anne Marie Owens November 18, 2015 | TMX Broadcast Centre, Toronto The Washington Post has found some recent rare swagger. The storied newspaper—famous for Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovering the Watergate scandal—now has the financial and digital backing of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Journalists and journalism observers hope he can inject energy and innovation while rethinking the business model. At the editorial helm is Martin Baron, the executive editor with enviable journalistic cred: three of his previous newspapers are Pulitzer Prize winners under his editorship. So what’s his vision for the Post? And can the venerable Washington institution be a model for other papers? Baron will be in conversation with Anne Marie Owens, editor of the National Post. John Stackhouse and Craig Silverman November 12, 2015 | TMX Broadcast Centre, Toronto John Stackhouse’s three-decade career with The Globe and Mail— including five years as editor-in-chief—spanned a period of massive digital disruption to traditional journalism. In his latest book Mass Disruption: Thirty Years on the Front Lines of a Media Revolution, Stackhouse recalls how the Globe and other news outlets experimented with different delivery models as the Internet, social media and digital upstarts fragmented audiences and ad dollars. At the same time, the goal of mainstream news organizations to provide authoritative coverage of news events was challenged by new, agile competitors. Among them: BuzzFeed. Earlier this year, BuzzFeed established a Canadian presence with Craig Silverman— best known for a career built on media accuracy—as its founding editor. In a conversation covering current challenges to the media and lessons learned, Stackhouse and Silverman discussed the future of journalism from their distinct perspectives. Mohamed Fahmy November 2, 2015 | Toronto Reference Library, Toronto An award-winning Egyptian-Canadian journalist and author, Mohamed Fahmy was the Egypt bureau chief of Al Jazeera International when he was arrested in 2013. The Egyptian government charged Fahmy with conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood and fabricating news to serve the fundamentalist group’s agenda. He was incarcerated in a maximum security jail for more than 400 days —including a month in solitary—alongside ISIS and other terrorists. Fahmy’s unjust imprisonment unleashed an international outcry for his release from human rights groups and press freedom organizations to the United Nations, the European Union and President Barack Obama. Last month, Fahmy was pardoned by the Egyptian government and he regained his freedom. Fahmy, who now lives in Vancouver, has spent most of his career covering conflict zones, reporting for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Dubai TV and CNN. In addition, he spent two years working for the International Red Cross. Fahmy was in conversation with Michelle Shephard, national security reporter for the Toronto Star. This event was dedicated to the principles of freedom of speech and the protection of Canadian citizens abroad. Election 2015: How the Votes Were Won October 27, 2015 | Segal Building, SFU, Vancouver In the wake of the Oct. 19 federal election, which strategies and issues had the most impact in this tight and historic long-running election race? What role did attack ads, social media and limited media coverage play? Did hot button, high-profile issues such as the niqab and Syrian refugees swing votes? Tom Clark, chief political correspondent for Global National and the host of The West Block with Tom Clark, moderated this discussion with Susan Delacourt, author and columnist for the Toronto Star; Adam Radwanski, political columnist with The Globe and Mail; Hannah Thibedeau, political reporter for CBC News; and Paul Wells, political editor of Maclean’s magazine. Nick Davies in conversation with Gillian Findlay September 24, 2015 | Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto An award-winning journalist who investigates journalists, Nick Davies is the British reporter who exposed the phone-hacking scandal in Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper empire. Davies uncovered the unethical relationships between reporters and private investigators as they targeted the phones of the British royal family, politicians, celebrities such as Hugh Grant and Angelina Jolie, and most disturbingly, the phone of a missing teenager, later found dead. Davies’s six years of dogged reporting resulted in the demise of the News of the World and sparked Britain’s Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practice and ethics of the press. Davies’s subsequent book, Hack Attack, provides a primer on the power of investigative reporting and the dangers of unethical journalism. Davies also played a key role in the Guardian’s publication of secret U.S. military and diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks. 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