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Belarusian journalist falls dangerously ill in prison, relatives say, urging for him to be released
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (370+ words) Kiryl Pazniak, 49, has been in custody since his arrest in September on extremism charges, accusations widely used by authorities to stifle critical voices. Pazniak, who hosted a popular show on You Tube, faces a prison sentence of up to seven…...
Donovan Vincent: It's already hard enough to trust what's real. An AI image accompanying a news article is a bad moment for journalism
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (850+ words) The Toronto Star's public editor's office handles readers' queries about accuracy and the Star's journalistic standards, in line with the Star's commitment to accountability and transparency. This fake, AI-generated image of Pope Francis in a Balenciaga jacket fooled many a…...
Lion" of journalism loses its voice as Vancouver"s Langara College program faces end
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (1079+ words) VANCOUVER - Oksana Shtohryn, a former lawyer in Ukraine, was attracted to the two-year journalism program at Vancouver's Langara College because it was hands on, quicker to complete than a four-year course. She's graduating in June from the program she loves,…...
AP begins implementing layoffs of US-based journalists, part of a pivot away from print journalism
1+ week, 2+ day ago (18+ words) Toronto Star...
Postmedia exits flyer distribution business, leading to 50 full-time job losses
1+ week, 5+ day ago (156+ words) Postmedia signage is pictured at the head office in Toronto, on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Lahodynskyj TORONTO - Postmedia Network Canada Corp. says it's exiting the flyer distribution business as it adapts to shifting consumer behaviours and a changing…...
Burkina Faso junta secretly detained journalist and others, advocacy group says
2+ week, 5+ day ago (261+ words) Reporters Without Borders said Atiana Serge Oulon, editor of the newspaper L'Evenement, was taken from his home in June 2024 by several armed men in civilian clothes. Burkina Faso's military junta later said he had been conscripted into military service. Instead,…...
Andrew Phillips: Access to the truth is getting worse
2+ week, 6+ day ago (888+ words) Palestinians pray beside the body of journalist Amaal Shamali, 46, who was killed in an Israeli military strike, during his funeral at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Monday, March 9, 2026. In Palestine, scores of journalists have been killed over the…...
AP, Washington Post, Reuters and Minnesota Star Tribune among Pulitzer winners for 2025 work
2+ week, 6+ day ago (436+ words) The Post's coverage illuminated the fast-moving, sometimes opaque particulars of President Donald Trump's drive to reshape the national government, and judges credited the Post with detailing what the changes meant for individual Americans. The Miami Herald's Julie K. Brown was given…...
Disappearing before our eyes: One photographer's passion project of capturing local newsrooms
3+ week, 3+ day ago (326+ words) And she's nowhere near done. Even as someone who spent time in newsrooms herself professionally " Hermes worked for several years at the Christian Science Monitor " she didn't anticipate it turning into such a passion project. "I love these spaces," she…...
Belarus frees prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut in a 10-person prisoner swap
3+ week, 6+ day ago (952+ words) FILE - Journalist Andrzej Poczobut stands in a defendants" cage in court in Grodno, Belarus, on Jan. 16, 2023. (Leonid Shcheglov/Pool via AP, File) Poczobut, a correspondent for the influential Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and a leading figure among Belarus" Polish minority,…...