Journalism & Media

House Passes Bill To Let Treasury Target Nonprofits It Deems "Terrorist"

"The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents."

Source: AP, 11/26/2024

FCC's Carr Says ’60 Minutes’ Complaint “Likely To Arise” in Merger Review

"Brendan Carr, Donald Trump‘s pick to serve as chairman of the FCC, said that the agency would examine a complaint over the way that 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris as it reviews the merger of Skydance with Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS."

Source: Deadline, 11/26/2024

Trump Demands GOP ‘Kill’ Bill That Would Protect Journalists' Sources

"In between his posts on Truth Social announcing nominees for his incoming administration, President-elect Donald Trump urged Republicans Wednesday to nix a bipartisan bill that would give journalists greater protections under federal law."

Source: CNN, 11/22/2024
April 11, 2025

DEADLINE: Investintech-CAJ Data Journalism Scholarship

The scholarship will go to one Canadian student who shows an interest and understanding of data journalism tools and techniques before they even enter the newsroom professionally, to get Canadian and journalism students to really think about the data used in stories. Deadline: Apr 11, 2025.

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May 30, 2025 to May 31, 2025

Canadian Association of Journalists Annual Conference

In 2025, the CAJ conference will be held May 30-31 in Calgary, Alberta. 

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Five Firms In Alliance ‘Made 1,000 Times More Plastic Than They Cleaned Up’

"Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic pollution have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in five years than the waste they diverted from the environment, according to new data obtained by Greenpeace."

Source: Guardian, 11/21/2024

Canada Helped Fossil Companies Improve Global ‘Perception’ Of Oilsands

"As this year’s United Nations climate summit hits the halfway mark, newly obtained documents show how the Liberal government gave Canada’s oil and gas lobbyists a platform to polish the sector’s reputation at the same event in 2022. Days later, the same government began a process of cracking down on misleading environmental messaging."

Source: The Narwhal, 11/20/2024

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