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Laura Hazard OwenJune 7, 2019

ProPublica’s Facebook-monitoring political ad tool (which Facebook fought) is alive again with a new home at the Globe and Mail

“Our effort here is to understand what political speech looks like in Canada when it comes to advertising.”

Heather Rollwagen and Ivor ShapiroMarch 21, 2019

Research from Canada suggests journalists’ creed can withstand government support

Social psychologists have demonstrated a significant link between people’s behavior, their values, and the norms of their milieu, and that they feel rewarded when they act consistently with their beliefs.

Canada introduces a $595 million package in support of journalism

H.G. WatsonAugust 27, 2018

24 Hours of Le Mange: An around-the-clock food feature helped this newspaper connect with its community

What’s the kind of story worth putting outside a hard paywall? The kind of civic storytelling that shows that you’re “covering the city like no one else.”

Christine SchmidtAugust 15, 2018

Democracy is cracking and platforms are no help. What can we do about it? Some policy suggestions

Here are a few in a new Canadian report: greater transparency requirements for digital news publishers, holding social media companies legally liable for the content on their platforms, and mandatory independent audits for platform algorithms.

Spencer TurcotteJuly 4, 2018

Tell me more: The Globe and Mail is slipping a little extra context into its stories (while explaining its editorial thinking along the way)

“As a news organization, it’s perhaps an opportunity for us to be helping people fill those gaps without forcing them to go to Wikipedia or start Googling things, just to try to get the background they crave on a story.”

Shan WangJuly 2, 2018

As The New York Times extends its reach across countries (and languages and cultures), it looks to locals for guidance

“What I’m trying to figure out is, what are the proxies for deeper engagement — what are the proxies for repeated use and habituation in a place like this?…Readers are not going to read 100 Australia stories. So what’s the right mix?”

H.G. WatsonJune 22, 2018

In Winnipeg, micropayments aren’t generating big money, but they’re serving as a top-of-the-funnel strategy

Three years in, the Winnipeg Free Press’ attempt to get readers to pay by the article is still producing less than $100,000 a year — but it also produces data that allows for more targeted upsell efforts.

Shan WangJune 12, 2018

Canada’s The Logic is a new subscription news outlet focused on the innovation economy, à la The Information

“Is it a tech story? Is it a business and tech or policy and politics story, is it a cultural story? Well, it’s actually all the above: The impact of technology on the cognitive, economic, and political ways we live is quite transformative.”

Christine SchmidtMay 9, 2018

No print, no private owners, fewer problems? Quebec’s 134-year-old La Presse is going nonprofit

“Today, after a deep reflection on the future of the company, we announce that La Presse will now fly on its own.”

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