Ryan Maloney is the senior politics editor at HuffPost Canada, with an interest in issues confronting Canadian veterans. He won a Canadian Association of Journalists award in 2013, a Digital Publishing Award in 2017, and his work has been nominated for several other journalism awards. Raised in Port Colborne Ont., Ryan is a graduate of Western University’s journalism program. He previously worked at Yahoo! Canada and has been with HuffPost Canada since 2013.
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The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is defending journalists who cover climate issues from attempts to discredit them. Specifically, it targets a report paid for by the government of the province of Alberta which is mounting a vigorous and controversial defence of its oil industry. The report was prepared for the $3.5-million-dollar
Journalists accused of distributing ‘propagandized climate change issues’
A New Global Paradigm: Understanding the Transnational Progressive Movement, the Energy Transition and the Great Transformation Strangling Alberta’s Petroleum Industry argues that journalists are part of a “disturbing” movement to “coordinate and effectively distribute propagandized climate change issues in their reporting.” The report criticizes prominent news media such as Maclean’s magazine, TVO as well as the CBC, and the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and National Post newspapers.
Police radio scanners have gone silent in Edmonton newsrooms. That’s obviously a troubling development for media outlets such as the Edmonton Journal, whose…
Canada’s National Observer is excited to welcome four new columnists to its roster in 2021. Focusing on politics, human rights, climate change, the state of our country’s journalism and more, these writers bring valuable expertise and insight to the Canadian conversation.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and communications specialist Karyn Pugliese, a.k.a. Pabàmàdiz, shares her perspective on press freedom, Canadian media and Indigenous rights from Toronto. A veteran reporter who has worked for APTN, ichannel, VisionTV, CBC and CTV, among others, Pugliese currently teaches journalism at Ryerson University. She previously served as president of the Canadian Association of Journalists, and is a board member of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. Pugliese is a citizen of the Pikwàkanagàn First Nation in Ontario and is of mixed Algonquin and Italian descent.
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After nearly three decades in the newspaper industry, Heather Persson is going back to school.
Persson, the only woman to hold the title of editor-in-chief in the more than 100-year history of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, is starting the new year with a new chapter in her life. Effective in January, she has taken the position of director, research profile and impact at the University of Saskatchewan.
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She agonized over the decision but ultimately decided the time was right to make the change, she said.