Journalism Matters

Journalism is being rebuilt in real time, with AI being the most powerful tool in the construction kit. Nikita Roy from Newsroom Robots Lab sat down with Sonali Verma from International News Media Association, Christine Boyd from CBC News and Nicholas Hune-Brown from The Local to unpack how AI is changing journalism at every level, for better or worse.

From scam calls to deepfakes of real reporters, artificial intelligence has only made it easier and faster to fool the public. Indicator co-founder Craig Silverman says knowing the tricks is the first step to protection. He sat down with CTV News national anchor Carolyn Jarvis to discuss the events that brought us here and how we can navigate the new face of digital deception. This live-taped interview was presented in partnership with MediaSmarts for this year’s Media Literacy Week.

As anti-diversity movements grow beyond Canada’s borders, the media industry reaches a turning point. In this CJF J-Talks conversation, presented in partnership with Informed Perspectives, global speaker Farah Nasser led a conversation with Karyn Pugliese from APTN News, Nick Davis from CBC News and Priya Ramanujam from the Toronto Star and past CJF Journalism Fellow Aajah Sauter exploring why inclusion in the newsroom isn’t optional and what the industry needs to do better.

With TikTok and YouTube Shorts shaping how people discover news and information, journalists are leaning into video and going straight to these platforms where audiences already are. Broadcast journalist Ginella Massa joined filmmaker Johnny Harris, multi-award-winning journalist Sophia Smith Galer and Stephanie Wilson Chapin of YouTube Canada to unpack what journalism looks like today and how independent creators can make it sustainable.

Distrust of media, often rooted in misunderstanding of journalism’s purpose and how journalists do their jobs, is nothing new. For our first episode and in celebration of Media Literacy Week, we’re bringing back a conversation that deserves another listen. Veteran public editor Kathy English sat down with Sandra Martin of The Globe and Mail, former CBC ombudsman Jack Nagler, The Guardian’s Elisabeth Ribbans and the Toronto Star’s Donovan Vincent. They cut through the noise to talk about what people often get wrong about journalism — and why that actually matters.