Episodes
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Oct. 2, 2019 - With the federal election approaching, how can we work together to spot and stop the spread of misinformation and outright lies, so voters can make informed decisions at the polls?
In a special pre-election luncheon event, news leaders from across Canada’s major media will talk about the steps they are taking to combat ‘fake news’. And, we’ll share the smart strategies Canadians can adopt to verify information with the launch of CJF’s Doubt It? campaign, a NewsWise project.
Allan Gregg, a principal with Earnscliffe Strategy Group, moderates this discussion featuring:
• Kenton Boston, vice-president, national and network news, Global News
• Dennis Choquette, head of enterprise, The Globe and Mail
• Wendy Freeman, president, CTV News
• Anthony Furey, national columnist and national comment editor, Sun/Postmedia
• Irene Gentle, editor, Toronto Star
• Jennifer McGuire, general manager and editor-in-chief, CBC News
• Julie Traves, deputy editor, National Post
Funding for NewsWise provided by Google.org
Friday Nov 01, 2019
CJF J-Talk - Fighting 'Fake News' Ahead of the Election: Talk 2
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Sept. 16, 2019 - Over the past three years, the precipitous rise of ‘fake news’ online has become one of the biggest challenges for democracies around the world. In the second talk of this two-part conversation, hear Kaleigh Rogers from CBC News and Jane Lytvynenko from BuzzFeed News discuss how misinformation is spreading in Canada and what we can all do in this battle to stop its spread. Moderated by Farah Nasser, from Global News.
In partnership with the Toronto Public Library
Friday Nov 01, 2019
CJF J-Talk - Fighting 'Fake News' Ahead of the Election: Talk 1
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Sept. 16, 2019 - Over the past three years, the precipitous rise of ‘fake news’ online has become one of the biggest challenges for democracies around the world. In the first talk of this two-part conversation, you'll get to hear a conversation about the science of fake news with Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown, the Canadian YouTubers responsible for wildly popular AsapSCIENCE, a YouTube science channel with over 8 million subscribers, in a conversation with Supriya Dwivedi, from Global News.
In partnership with the Toronto Public Library
Monday Nov 06, 2017
CJF J-Talk: Did Technology Kill Truth—Or Set It Free?
Monday Nov 06, 2017
Monday Nov 06, 2017
Oct. 23, 2017, Toronto - In an age where people have greater access to information than any time in history, are we more—or less—informed, engaged and understanding? Has technology driven us farther into our tribes and bubbles, or has it broadened and deepened our human connections? Is social media too often a purveyor of false news and misinformation, or is it a force for holding power accountable to truth?
This event featured speakers: Denise Balkissoon, editor and columnist with The Globe and Mail; Jonathan Kay, author, columnist and writer; Patrick Lagacé, columnist with La Presse; Jane Lytvynenko, journalist with BuzzFeed News; and Naheed Mustafa, producer, writer and broadcaster, to debate and discuss these fundamental questions. Anne Kornblut, director of strategic communications at Facebook and a Pulitzer Prize winner for her work as the lead editor for The Washington Post's coverage of the Snowden revelations, moderated.
Presented in partnership with the Facebook Journalism Project
Wednesday Jun 21, 2017
Is Fake News the New Propaganda?
Wednesday Jun 21, 2017
Wednesday Jun 21, 2017
Toronto, June 13, 2017 - Tim Wu, law professor at Columbia University and author who coined the phrase "net neutrality", and Mathew Ingram, senior writer for Fortune magazine, discuss the blight of fake news.
In conjunction with the Toronto Public Library and the Toronto Star, as part of the Star Talks and CJF J-Talks series.