Journalism After Snowden
My edited book for Columbia University Press with Emily Bell, Journalism After Snowden: The Future of the Free Press in the Surveillance State, on journalism and state surveillance has recently…
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It’s time to reform the CBC for the digital age
The oped below was written after the publishing of The Shattered Mirror: News, Democracy and Trust in the Digital Age, on which i served as a research principal. I have…
Report on state of Canadian journalism
For the past year I have had the fortune to work with Ed Greenspon, the Public Policy Forum, and a wonderful group of scholars and journalists on a report on…
The strange death of social democracy in Europe | openDemocracy
What happened to social democratic parties in Europe? And what is coming to take their place? Source: The strange death of social democracy in Europe | openDemocracy Filed under: Uncategorized…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 7: Horror in Sweden?
Doesn’t it seem like weeks ago that Justin Trudeau visited Donald Trump? It was the story on this side of the border for days. But Trudeau had barely lifted off…
That political instinct.
One of the key measurements of budding politicians is their political instinct. You measure this in how these people interact with voters, fellow politicians, the news media and with the…
Hey Vacci-Nazis: Earn $100k from Robert DeNiro & RKF Jr.
Have you ditched real science so that pharmaceutical companies can make a fast buck from our fear? Then you can be eligible for $100k from Robert DeNiro when you give…
U-Pass A Roaring Success
*takes a slight bow* Success of U-Pass brings changes to Regina's transit system https://t.co/mYprbKZTwA #yqrcc — Craig Baird (@CraigBaird) February 16, 2017 Now we have to order buses. Now! .@CraigBaird…
This is on you, American voters
Sixty two million, nine hundred and seventy nine thousand, eight hundred and seventy nine. That’s how many people voted for Donald Trump. And that’s how many people should be looking…
It’s Not Been A Great Week
@CBCSask It's a spectacular failure for @SUMA_amplify to denounce the federal solution, while providing no alternative plan. — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) February 14, 2017 https://t.co/4fRVzIa6U7It won't get better soon.#Drumph —…
How to Get Rid of an Autocrat
Donald Trump isn’t the first Western politician to attack the judiciary, muzzle scientists, erode evidence-based decision making by making up alternate facts, disenfranchise voters, create two-tiered citizenship, push a corporate…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 6: All Trump, all the time
Has there ever been a leader (or, in this case, a ‘leader’) who has so dominated every minute of every news cycle the way Donald Trump has? In the pre-Trump…
O’Leary Can’t Lead The Conservatives, And They Know It
When the Conservative party elects a new leader, it will be an important decision for the party’s future. Should the membership decide that reality TV star Kevin O’Leary is the…
Trump’s Closed Door Policy Opens The World To New Reichstag Moment
The famous quote from Shakepeare: ‘All the world’s a stage and we are merely players’. What we are witnessing with the new Trump regime is nothing short of a bizarrely…
‘The punches we’ve taken have made us stronger’: Podemos leader goes for broke | World news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/09/podemos-leader-pablo-iglesias-spain-anti-austerity-movement Filed under: Uncategorized
Hand-wringing in academia.
You would have thought that Edward Greenspon had covered the subject. He released his Public Policy Forum report on Canada’s news media recently and we thought that was it. We…
As Tensions Rise Between Greece and its Creditors, Is Grexit Back on the Table?
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:18315:As-Tensions-Rise-Between-Greece-and-its-Creditors%2C-Is-Grexit-Back-on-the-Table%3F Filed under: Uncategorized
Quote for our times
I marvel at the simple notion that we are now run by a gaggle of 70 year-olds that swear by deregulation and dog-eat-dog capitalism but they live in gated communities…
If You Don’t Laugh, You’ll Be Next
@SteveKopack Nothing about this is funny. Why do these "people" laugh? — Ozzie (@OzziePants777) February 7, 2017
Leading Candidate for French President Hit By Scandal
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:18285:Leading-Candidate-for-French-President-Hit-By-Scandal Filed under: Uncategorized