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Catholic Register Editorial In its April budget this year, the federal government pledged a $5-million fund to “combat residential school denialism.” At the same time, Ottawa reportedly spends more than $360 million a year to support Canadian journalism through a dizzying mix of public dollar delivery methods for the nation’s broadcast, print and digital media....
Society’s loss of the ability to centre conversations on “a common set of facts” is a theme of recent essays that lament the state of journalism. (Tomasz Mikołajczyk/Pixabay)
By Catholic Conscience On May 12, Pope Francis marked the 58th World Day of Social Communications by saying a world increasingly permeated by artificial intelligence must never lose sight of the “wisdom of the heart.” The following essay from Catholic Conscience makes the point that communication also depends on truth, a point increasingly being lost in today’s...
The third offering of Telling Truth in Charity, an introductory journalism course from Canadian Catholic News, starts Tuesday, Jan. 23. (Yan Arief/Flickr)
A project to reshape the future of Catholic journalism in Canada has just taken an unexpected turn. In the third iteration of the course, there are as many Americans as Canadians signed up. Dominic Chan, director of technology and photo services for Canadian Catholic News, said on Monday that at the start of the 12-week...
The Catholic journalism course Telling Truth in Charity offered by Canadian Catholic News and the St. Monica Institute is one reason to be optimistic about the future of Catholic journalism in Canada, writes Catholic Register publisher Peter Stockland.
Catholic media in Canada have started offering journalism courses in preparation for the relaunch of Canadian Catholic News (CCN) this fall. (B.C. Catholic file photo)
As Catholic press struggle to find journalists, they’re starting to train their own