Feb 14 | Three weeks into Trump’s admin, newsrooms feel the pressure. KCBS faces an FCC probe, AP is barred from White House, and major media houses face lawsuits. Speakers discuss the threats to press freedom, self-censorship, and rights for reporters and their newsrooms.
Amid sweeping layoffs in newsrooms across the US, in Canada the government has implemented measures aimed at shoring up the struggling journalism sector.
A panel of 26 judges, from journalism professors to writers, editors, researchers and policy makers, was hand-picked for their cultural and in-language fluency.