Mainstream Coverage of Controversial Prison Transfer Leaves Indigenous Voices Unheard
The transfer of convicted murderer Terri-Lynne McClintic to a healing lodge has some media outlets up in arms, and belittling traditional healing practices
Posts in category Indigenous issues
“This Show Is For White People”: APTN Documentary Series Receives Backlash
An eye on unlearning racism can bring up trauma in Indigenous communities
Meet this year’s Indigenous Journalism fellows
The recipients of the Canadian Journalism Foundation-CBC fellowship share light on stories they hope to investigate
How podcasts tell stories about Indigenous issues that you don’t find elsewhere
CBC’s season two of Missing & Murdered finished on April 2, so RRJ looks at how Indigenous-centred outlets are taking advantage of the medium
Portrait of a Journalist: Kyle Edwards
The story of Indigenous kids in foster care hadn’t been properly told, so Kyle Edwards pulled it together.
Choosing to talk with cancer
In a RRJ exclusive, veteran Indigenous reporter Jody Porter reflects on the strength she’s found in the women she’s met, and how cancer has caused change
When reconciliation talks arrive at j-school
Journalism student Tyler Mugford and his first-year teacher Jonathan Crowe talk deep on residential schools
The Interview: behind Ossie Michelin’s photojournalism
Looking behind the camera with the man who took the award-winning photograph at an an anti-fracking protest.
The Interview: Tim Fontaine
The eagle has landed with the former journalist’s new project, an Indigenous news satire site
Charged journalist says Canadian press freedom still under attack
As anti-Muskrat Falls demos pop-up across Canada, Justin Brake says he’s still being “dragged through the courts” for Labrador coverage.