Ivor Shapiro
@ivorshap
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Emeritus Professor of Journalism, Senior Fellow, @RyersonCFE. Deets at https://t.co/xx42BSjBMc.
Toronto, Canada
Joined December 2008
In some of the world’s healthiest democracies, news audiences continue to respect truthful news reporting, to expect meaningful journalistic accountability, and, yes, even to pay for online news, writes @ivorshap. Can we achieve the same in Canada? https://t.co/JKBaeRcPmq
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Trust in “the media” is failing. But countries like Norway have found a way to keep it strong
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CPJ calls for accountability after reports find Israel likely targeted journalists in Lebanon - Committee to Protect Journalists #warcrimes
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New York, December 7, 2023 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes Thursday’s release of reports by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse (AFP)...
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I found this eye-opening….
We speak to @mashagessen after their reception of the prestigious Hannah Arendt Prize in Germany was postponed when award sponsors withdrew support over the acclaimed @NewYorker writer’s comparison of besieged Gaza to the Warsaw Ghetto.
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Absolutely devastating and horrific. Another journalist killed by Israel while doing their job. Where is the global media outcry? #journalismisnotacrime
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I’m a Jew and I feel pretty safe. Two things make me feel unsafe: 1. The sadistic unending murder of Palestinian civilians by Israel, supported by US,UK, Canada etc. 2. The attacks from other Jews, meant to silence me (and everyone). Those 2 things stop, I feel 100% safer.
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"From court to copy desk in 70 seconds." Image taken by an unknown photographer in 1930 of a "tube system" used to transport documents "from City Hall to the copy desk in the editorial room of The Star building." Found in the @torontolibrary digital archives.
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Such an excellent collaboration between the @TheBreachMedia and @ReviewofJourn. This is the kind of work we need to see in media analysis.
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CBC’s flagship broadcast continued to feature more Israelis than Palestinians even as the death toll in Gaza mounted. It also failed to identify by name more than a quarter of Palestinians and their...
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My latest for Star: How Muslim voters are exerting their growing political influence https://t.co/DbrRuvcUv4
@torontostar #cdnpoli #IsraelHamasWar @canadianmv @liberal_party @JustinTrudeau @viraniarif
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Instead of pushing their news as brands (“trust me”) , it….
How Journalists Can Win People Back https://t.co/3vKsV0bHCQ via @thewalrus
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“.. invest in the kind of journalism that earns trust in the hardest and most recognizable way—through consistent and transparent original gathering and transparent checking of actual facts on matters of clear public interest…”
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Trust in “the media” is failing. But countries like Norway have found a way to keep it strong
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Trust in “the media” is failing. But countries like Norway have found a way to keep it strong. Can Canada do the same? https://t.co/JKBaeRcPmq
thewalrus.ca
Trust in “the media” is failing. But countries like Norway have found a way to keep it strong
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Journalism is holding the powerful to account. That includes journalists. Something to say about this from @ivorshap
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Trust in “the media” is failing. But countries like Norway have found a way to keep it strong
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from myself: Yes, the pain is being felt on both sides, but there's a difference:
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On both sides, the pain is palpable. Mothers, fathers, children have all been murdered. But there’s a difference. Where can people in Gaza go?
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"What red-hot words seldom achieve is persuasion. People are less likely to change their minds by force of argument or piled-on evidence than through exposure to one another’s real-life experiences. If you want people to understand you, don’t tell them what you think;
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This JOURNALIST is one of the most widely acclaimed and sought after profs by students @TorontoMet
This Hamas spokesman is an instructor at Toronto’s @TorontoMet university.
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Great Al Arabiya journalist grilling Hamas’s Khalid Mashaal from an Arab perspective
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CFE Senior Fellow @ivorshap writes for @ConversationCA about the complicated language of reporting atrocities in the Israel-Hamas war.
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How should journalists describe Hamas, whose gunmen killed hundreds of Israelis on Oct. 7? The attacks and Israel’s response have renewed a debate about the words used by journalists.
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Terrorist vs. militant: The complicated language of reporting atrocities in Israel-Hamas war
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