The Toronto Star’s Washington correspondent says readers want to see hard evidence before they believe reporters Julianna Perkins, RSJ The public’s lack of trust for the media means facts are more important than ever, said Daniel Dale, the Toronto Star’s Washington correspondent, in a talk at Ryerson University Wednesday. Dale, who also covered Toronto’s city…

BuzzFeed Canada founding editor says rumours, unverified information, and fake articles are taking over social media Julianna Perkins, RSJ The less true an article is, the more popular it tends to get, said Craig Silverman, founding editor of BuzzFeed Canada in a lecture at Ryerson University Tuesday. Silverman, who now acts as the company’s media…

War journalists around the world are not having their mental health taken seriously by their employers, Dr. Anthony Feinstein, a University of Toronto professor of psychiatry, said at a discussion at Ryerson University Wednesday. Feinstein, also a successful author and documentary filmmaker, has spent over a decade studying and surveying war journalists and has found…