Category: Updates
Update from the Complaints Desk – September 14, 2023
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Update from the Complaints Desk: Use of term ‘book ban’ appropriate in light of campaign to defund libraries in rural Manitoba community
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Notice of 2023 National NewsMedia Council Annual General Meeting
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Update from the Complaints Desk: Breaking through allegations of ‘bias’
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The NNC invites members to participate in its first general membership survey
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Update from the Complaints Desk: The importance of editorial discretion
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The National NewsMedia Council begins 2023 by welcoming three new directors
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Update from the Complaints Desk: A snapshot of complaints about published images
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National NewsMedia Council releases new best practice guidelines for reporting on police and minor crime
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Update from the Complaints Desk – July 14, 2022
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The National NewsMedia Council welcomes three new directors
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Protected: Notice of 2022 National NewsMedia Council Annual General Meeting
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Update from the Complaints Desk – May 5, 2022
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Thank you, Tim!
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Update from the NNC’s complaints desk: March 24, 2022
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Update from the NNC’s complaints desk: February 17, 2022
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‘Mother trucker’, our email just exploded!
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Adjusted working hours during the holidays
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Oh editor, where art thou?
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The National NewsMedia Council is recruiting new directors
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What happens when editorial choices surrounding a story about divisiveness and lack of empathy are subject to the same criticism?
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Carleton University’s Rachel Watts named the 2021 Fraser MacDougall Prize winner
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Balancing competing views, listening to readers, and exercising editorial judgement
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Announcing the four finalists for this year’s Fraser MacDougall Prize for Best New Canadian Voice in Human Rights Reporting
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NNC members invited to apply for accreditation to federal leaders’ debates
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Complaints we heard: Concerns about reporting on COVID-19 vaccines reaches fevered pace
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Protected: National NewsMedia Council Notice of 2021 Annual General Meeting
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A new chapter begins at the National NewsMedia Council
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Competition for fourth annual Fraser MacDougall Prize now open
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An evening to celebrate public service journalism (and an industry legend!)
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Complaints we heard: Freedom of expression or misinformation?
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Complaints we heard: There’s more to the story than just its headline
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Complaints we heard: Moderating comments
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Michener Foundation honours John Fraser
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Working (remotely) to support quality journalism during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Complaints we heard: Calgary Herald announces that syndicated cartoon will no longer be published
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Reader outraged, but columnist correct to make social commentary
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Happy Holidays from the National NewsMedia Council
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2019 Fraser MacDougall Prize laureate explains why winning story matters to her and her community
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Reader objected to newspaper’s endorsement of candidate
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‘Who are you calling dumb?’ – Nov 14 2019
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Are you equipped to decipher today’s ‘information disorder’?
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The NNC cited in the newly-launched Local Journalism Initiative
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Young journalist from Carleton University wins 2019 Fraser MacDougall Prize
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What we heard: Mental Health Awareness Week reminds us of another way that words matter
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Finalists announced for 2019 Fraser MacDougall Prize
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The National NewsMedia Council welcomes two new directors
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A short note from the National NewsMedia Council
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Decision Release: 2019-57 Holmes vs Chilliwack Progress
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FYI Complaints We Heard: Distinguishing sponsored content from news – June 26, 2019
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New guides promote best practices for reporting on difficult subjects
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Ryerson University and the NNC release new report: Good News, Bad News: A snapshot of conditions at small-market newspapers in Canada
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Canadaland hosts NNC on latest podcast episode
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Journalism Standards and Branded Content – Updated
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Working with the public to differentiate between facts and opinions in news
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Decision Release: 2019-02 Engel vs National Post
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Decision Release: 2018-72 Dawson vs National Post
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Alberta’s Great West Newspapers join the National NewsMedia Council
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Exploring ‘branded content’
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Decision Release: 2018-66 Masanovich vs Windsor Star
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Happy Holidays from the National NewsMedia Council of Canada
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Young journalists from Queen’s Journal selected as winners of 2018 Fraser MacDougall Prize
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Finalists announced for 2018 Fraser MacDougall Prize
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National NewsMedia Council and Canadian University Press announce new partnership
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Shelley Chrest succeeds Frances Lankin as NNC Chair
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