#259 Our Press Can’t Handle The Nova Scotia Shooting

April 22, 2020

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The confluence of the pandemic, reliance on police for information, and slashed newsroom budgets means that reporting on the Nova Scotia shooting was all but doomed from the start. And a tweak to government media subsidies makes more organizations eligible for the funding.

Jesse Brown

Host & Publisher

David Crosbie

Senior Producer

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