Editorial Fact-Checking and Responsible Journalism: Part 2
When and where
Date and time
Tuesday, May 07, 2024 12:00 PM
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST / 12:00 – 1:00 PM MST / 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
MagsBC, AMPA, Magazines Canada, AQEM members, and students: $12 for one seat or $17 for two seats
Non-Members: $22 for one seat or $27 for two seats.
In this webinar (the second in a two-part series about fact-checking and ethics), Allison Baker and Viviane Fairbank from the Truth in Journalism Project will discuss some of the ethical considerations related to responsible journalism and will present a few relevant case studies that focus on fact-checking methodologies for reporting on lived experience and trauma. They will also answer any questions resulting from the first session.
Thanks to our funders.
This webinar is brought to you by the Magazine Association of BC, Alberta Magazine Publishers Association, Magazines Canada and L’Association québécoise des éditeurs de magazines.
Speakers & Host
Allison Baker is a co-founder of the Truth in Journalism Project and the head of research at The Walrus. Since 2016, she has produced Mi’kmaq Matters, a podcast about the Mi’kmaw people, politics, land, and water of Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland). She has written, edited, and fact-checked for The Walrus, Toronto Life, NPR, Canadaland, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Xtra, and Reader’s Digest. She also fact-checked Eternity Martis’ bestselling memoir, They Said This Would Be Fun (McClelland & Stewart, 2020). From 2019–2021, she was a program officer at Historica Canada, where she worked with academic and community consultants to create multimedia content and educational guides, including the podcast series Residential Schools.
Viviane Fairbank is a co-founder of the Truth in Journalism Project. She has written, edited, and fact-checked for The Walrus, the Globe and Mail, the Literary Review of Canada, Reader’s Digest, Historica Canada, TVO, Harper’s, and NPR. In 2017, she was nominated for Best New Writer at the 2017 National Magazine Awards, and from 2017 to 2019, she worked as the associate editor and head of research at The Walrus. She is also currently a PhD student in philosophy.
Your Host, Joyce Byrne
Joyce Byrne is Alberta Magazine Publishers’ past President and an award-winning veteran of the Canadian magazine industry. She has led publishing, creative, marketing and sales teams and boards in Toronto, Edmonton and Calgary, and has worked on nearly every type of magazine, from literary to light industrial, with consumer, business, visual art, health and cannabis in between. She is the recipient of the National Media Awards Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement (2018), AMPA’s Achievement in Publishing Award (2018) as well as the NABS Honour Roll (2013) and Advertising Club of Edmonton Fellowship Award (2014). Joyce is AMPA’s curriculum consultant and the host of the Strategies for Canadian Magazines series. Her personal brand is I Love Magazines.
