Emeritus Professor of Journalism, Senior Fellow, @RyersonCFE. Deets at Ivor-Shapiro.com.

Joined December 2008
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16 Dec 2023
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? thewalrus.ca/how-journalists…
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15 Dec 2023
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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15 Dec 2023
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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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Ivor Shapiro retweeted
14 Dec 2023
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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My latest for Star: How Muslim voters are exerting their growing political influence thestar.com/opinion/star-col… @torontostar #cdnpoli #IsraelHamasWar @canadianmv @liberal_party @JustinTrudeau @viraniarif
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15 Dec 2023
Instead of pushing their news as brands (“trust me”) , it….
How Journalists Can Win People Back thewalrus.ca/how-journalists… via @thewalrus
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15 Dec 2023
“.. 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…” thewalrus.ca/how-journalists…
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Ivor Shapiro retweeted
14 Dec 2023
Trust in “the media” is failing. But countries like Norway have found a way to keep it strong. Can Canada do the same? thewalrus.ca/how-journalists…
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Journalism is holding the powerful to account. That includes journalists. Something to say about this from @ivorshap thewalrus.ca/how-journalists…
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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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17 Oct 2023
Thanks, Keighley! I’m so glad you found it helpful.
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Terrorist vs. militant: The complicated language of reporting atrocities in Israel-Hamas war theconversation.com/terroris…

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