RPJ News Team Polarization. Upheaval. Animosity. Rage. The words that pop to mind when describing the current state of political journalism in Canada aren’t pretty. That’s why a group of journalism educators interested in the enterprise — and disturbed by some of the trending directions of Canadian politics and the press — convened a national conference …

By Tamara Merritt It was a conversation that unfolded Friday evening under a “Reimagining Political Journalism” banner stretched wide across the Richcraft Hall auditorium stage at Carleton University. And the three-way panel discussion responding to political columnist Jeet Heer’s provocative keynote address — “Fact-Checking Won’t Save Democracy” — took the weekend-long conference’s first steps toward …

By Nkele Martin Regina-based political columnist and podcaster Jeet Heer gave a keynote address at the  Reimagining Political Journalism conference that audibly amused the room when its title — “Fact-Checking Won’t Save Democracy” — was announced. Heer, who writes for New York City’s The Nation, prefaced his speech by announcing it was a “provocation,” an …