‘Stay the course’: reporters, editors discuss strategies for combating online hate with Mendicino

Catherine Tait of CBC said a survey by Reporters Without Borders has found three quarters of journalists had experienced harassment.

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, left, Hill Times columnist Erica Ifill, and Global News reporter Rachel Gilmore, pictured on Dec. 1, 2022, at Carleton University talking about the growing online hate towards journalists in Canada. The Hill Times photo by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

December 5, 2022

The “sole purpose” of online hate and harassment directed towards journalists is to “silence” them and undermine a “foundational pillar” of democracy, says CBC president and CEO Catherine Tait.

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