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A new report reveals that news stories that challenge simplistic, widely held beliefs about women and men are rare, indicating that gender stereotyping in coverage continues to be a problem. (Unsplash)

What has — and hasn’t — changed in the way news addresses sexual violence

Despite increased public attention to sexual violence following #MeToo, Canadian news media continue to report in ways that are often harmful.
Survivors, including Anouska De Georgiou, center, during a news conference with victims of Jeffrey Epstein outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 3, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Epstein’s victims deserve more attention than his ‘client list’

Powerful men connected to Jeffrey Epstein are named, dissected and speculated about. The survivors, unless they work hard to step forward, remain a blurred mass in the background.
People hold banners reading ‘We all are Hrant and Armenian’ during a rally to mark the 16th anniversary of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink’s death, in front of he Agos newspaper headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2023. Sedat Suna / EPA

How Turkey is cracking down on the media

The Turkish authorities use a range of tools – including arrests, forced takeovers and regulatory pressure – to silence critical voices.
Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, participates in a panel discussion at a cultural centre in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian prosecutors have charged Attalah and three other journalists from Mada Masr, one of the country’s few remaining independent news outlets, of spreading false news and disturbing public peace. (AP Photo/Roger Anis)

In the Middle East, women journalists and activists have been driving crucial change

Through the years, the work of women journalists in the Middle East has gone far beyond reporting news and has become a vital force for truth and justice.
‘The Paper’ is a spinoff of ‘The Office,’ with the character Oscar Martinez now employed at the Toledo Truth-Teller in Toledo, Ohio. (NBC Universal)

What The Paper reveals about local news and journalism today

The new sitcom ‘The Paper’ highlights the challenges of local journalism at a moment when real-world newsrooms are vanishing across North America.

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