LAWTON: Does “media freedom” mean subsidizing media?
True North’s Andrew Lawton interviews the CEO of the Public Media Alliance, Sally-Ann Wilson.
Author: Andrew Lawton
Reporters Without Borders skeptical but hopeful about media freedom commitment
At the Global Conference for Media Freedom, True North’s Andrew Lawton caught up with Rebecca Vincent of Reporters Without Borders.
LAWTON: Canadian media needs to get over its Trump fixation
Despite a Canadian election looming, the media is asking Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer about Donald Trump’s tweets.
LAWTON: Lindsay Shepherd banned from Twitter
The episode further illuminates Big Tech’s anti-conservative double standards, True North’s Andrew Lawton says.
LAWTON: Recapping Canada’s “media freedom” conference
True North’s Andrew Lawton is back on Canadian soil after covering the first ever Global Conference for Media Freedom.
LAWTON: Malaysian state censor honoured at London media freedom conference
True North’s Andrew Lawton, who broke the story, weighs in on the host governments’ hypocrisy in allowing Minister Gobind Singh Deo to speak, given his track record of wanting censorship.
LAWTON: Media freedom conference pays lip service to press freedom
Canadian and British governments demonstrated they’re more interested in a glossy show of support for press freedom without conducting themselves in a way that fosters it.
LAWTON: Journalists denied access to politicians at media freedom conference
Andrew Lawton reports from the summit on how Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office tried to deny True North access to the minister’s media availability.
Media freedom conference honours Malaysian politician who wants to prosecute bloggers around the world
Less than a year ago, Gobind Singh Deo called not only for strict regulation of online speech, but also enforcement powers reaching even those not living in Malaysia.
No talk of free speech in Canada or UK at press freedom conference
Lawton reports from the conference at the end of Day 1.