Commentary by Ivor Shapiro on Journalism and Free Expression

The Disputed Freedoms of a Disrupted Press

March, 2023

My forthcoming book about freedom of the press is published by Routledge and should be available in libraries and online bookstores, in hardback and as an e-book, by June. 2023. (A paperback edition will follow next year.)

Just Facts: What’s a journalist to do about truth today? (Centre for Free Expression)

May, 2021

Skepticism, not objectivity, is what makes journalism matter (The Conversation)

April, 2021

Unwanted Questions: Democracies need reporters who follow their curiosity, ask uninhibited questions, and tell unwelcome stories (Centre for Free Expression)

April, 2021

Ugly Voices (continued): Can We Turn Down the Volume?”

January, 2021

Ugly Voices: What’s the Point of Covering Hate? (Centre for Free Expression)

December, 2020

It’s Complicated: Six Things Worth Discussing About Free Speech (Centre for Free Expression)

November, 2020

Dangerous Dialogues: How Speaking Freely Changes Lives — and Sometimes Ends Them (Centre for Free Expression)

October, 2020

As Ottawa helps the news industry, latest research suggests journalists’ loyalties are tough to buy (The Conversation)

March, 2019

An article by Heather Rollwagen and Ivor Shapiro, March 20, 2019. Republished by Nieman Lab (Nieman Foundation at Harvard), March 21, 2019, as: “Research from Canada suggests journalists’ creed can withstand government support.”

Define journalists by what they do (Toronto Star)

December, 2018

An op-ed article by Edward Greenspon and Ivor Shapiro