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All the Exciting Media Outlets Are Dying. What the Hell Comes Next?

May 10, 2023January 8, 2024 - by Tajja Isen

Once-giant digital outlets like BuzzFeed News and Vice are either dead or declining. The media landscape looks bleaker than ever

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The Walrus Wins Gold at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards

February 10, 2022April 9, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

The team at The Walrus was nominated for four awards in the Consumer category

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January/February 2022

Journalism’s Wicked Problem: Save What’s Lost or Invest in What’s New?

December 13, 2021February 17, 2022 - by Jessica Johnson

It will take serious policy changes and unprecedented industry collaboration to turn around the story of the media’s collapse

Technology

The Double Exploitation of Deepfake Porn

June 10, 2021November 9, 2023 - by Maggie MacDonald

Discussions around deepfakes have focused on their political danger. But revenge porn and IP theft are the more pressing threats

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WATCH: The Walrus Leadership Forum: Strengthening Canadian Journalism

May 11, 2021February 4, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

Advancing representation and creating a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging

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May 2021 / Media

How Do We Exit the Post-Truth Era?

April 7, 2021July 20, 2021 - by Viviane Fairbank

Why fact-checking alone won’t save us from fake news

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May 2021

Editor’s Letter: Fact-Checking

March 26, 2021May 16, 2021 - by Jessica Johnson

There may be fewer “fake news” accusations since Twitter suspended Donald Trump, but the atmosphere has permanently changed

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Health

OCD Is Not a Joke

March 1, 2021June 26, 2023 - by Lisa Whittington-Hill

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder are often depicted as Type A clean freaks. The reality is much worse

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The Walrus Talks at Home: Living Better

November 16, 2020February 4, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

It matters more than ever. Science, culture, politics, and how we live now

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Memoir / September/October 2020

How Algorithms Are Changing What We Read Online

September 8, 2020January 4, 2021 - by Russell Smith

The AI of the internet determines what’s relevant. One day, it decided my work wasn’t

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All the Exciting Media Outlets Are Dying. What the Hell Comes Next?

Journalism’s Wicked Problem: Save What’s Lost or Invest in What’s New?

The Double Exploitation of Deepfake Porn

How Do We Exit the Post-Truth Era?

Editor’s Letter: Fact-Checking

OCD Is Not a Joke

How Algorithms Are Changing What We Read Online

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