Moscow disinforms about coronavirus, says press freedom organization
Pressure against domestic media is mounting and the country steps up efforts to spread fake news abroad. “We are concerned
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Eye on the Arctic report Death in the Arctic wins prize at Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Eye on the Arctic won a silver medal at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPA) for its report Death in
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CBC North reverses decision to consolidate morning newscasts in Northern Canada
CBC North managing director Janice Stein has announced that the broadcaster will not be making any changes to its English
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BBC lists Sami journalist Sara Wesslin among world’s 100 most influential women
Sara Wesslin is actively working to revitalize the Skolt Sámi language that was on the brink of extinction. The BBC
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Alaska’s public broadcasting stations trying to make up for loss of state funds
Alaska now joins 14 other states that don’t fund public media. Public radio and TV stations across the state lost all their
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Eye on the Arctic report Death in the Arctic among finalists at Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Eye on the Arctic has been named as a finalist at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPA) in the
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Canadian Indigenous broadcaster launches French-language national news program
The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) has launched a weekly national newscast in French, with a host hailing from the
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Press Freedom Index: Finland climbs to second place, Norway keeps top spot
After several years of lower ratings, Finland is again ranked near the top of the World Press Freedom Index. Finland
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Eye on the Arctic report Death in the Arctic recognized at Dart Awards in U.S.
Eye on the Arctic has received an honourable mention from the 25th annual Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of
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Blog – I was angry with the media for how it covered the Arctic
I was angry with the media for a long time. Many newspapers and news sites told us that there was
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Journalist barred from jails in Canada’s east-Arctic wants ban quashed
A Nunavut journalist is trying to reverse a government decision to ban him from all of the territory’s jails, by
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Norwegian media Independent Barents Observer reportedly blocked in Russia
Eye on the Arctic editor’s note: The Independent Barents Observer, an online newspaper based in Arctic Norway which reports on
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Bear ‘invasion’ in Arctic Russia: media too quick to blame climate change, experts say
Photos and videos of the more than fifty polar bears walking around the houses in Belushaya Guba have gone viral
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Arctic-based news site launches Chinese-language section
Eye on the Arctic editor’s note: The Independent Barents Observer is part of the Eye on the Arctic circumpolar news partnership.
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Blog – 2018: Recapping the year in the Arctic
Planet Earth has completed another rotation around the sun, which has now set on the Arctic for the next three
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