ally baker

co-founder of the TiJ Project; head of research @thewalrus. she/her. no longer here—reach me at: [email protected] or @allybake.bsky.social

[PEN America @PENamerica]

For our latest Facts Forward interview, @allybake and @VivianeFairbank talk to PEN America’s @Kurt_Sampsel about the Truth in Journalism Project—a one-stop solution they developed to streamline fact-checking. Read: https://t.co/nSDcE51X74

[Maisonneuve Magazine @maisonneuvemag]

Reminder to get your applications in for our spring-summer internship by 5pm on Monday! Information in the below thread.

[Emma Buchanan @emmabuchanan_]

Some personal/professional news! I'm thrilled to say that I started as assistant editor at @the_logic last month. It's been such a pleasure getting to know this brilliant team and seeing how their whip-smart coverage is produced

[Magazine Association of BC @magsbc]

We’re hosting Allison Baker—co-founder of Truth in Journalism Project & head of research at The Walrus—for #MagsWest2024 sessions on ethical fact-checking! She’s written, edited & fact-checked for Toronto Life, NPR, Canadaland & more https://t.co/axq5Dzy3UD

[ally baker @allybake]

@Niigaanwewidam Sending so much warmth and gratitude to you and your family, Niigaan.

[بسنت عماد الدين عبدالمنعم محمود مطر @Pacinthe]

"I’m painfully aware that every time I talk about our shortcomings when covering Palestine...I lose 'credibility.' I silently agreed not to talk about Palestine in exchange for a 'viable' career in journalism.
No longer."

My @TorontoStar op-ed today: https://t.co/Z01Fhfe5Wf

[Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا @SMohyeddin]

No monkey microphone stenography here. History. Context. Pushback.

Correspondent Paraic O’Brien positions these messianic murderous maniacal marauders as they are, in power. Too often these squatters are treated as fringe groups.

🙏This is excellent journalism.

[Magazine Association of BC @magsbc]

Complex relationship: trauma, marginalization, accuracy.
“A Case Study in Ethical Fact-Checking”
The Truth in Journalism Project at #MagsWest2024
#MagsBC_videos view
https://t.co/8Hl37f51aO
#magazinepublishing #MagazineIndustry
@creativebcs @CdnHeritage
@vivianefairbank @allybake

[بسنت عماد الدين عبدالمنعم محمود مطر @Pacinthe]

"Everyone's dead! Why are you filming?! It's been a year! All your filming was for nothing!"
And over 170 of those journalists filming, documenting, witnessing and reporting to the world have been killed by Israel in the last year, sometimes even along with their families.

[michael wave @michael___wave]

really shaken by this - this was a beautiful project of resilience and material support among and for people trapped in northern gaza with little predictable access to food. set up by local young people with farming backgrounds. israeli forces murdered one of them today

[Laila El-Haddad @gazamom]

Israel assassinated farmer Yousef Abu Rabee and his two colleagues today as they were delivering seedlings to his neighbors in the North. He was a true hero, resisting genocide in impossible circumstances. Farewell, my friend. To God we belong and to Him we Return.

[Fatima Syed / @fatimabsyed.bsky.social @fatimabsyed]

Yesterday I saved multiple screenshots of displaced patients in Gaza hooked to IVs burning alive after Israeli bombardment. I witnessed and recorded because mainstream media did not. And today politicians will likely sugarcoat that horror.
https://t.co/uGqNjp9qNd

[بسنت عماد الدين عبدالمنعم محمود مطر @Pacinthe]

"We have opened a secure, anonymous tip line for media workers who have been victims of harassment from @HonestRepCanada or similar media lobbies, or have information about the way these lobbies interact with newsrooms or editorial policy." https://t.co/3lx0kDXVQ7

[بسنت عماد الدين عبدالمنعم محمود مطر @Pacinthe]

Billionaire-funded self-described “digital army for Israel” which receives tax breaks to target journalists (mostly racialized/younger/female) for remotely humanizing/sympathetic coverage of Palestinians. Newsrooms often bow to the pressure, issue “corrections”, discipline staff.

[Richie Assaly @rdassaly]

H*nest Reporting Canada has sent out an "alert" describing my recent profile on Toronto singer Mustafa as "non-sensical anti-Israel propaganda."

Mustafa has raised $1.5M in humanitarian aid in Gaza and Sudan. HRC describes his beliefs on these subjects as "idiotic."

[Fatima Syed / @fatimabsyed.bsky.social @fatimabsyed]

A year ago, my relationship with journalism changed forever. ~128 Palestinian journalists/media workers have been killed by Israeli strikes. Those remaining are the reason I'm still here. Journalism matters — but evidently not enough this past year.

https://t.co/ccul4PJ1xU

[Julia-Simone Rutgers @jsrutgers]

Just a small part of my reflections as a journalist on the anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023:

[ally baker @allybake]

@eternitymartis @ShaddCaryCentre YES