Jamie Sarkonak: CRTC trying to tell local newsrooms what to report with new grant rules…

July 11, 2025

Now, grant calculations will include news that appears only on a station’s website — but only if the online news “relates specifically to an underserved community” within a station’s area and “portrays an onscreen representation of the underserved community by, for example, depicting its members or representatives or featuring coverage of an event related to the community…