J-Talks Live - Beyond ”Police Say”: Exploring the Media’s Reliance on Official Accounts

The death of George Floyd focused the world’s attention on police brutality—and the problematic practice of relying on official accounts of events. But reporters have also long maintained police sources who provide information for their crime coverage. How has Floyd’s death changed reporting on police and their activities?

Featured speakers Karen Attiah, columnist with The Washington Post, Wendy Gillis, crime and police reporter for the Toronto Star, and Adrian Harewood, host of CBC News Ottawa at 6, are in conversation with Anna Maria Tremonti, host of the CBC podcast More.