About CBC News
WHO WE ARE
Founded in 1941, CBC News is Canada's publicly owned news and information service. We are rooted in every region of the country and report on Canada and the world to provide a Canadian perspective on news and current affairs.
Our mission is to inform, to reveal, to contribute to the understanding of issues of public interest and to encourage citizens to participate in our free and democratic society.
Our promise to the audience: We are with you every day making sense of our world together.
We have journalists stationed in over 40 cities across Canada. We also have bureaus in London, Washington, New York City, and Mumbai. Our French-language service, Radio-Canada Info, has international bureaus in Paris, Washington, Taipei, and Istanbul.
CBC News sets up pop-up bureaus as well, when a story or region requires coverage beyond our existing bureaus.
You can read updates from our editor in chief Brodie Fenlon, on this page.
CONTACT US
The CBC News contacts page has details on how to reach the CBC newsrooms across Canada, contact a CBC News personality, pitch an idea or give feedback on something you heard over the air or read on our website.
STAFF AND DIVERSITY
CBC News is committed to accurately reflecting the range of experiences and points of view of all citizens. All Canadians, of whatever origins, perspectives and beliefs, should feel that our news and current affairs coverage is relevant to them and lives up to our principles.
We have a special responsibility to reflect regional and cultural diversity, as well as fostering respect and understanding across regions.
JOURNALISTIC STANDARDS
In a world where the line of what constitutes journalism appears to be increasingly blurred, CBC/Radio-Canada holds itself to the highest standards of journalistic practices.
All employees of CBC News, as well as the content they create, must respect the principles of accuracy, fairness, balance, impartiality and integrity as expressed through the Journalistic Standards and Practices.
We are aware of the impact of our work and are honest with our audiences. We do not hesitate to correct any mistake when necessary nor to follow up a story when a situation changes significantly. We do not plagiarize.
You can find links to report a correction or typo at the bottom of any CBC News story. We transparently track all significant corrections and clarifications. Our policy on corrections are enshrined within our Journalistic Standards and Practices.
The office of the ombudsman reviews our practices against the standards set out in our Journalistic Standards and Practices. We openly provide the public with the means to judge and hold us to account by sharing with it how we measure the quality and standards of our journalism.
If you wish to make a complaint or raise a concern regarding News or Current Affairs content, you may write to or email our independent ombudsman, who is responsible for ensuring compliance to the CBC/Radio-Canada Journalistic Standards and Practices.
TRUST PROJECT
CBC News is a member of The Trust Project, an international consortium of news organizations collaborating to use transparency as a way to educate readers and promote news that lives up to fairness and accuracy.
The Trust Project is developing tools that help users differentiate high-quality news online. A system of 'trust Indicators' are designed to tell audiences and news distribution platforms that the editorial is ethically produced, accurate news.
Indicators include:
- Publishing best practices
- Publishing author bylines and author information
- Clearly labelling content, for example to distinguish between opinion and analysis
- Publishing corrections on digital stories, including links to our corrections policy
JOURNALISM TRUST INITIATIVE
CBC News and Radio-Canada Info were the first Canadian broadcast media to be awarded Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) certification from Reporters Without Borders.
CORRECTIONS
CBC News is committed to transparency and accountability to our audience whenever we make an error or need to clarify a story. Until now, we noted any corrections or clarifications to online articles at the bottom of the story; TV or radio correctives were done on air on the relevant broadcast.
Effective Jan. 1, 2021, as part of this commitment to transparency, CBC News is also publicly tracking significant corrections or clarifications to our TV and radio news reports and online articles.
LABELLING CONTENT
CBC News uses labels as signals to help readers identify the status of different kinds of stories. Labels are used to flag stories that are breaking news or contain live elements such as video.
CBC News also uses labels to distinguish clearly between analysis and opinion.
Analysis — Here, reporters may make observations and draw conclusions based on facts as well as their own experience and expertise.
Opinion — Occasionally, we commission columns by external contributors. Our goal is to give the audience access to a range of commentary, diversity of political thought, and competing ideas and perspectives, which complement CBC's news coverage and provide additional insight.
First Person — First Person are personal stories and experiences of Canadians, in their own words. This is intended to showcase a more intimate storytelling perspective, and allow people from across the country to share what they have lived through.
When presenting content where a single opinion or point of view is featured, we ensure that a diversity of perspective is provided across a network or platform and in an appropriate time frame.
BYLINES
CBC News stories based on original reporting carry reporter bylines, which include information about the author such as expertise, location, biographical and contact information. Bylines link to author pages that include other articles by the writer.
Some CBC News stories are combined from a variety of sources, including one or more news agencies and CBC News staff. They are written and edited by CBC News but carry a generic CBC News byline.
CBC News also publishes stories from different news agencies, including The Canadian Press, The Associated Press and Reuters. These stories may be edited by CBC News to add information or change grammar and spelling to our style. They are published under agency bylines, indicating when significant material has been added by CBC News.
All stories published under the CBC News banner are held to our Journalistic Standards and Practices.
WHERE TO READ / WATCH / LISTEN TO CBC NEWS
- Download the free CBC News App on iOS or Android.
- Visit CBCNews.ca for stories, video, audio programs, TV newscasts and programs. Find more at the CBC Radio website.
- Watch CBC News content, including local newscasts, The National, The Fifth Estate, Marketplace and CBC News Explore on CBC Gem. CBC Gem is also available as a free app on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV, via Chromecast and Xbox.
- Watch local newscasts, our investigative programs and The National on CBC TV.
- Watch CBC News Network via your subscription television package or on CBC Gem.
- Listen to our news programs, including local and national radio news, current affairs programs and podcasts, live or on demand, on CBC Listen. Download the free Listen app on iOS or for Android devices.
- Listen to our news and current affairs programs on CBC Radio One in your community.
- Listen to our podcasts, news and current affairs programs by asking for them by name on your voice activated speaker, including Amazon Alexa and Google Home. Our top audio news programs include World Report, The World This Hour, Your World Tonight, Front Burner, The Current and As It Happens. You can also find many of these programs on audio and podcast apps such as Spotify, Apple Podcasts and TuneIn.
- Sign up for any of our email newsletters:
- Our daily CBC News Morning Brief is our most popular newsletter delivered each morning to your inbox.
- Mind Your Business dives into the worlds of economics, business and finance with analysis by senior business correspondent Peter Armstrong.
- Minority Report is a weekly guide to federal politics.
- What On Earth is about the environment.
- Second Opinion delivers the latest in health and medicine news.
- The Royal Fascinator is about all things royal.
- The Marketplace Watchdog offers consumer news and tips.
- The Fifth Estate dives into our investigative journalism.
- Metro Matters is a weekly dive into Metro Vancouver politics.
- Your Calgary Weekly recaps the latest stories and events.
- CBC Ottawa's The Highlight aims to "brighten your day with stories beyond the news."
- CBC East Coast: All In is a monthly newsletter featuring interesting stories from the Atlantic provinces.
- Watch our streaming channel CBC News Explore on Roku TV, Samsung TV Plus, CBC Gem, on the CBC News app or on our website.
- Watch our many programs, clips and interviews on our YouTube channels: CBC News, The National, The Fifth Estate, CBC NL, CBC Nova Scotia, CBC Windsor, CBC Saskatchewan, CBC Manitoba, CBC Vancouver, CBC North and CBC Kids News.
- Follow our TikTok news accounts for CBC News, CBC Vancouver and CBC Saskatchewan.
- Here's a list of all CBC/Radio-Canada platforms and services in English and French.