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J-schools lag behind in teaching prized data journalism skills
Professors tend to believe their students don’t want to do math. As a result, more frequently used tools like social media are emphasized, leaving new reporters behind on complex analysis tasks valued (if underutilized) by newsrooms Continue Reading J-schools lag behind in teaching prized data journalism skills
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Equity and Inclusion in Journalism Education
Resources for Journalism Educators Continue Reading Equity and Inclusion in Journalism Education
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What’s happening to the street beat?
Adjusting to new COVID-19 realities around physical distancing and an increasingly cashless economy, street papers across Canada are adapting to continue publishing and keep vendors at work Continue Reading What’s happening to the street beat?
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Quebec emerges as hotspot for reporting interference
Independent, student media monitoring press freedom as reporters’ ability to cover news on the ground is compromised Continue Reading Quebec emerges as hotspot for reporting interference
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Postmedia revenue down more than 25% amid COVID-19 advertising pullback
The owner of Canada’s largest newspaper chain saw its most recent quarterly revenue slashed by a quarter as advertising revenue decline accelerated amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but said it would stop a pay reduction program one month early thanks to government aid. Continue Reading Postmedia revenue down more than 25% amid COVID-19 advertising pullback
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Here’s what the National NewsMedia Council decided in June
The ethics board issued decisions in June on four complaints, all of which were dismissed or found to have been appropriately addressed. They included dismissal of complaints that a Toronto Star column showed “bias against white people,” the accuracy of a term used in a Toronto Sun opinion column and two against two respective newspapers in Kamloops, B.C. Continue Reading Here’s what the National NewsMedia Council decided in June
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There’s still something missing in debates around covering mass violence in Canada
Journalists agree that they have to avoid glorifying perpetrators in news reporting. But gaps in best practices continue to appear in coverage Continue Reading There’s still something missing in debates around covering mass violence in Canada
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What does the past, present and future look like in unprecedented times?
The RRJ’s 2020 editor on what a print magazine on the state of journalism conceived pre-COVID can still tell us about how to move forward Continue Reading What does the past, present and future look like in unprecedented times?
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Newsroom accessibility in a post-pandemic world
The rapid shift to work-from-home shows that better conditions for disabled workers aren’t so inaccessible after all. Journalists discuss the conditions that threatened to push them out and how to bring them back in Continue Reading Newsroom accessibility in a post-pandemic world
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Canadaland staff file to unionize
Staff at Canadaland, an independent podcast network and news organization, have officially filed for union certification. Continue Reading Canadaland staff file to unionize
