About Us
J-Source.ca is produced by a collaboration of post-secondary journalism programs led by those at Toronto Metropolitan University and Carleton University. It is supported by J-Schools Canada/Écoles-J Canada, the organization that represents post-secondary journalism programs in Canada, and a group of benefactors who believe in excellence in journalism and its strong and vital future.
Our goal is to promote national discussion about journalism and journalism education as well as to provide a source for news, research, commentary, advice and resources for industry professionals, academics, journalism and media students. In 2019, J-Source began a relationship with J-Schools Canada/Écoles-J Canada, the Canadian affiliate of the World Journalism Education Council representing post-secondary journalism programs in Canada. Part of that relationship involves a growing focus within the publication on student journalism, journalism and media research and discussion of pedagogical issues for journalism faculty at J-Schools Canada/Écoles-J Canada member institutions.
Our history
J-Source was launched in the spring of 2007 by a collective of Canadian journalism schools and organizations led by the Canadian Journalism Foundation , which was the project’s principal funder and administrator until December 2013. Initial development was made possible by grants from the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Graduate School for Advanced Communications at Toronto Metropolitan University, the Canadian Media Research Consortium and the TMU Research Assistants Fund. From 2013, J-Source and ProjetJ were managed by the journalism programs at Toronto Metropolitan University, Carleton University and Université Laval, initially supported by financial contributions from media organizations, trade unions and individual donors. In 2017, ProjetJ was suspended and its archives consolidated into J-Source. It was revived in 2021 by the Université du Québec à Montréal.
Publisher
Christopher Waddell
Editor-in-chief
Gabriela Perdomo
Managing editor
Steph Wechsler
Copy editor
Dan Westell
J-Source can be reached by mail at:
J-Source at Toronto Metropolitan University
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 2K3
And by email at:
In 2019 J-Source began a relationship with J-Schools Canada/Écoles-J Canada, the organization that represents post-secondary journalism programs in Canada and is the Canadian affiliate of the World Journalism Education Council. Part of that relationship involves a growing focus within the publication on student journalism, journalism and media research and discussion of pedagogical issues for journalism faculty at J-Schools Canada/Écoles-J Canada member institutions.
J-Source is the recipient of the inaugural Michener-L. Richard O’Hagan Fellowship for Journalism Education, which supported the development of the Canada Press Freedom Project. The CPFP was launched in 2022.
Past editors-in-chief
Sonya Fatah (Toronto Metropolitan University, August 2018 to July 2021)
Patricia W. Elliott (University of Regina, June 2016 to August 2018)
Bruce Gillespie (Wilfrid Laurier University, August 2013-April 2016)
Janice Neil (Toronto Metropolitan University, January 2010-August 2013)
Ivor Shapiro (Toronto Metropolitan University, January 2007-December 2009)
Our affiliates
Canada Press Freedom Project
The Canada Press Freedom Project is a hub for information and education surrounding freedom of the press issues in Canada. The project is dedicated to building professional community and public awareness around media rights in Canada by maintaining an ongoing database of press freedom violations, and tools and resources for media workers, organizations, educators and students to understand and counter those threats. The project launched in 2022, supported by the inaugural Michener-L. Richard O’Hagan Fellowship for Journalism Education.
Facts & Frictions
Digital academic journal Facts & Frictions highlights new perspectives and critiques catering to a broad public audience interested in innovations in journalism research, theory, practice, and education. Produced by J-Schools Canada/Écoles-J Canada, Canada’s national association for post-secondary journalism research and education. Facts & Frictions is published by J-Source and its articles are free and accessible online.
Projet J
French-language publication Projet J, hosted by J-Source, is led by the journalism program at the Université du Québec à Montréal.