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A new study launched by the Local News Research Project at Ryerson’s School of Journalism will explore what can be learned from other countries about philanthropic support for news media
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Avoid alarmist reports, use credible sources, prioritize the key information, expert suggests
Read More Continue Reading Tips for journalists and media organizations in Canada covering the coronavirus

Journalism students have very different ideas about what a reporting career means to them. But it’s the ones who value journalism’s role in democracy that stay the course
Read More Continue Reading Why are j-school students saying no to reporting careers?

Home/work: Understanding work-at-home freelancing in Toronto is a new research project led by Nancy Worth, assistant professor in geography and environmental management at the University of Waterloo
Read More Continue Reading Call for participants: New research project aims to understand the working lives of Toronto’s millennial freelancers

The appetite for smart local news is there. The challenge is figuring out how to make it profitable
Read More Continue Reading Local news outlets can fill the media trust gap – but the public needs to pony up

Mainstream media companies haven’t taken the basic step of crunching the numbers on whom they hire, but plenty of evidence suggests doing so is a healthy first step towards creating a more equitable and representative workplace
Read More Continue Reading A case for self-reporting

It won’t be a surprise to many that the gender pay gap still exists in Canadian journalism. 

A survey conducted by J-Source shows that 42 per cent of surveyed cisgender… Continue Reading Survey: Gender equity issues in Canadian journalism persist at end of decade

Carleton will match your donations, doubling the benefits
Read More Continue Reading Support J-Source on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3

‘Self-reporting on newsroom diversity would encourage a culture of trust and accountability, one that the journalism profession upholds in its role as a watchdog of public institutions.’
Read More Continue Reading Newsrooms not keeping up with changing demographics, study suggests

You may have read about – or already seen, depending on where you are – the latest tweak to Facebook’s interface: the disappearance of the likes counter.

Like Instagram (which… Continue Reading Can hiding likes make Facebook fairer and rein in fake news? The science says maybe