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There’s a creeping conformity taking place on the web
Read More Continue Reading Yes, websites really are starting to look more similar

Countries around the world value the public’s right to know. But that principle can look very different place to place
Read More Continue Reading Challenging our conventions around naming mass shooters

From pay cuts to layoffs, print reductions to closures, thousands across the industry are hit hard by the pandemic
Read More Continue Reading We mapped all the media impacts of COVID-19 in Canada

University publications across the country use unique techniques and perspectives to grapple with the multi-layered challenges student reporters face in wake of COVID-19
Read More Continue Reading Campus papers remain determined to serve their audiences

Two journalism professors share their thoughts on the move to alternate delivery
Read More Continue Reading COVID-19 and the end-of-semester pivot: 5 tips to help you change on the fly

What re-reading Camus’s The Plague can tell us about media, literature and social memory in times of crisis
Read More Continue Reading Popular literature in the age of pandemic threat

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
Read More Continue Reading New research project explores best practices for philanthropic support for journalism

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