Research

What happens when an illegally logged tree falls or poachers kill endangered brown bears in the forest, but there’s no journalist to report it?
Read More Continue Reading Environmental reporting can help protect citizens in emerging democracies

A five-point plan for mainstream media to cover fewer royal babies and more of our unfolding catastrophe
Read More Continue Reading Dear Journalists of Canada: Start Reporting Climate Change as an Emergency

2018 Michener-Deacon Fellow for Journalism Education Tamara Baluja spent the past year studying what journalism schools are teaching their students about social media storytelling, metrics and best practices. Here’s what she found
Read More Continue Reading Top tips and trends in social media education

Survey of small-market papers finds workers anxious about ad revenue, stressed about digital competition but still have their readers’ trust
Read More Continue Reading Local news snapshot finds journalists split on their future

Journalists worldwide surveyed on how PR pitches, social media algorithms, data privacy and more are affecting their jobs in 2019
Read More Continue Reading Distrust in media is on the decline, journalists tell survey

In the wake of a series of coordinated attacks that claimed more than 250 lives on April 21, the government of Sri Lanka shut off its residents’ access to social… Continue Reading Shutting down social media does not reduce violence, but rather fuels it

Research shows that social media presence can help and hurt emerging reporters’ prospects
Read More Continue Reading Which online skills are journalism bosses expecting from students?

Why a 24-year old gives up city life for a job at his local paper and then, five years later, buys it
Read More Continue Reading A millennial buys the local paper

By Heather Rollwagen, Ryerson University and Ivor Shapiro, Ryerson University

Ottawa has finally announced the details of how it will offer financial assistance to the country’s struggling news media industry… Continue Reading As Ottawa helps the news industry, latest research suggests journalists’ loyalties are tough to buy

By Cristina Sanza, Concordia University; Brittney Borowiec, McMaster University; David Secko, Concordia University; Farah Qaiser, University of Toronto; Fernanda de Araujo Ferreira, Harvard University; Heather MacGregor, University of Toronto; Michael Bramadat-Willcock,… Continue Reading Why we see hope for the future of science journalism