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‘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

Facebook’s News Feed algorithm determines what users see on its platform – from funny memes to comments from friends. The company regularly updates this algorithm, which can dramatically change what… Continue Reading Facebook algorithm changes suppressed journalism and meddled with democracy

SSHRC reviewers said the Global Journalism Innovation Lab “promises to be influential at a time of critical need”
Read More Continue Reading UBC researchers lead $2.5-million journalism innovation project

“Who – or what – will do journalism in this AI-enhanced and automated world, and how will they do it?”
Read More Continue Reading Artificial-intelligence-enhanced journalism offers a glimpse of the future of the knowledge economy

How do democracies deal with disinformation that is indistinguishable from journalism?
Read More Continue Reading Operation Infektion 2.0? State-sponsored journalism and disinformation

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