Research

The results of this survey will provide crucial information about representation in newsrooms.
Read More Continue Reading J-Source is extending the deadline of our gender diversity survey

According to data collected by the Local News Research Project, a majority of closures have been community papers.
Read More Continue Reading Over 250 Canadian news media outlets have closed in the last 10 years

Journalists should be careful when using social media posts to report what the public thinks, and should tell readers how the data was collected.
Read More Continue Reading When journalists report social media as public opinion

Uncritical coverage of industry projections means climate change is left out of the picture.
Read More Continue Reading What Canada’s major media are forgetting when they report on oil

The results of this survey will provide crucial information about representation in newsrooms.
Read More Continue Reading Take the J-Source survey on gender diversity in Canadian news media

“Making a Terrorist” examines how Canadian media reports on terrorism.
Read More Continue Reading Reflecting on who journalists call terrorists and why

Michael D’Alimonte said he wanted to see if the Toronto coverage mirrored patterns of early AIDS reporting in the United States.
Read More Continue Reading Early reporting on AIDS offers lessons for covering future health crises, new study suggests

There are widespread fears that so-called echo chambers and filter bubbles are leading to political polarization that poses a danger to democracy. But are the fears unfounded?
Read More Continue Reading The myth of the echo chamber

Newsrooms are more – but not fully – equal.
Read More Continue Reading Women journalists and the glass ceiling

“This whole notion of ‘heartwarming’ – why is it people with disabilities are somehow more heartwarming than others?”
Read More Continue Reading Journalists must change with the times when covering disability issues, advocates urge