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Free Press religion reporter John Longhurst on the paper’s work ramping up the faith beat
Read More Continue Reading Why faith groups in Winnipeg are funding religious journalism at the Free Press

As newsrooms shrink across the country, editors are seeking a balance between keeping up with daily demands and developing areas of expertise
Read More Continue Reading How beat reporting in 2019 works at 3 different-sized outlets across Canada

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?

There’s an ongoing debate about whether the influence of audience data is good or bad for journalistic practice. But it’s not the audience data that’s an issue – it’s the way they’re used
Read More Continue Reading Here’s how metrics and analytics are changing newsroom practice

How data journalism and coding are changing the landscape of investigative journalism
Read More Continue Reading Data storytelling in a diversifying field

New program aims to change the conversation by focusing on users’ lived experiences.
Read More Continue Reading Crackdown podcast brings listeners to frontlines of drug war

Angie Holan is sitting at her desk, lost in the chatter of the newsroom around her. Phones ringing, keyboards clicking, pens stroking across pieces of paper. It is March 25,… Continue Reading It’s a fact

(Disclosure: I’m the full-time paid publisher of Briarpatch Magazine, a volunteer board member of the Media Co-op, CEO of the currently inactive environmental consulting company Porpoise B Consulting, and freelance… Continue Reading A case study in nondisclosures

From Jan. 3 to 6, emerging journalists from across the country came together in Calgary, Alta. for NASH, an annual journalism conference hosted this year by the University of Calgary’s… Continue Reading Top takeaways from NASH 2019

Are you a media whore? Or do you worry you might be labeled one by your colleagues – if not to your face, then behind your back?

In the process… Continue Reading In praise of academic media sluts – a new year’s resolution