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Journalists are still conflating sex work with exploitation. Here’s why we have to turn the page
Read More Continue Reading Stop spreading the sex trafficking myths derailing news coverage

Presented with the Spencer Moore Award for Lifetime Contributions, citizen researcher and Ryerson Centre for Free Expression senior fellow chronicles public impact struggles in health, human rights and more
Read More Continue Reading Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom honouree Ken Rubin highlights his top investigative probes

It took the better part of a decade to bring to life but the nation’s first Cree language sports broadcast aired on March 24 on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.

… Continue Reading Inside APTN’s history-making Cree NHL broadcast

The 2019 editor goes inside the 35-year-old student magazine’s ominous cover package
Read More Continue Reading Ryerson Review of Journalism takes on Ford and Trump

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