4 years ago
New database seeks to amplify women’s voices in the news media
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign
By Michael Ott
“We couldn’t find any expert women,” cannot be an excuse.
That’s the mantra of a new website dedicated to amplifying women’s voices in Canadian news media. Expertwomen.ca seeks…
4 years ago
Ingrained diversity
By George Abraham
I recently spoke to a great class of graduate students at Carleton on the topic of diversity in journalism. I anticipated the students would be bored out of their wits – seeing my “lecture” as an imposition…
4 years ago
Updated columnist diversity survey shows representation has not improved since 2014
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By Dylan C. Robertson
Data collected late last year suggests Canada’s columns have grown even more unrepresentative since a similar 2014 J-Source columnists survey.
Canada’s news and general interest columnists…
4 years ago
“Bhumika Can Speak For Herself” using AI technology
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign
By Tamsyn Burgmann
Bhumika Shrestha gazes ahead with attentive eyes, shifts in her seat and awaits the first question: “Did you always know you are transgender?”
She takes in the question…
4 years ago
The effects of a less-than-diverse media workforce
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By Amanda Ghazale Aziz
When Carleton University asked reporter Judy Trinh to give a talk on diversity in the journalism industry to students in the journalism and communications program, she said yes.
She suspected why the university had asked her:…
4 years ago
Updated rules for language, terms for marginalized communities being discussed for new edition of Canadian Press Stylebook
By Allison Ridgway and Ania Bessonov
The Canadian Press (CP) is discussing how to update its stylebook to reflect changing language surrounding LGBTQ, Indigenous and disabled communities, CP’s editor-in-chief said during a Ryerson Journalism Research Centre panel earlier this month.…
4 years ago
Welcome to Canada: Abdirahman Abdi & the selective silence of Canadian leadership
By Jared A. Walker
Just a few moments ago I watched the Mothers of the Movement give a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. To say they were compelling would be a gross understatement. These tremendous women inspired millions…
5 years ago
Kamal Al-Solaylee’s new book explores the complexities of having brown skin
By Allison Ridgway for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre
When Kamal Al-Solaylee saw a group of Filipina maids enjoying a picnic in a Hong Kong park during their time off work one Sunday afternoon in 2011, the concept for his…
5 years ago
On the immigration beat with Nicholas Keung
The Toronto Star’s veteran immigration reporter talks about the unprecedented Canadian response to the Syrian refugee crisis.
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5 years ago
#NASH78 Diversity in the newsroom
Journalism prides itself on representing the voices of the underserved—and yet, too often, newsrooms are white.
Continue Reading #NASH78 Diversity in the newsroom
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