-
![A crime map from the Ottawa Police Service. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Reporters need to dig deeper into crime maps to tell the whole story
New research finds that crime maps released by Canadian police forces only paints a partial picture of what is happening.
-
![British and Irish freelancers of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), which has represented freelancers since 1951, launched an electronic communications network in 1992 called NUJnet. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Freelancers helped invent digital communications tools to build online networks
By Errol Salamon, Work and Labour Editor Before the Internet and World Wide Web became fully commercialized in the mid-1990s, freelance writers and photographers began using computer networks as organizing tools as…
-
![This is a Canadian Issue, a microsite created by Ryerson Masters students as part of their digital reporting class. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Ryerson reporting project on Truth and Reconciliation makes waves
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor In a recent article in The Atlantic, Kieran Delamont tells the story of how Indigenous people have had a difficult history of representation in video games. It’s…
-
![Author and Ryerson School of Journalism professor Kamal Al-Solaylee discusses his latest book with The Globe and Mail’s Doug Saunders. Photo courtesy Allison Ridgway.]()
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…
-
![Journalism Transformations, a recent colloquium organized by the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre. Photo courtesy Ilina Ghosh.]()
Journalism Transformations: Audience behaviour and the future of news
By Ilina Ghosh for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre When Beyoncé released her latest album, Lemonade, exclusively on the music streaming service Tidal, new user sign-ups rose by 1.2 million. But since then, the service’s…
-
![2_steve-maher-4329.jpg]()
What 12 months as a Nieman fellow taught journalist Stephen Maher
By Stephen Maher In September, Joshua Benton, the director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, gave a talk about trends in the media business to the incoming Nieman fellows, 23… -
![Nicholas Hune-Brown, left, and two of his NMA nominated pieces. Headshot courtesy Nicholas Hune-Brown, screenshots by J-Source.]()
A behind-the-scenes look at the NMA nominated work of Nicholas Hune-Brown
By Chris Lowrey Nicholas Hune-Brown is a Toronto-based journalist who has been nominated more than a dozen times at the NMAs, which honour excellence in Canadian magazines. This year, he’s nominated for… -
![Haley Cullingham is the senior editor at Hazlitt, an online magazine. Photo courtesy Haley Cullingham.]()
Four editing tips from Hazlitt senior editor Haley Cullingham
Eleven of the magazine pieces she edited last year have been nominated for NMA awards.
-
![20160526_195445.jpg]()
Journalist interrupted
Our liveblog from MacEwan University as four journalists plot a blueprint for what comes next.
-
![screen_shot_2016-05-26_at_3.46.33_pm.png]()
Keeping pace with the new media ecosystem
Emily Bell, founding director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School, in conversation with the Boston Globe’s David Skok.
