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Suburban and rural communities underserved by local media, new election research suggests
By Jasmine Bala for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre The amount of news available about local contests for member of Parliament during the 2015 federal election depended on where in Canada voters were living, a new study by Ryerson University’s … -
What newsrooms are doing – and not doing – to deal with the mental health of their reporters
By Trevor Hewitt Weaving through busy streets on his gas scooter, Cliff Lonsdale thought about what was about to happen – after all, it’s not every day you’re sent to interview someone whose daughter has just been killed. As he… -
Patti Sonntag spearheads Canadian collaborative investigative journalism project
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Jane Gerster The first time Patti Sonntag tried to pitch a hands-on investigative class about resource extraction companies to Canadian journalism schools she was met with enthusiastic but noncommittal… -
Film exposes role of Ugandan newspapers in persecution of LGBTQ community
Queer Ugandan filmmaker lives in fear for his life, but is determined to keep telling stories from one of the most dangerous countries in the world for the LGBT community.… -
Canada’s access to information regime is systemically broken, says panel
Accessing public information in Canada frequently entails multiple-year delays, seemingly arbitrary and generous redactions, and time-consuming appeals processes.… -
Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable is part of a journalist’s job, say panelists
Feeling uncomfortable while reporting on some communities and situations is part of being a good journalist.… -
Positive mental health stories more often shared online than negative stories, study finds
The study by Gavin Adamson examined the content of articles dealing with mental health and how they were shared across digital platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.… -
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.… -
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 early as 1992. Even before rights-grabbing contractsbecame…
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