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Social media editors in Canadian newsrooms describe integration, unique challenges

What is the role of a social media editor inside a news organization? New research by University of King’s College online journalism professor Tim Currie sheds some light on the level of integration that Canadian social media editors have in their respective…
Alternative Media in Canada: An Interview With David Skinner

A new collection, “Alternative Media in Canada,” is the first to provide an overview of Canadian alternative media practices. Lisa Lynch interviewed David Skinner about the book’s central themes and about the relationship between mainstream and independent journalism in Canada. …
New peer-reviewed journals offer venues for journalism discussion and research

Three new international peer-reviewed journals will offer journalism scholars and researchers new venues to publish their work and move discussion and exploration surrounding topics of digital journalism, journalism education, and interdisciplinary studies in communication forward.…
Spring Conferences for Journalism Researchers

Spring is here, and so are Canada’s journalism conferences. Here is a roundup of some of the more promising conferences for journalism researchers.…
Journalism on homelessness: Expert driven

Canadian study investigates sourcing practices and framing of homelessness in the news. Elyse Amend and David Secko write about the study which considers the power of expert quotes in three Canadian newspapers to frame homelessness.…
First-ever UNESCO community media chair named

AMARC – Prof. Vinod Pavarala, Dean, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication, University of Hyderabad has been chosen to be the first ever UNESCO Chair on Community Media. The four-year appointmnent will serve as a knowledge and resource centre…
Journalism and Communication Rights In Canada: An Interview With Jeremy Shtern

Marc Raboy and Jeremy Shtern’s collection Media Divides: Communication Rights and the Right to Communicate in Canada is a series of essays by Canadian media and communications scholars on the past, present and future of Canadian communication rights. Expanding the…
The ‘replaceability’ of journalists

An Israeli daily newspaper tried a radical experiment – it replaced journalists with literary writers for some editions of its paper. David Secko and Elyse Amend write about the study that followed this experiment to see if other types of…
Participatory Journalism: an interview with Alfred Hermida

Lisa Lynch chats with Participatory Journalism co-author and UBC associate professor Alfred Hermida about citizen involvement in the news, comment policies, and newsroom innovation.…
What could make a journalism history class relevant?

These days, everybody is concerned about the future of journalism. So why is it important to look at the past? Findings editor David Secko and Elyse Amend tackles the question, with the help of one Columbia professor’s findings.…