1 year ago
How tracking can improve gender representation in sourcing from j-school to the newsroom
So far, focused, sustained attention on diversity in sourcing leads to results.
1 year ago
New journal to highlight journalism research
J-Source to publish Facts & Frictions in partnership with J-Schools Canada/Écoles-J Canada
1 year ago
Podcasts’ slow journalism is where reporting meets storytelling
Through the course ‘Podcasting and Perspective: How Audio Storytelling Can Tackle Complex Social Issues,’ 2020 Asper Fellow Hannah Sung maps out how audio journalism’s layered approach gets results
1 year ago
2020 is a year for the history books, but not without digital archives
Canada lags behind some countries with preserving public digital records
1 year ago
Student consortium continues to tackle public health through national data collaboration
Now mapping pandemic impacts across Canada, the IIJ continues to rack up accolades for public interest data journalism
2 years ago
J-schools lag behind in teaching prized data journalism skills
Professors tend to believe their students don’t want to do math. As a result, more frequently used tools like social media are emphasized, leaving new reporters behind on complex analysis tasks valued (if underutilized) by newsrooms
2 years ago
Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest
Narratives about the Women’s March and anti-Trump protests gave voice to protesters and significantly explored their grievances. Protests about anti-Black racism and Indigenous people’s rights received the least legitimizing coverage, with them more often seen as threatening and violent
2 years ago
Yes, websites really are starting to look more similar
There’s a creeping conformity taking place on the web
2 years ago
Challenging our conventions around naming mass shooters
Countries around the world value the public’s right to know. But that principle can look very different place to place
2 years ago
We mapped all the media impacts of COVID-19 in Canada
From pay cuts to layoffs, print reductions to closures, thousands across the industry are hit hard by the pandemic
J-Source, led by the journalism programs at Ryerson University (which is currently engaged in a renaming process) and Carleton University, is supported by the post-secondary journalism programs at member institutions of J-Schools Canada/Écoles-J Canada, the R. Howard Webster Foundation and a group of donors.
French-language publication Projet J, hosted by J-Source, is led by the journalism program at the Université du Québec à Montréal and funded by a group of donors.
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