1 year 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
1 year ago
Popular literature in the age of pandemic threat
What re-reading Camus’s The Plague can tell us about media, literature and social memory in times of crisis
2 years ago
New research project explores best practices for philanthropic support for journalism
A new study launched by the Local News Research Project at Ryerson’s School of Journalism will explore what can be learned from other countries about philanthropic support for news media
2 years ago
Why are j-school students saying no to reporting careers?
Journalism students have very different ideas about what a reporting career means to them. But it’s the ones who value journalism’s role in democracy that stay the course
2 years ago
Call for participants: New research project aims to understand the working lives of Toronto’s millennial freelancers
Home/work: Understanding work-at-home freelancing in Toronto is a new research project led by Nancy Worth, assistant professor in geography and environmental management at the University of Waterloo
2 years ago
Local news outlets can fill the media trust gap – but the public needs to pony up
The appetite for smart local news is there. The challenge is figuring out how to make it profitable
2 years ago
A case for self-reporting
Mainstream media companies haven’t taken the basic step of crunching the numbers on whom they hire, but plenty of evidence suggests doing so is a healthy first step towards creating a more equitable and representative workplace
2 years ago
Survey: Gender equity issues in Canadian journalism persist at end of decade
It won’t be a surprise to many that the gender pay gap still exists in Canadian journalism.
A survey conducted by J-Source shows that 42 per cent of surveyed cisgender women, transgender and non-binary journalists don’t think they are paid…
2 years ago
Newsrooms not keeping up with changing demographics, study suggests
'Self-reporting on newsroom diversity would encourage a culture of trust and accountability, one that the journalism profession upholds in its role as a watchdog of public institutions.'
2 years ago
Can hiding likes make Facebook fairer and rein in fake news? The science says maybe
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You may have read about – or already seen, depending on where you are – the latest tweak to Facebook’s interface: the disappearance of the likes counter.
Like Instagram (which it owns), Facebook is experimenting with hiding the number of…
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