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J-Source is extending the deadline of our gender diversity survey

The results of this survey will provide crucial information about representation in newsrooms.
Over 250 Canadian news media outlets have closed in the last 10 years

According to data collected by the Local News Research Project, a majority of closures have been community papers.
When journalists report social media as public opinion

Journalists should be careful when using social media posts to report what the public thinks, and should tell readers how the data was collected.
What Canada’s major media are forgetting when they report on oil

Uncritical coverage of industry projections means climate change is left out of the picture.
Take the J-Source survey on gender diversity in Canadian news media

The results of this survey will provide crucial information about representation in newsrooms.
Reflecting on who journalists call terrorists and why

“Making a Terrorist” examines how Canadian media reports on terrorism.
Early reporting on AIDS offers lessons for covering future health crises, new study suggests

Michael D’Alimonte said he wanted to see if the Toronto coverage mirrored patterns of early AIDS reporting in the United States.
The myth of the echo chamber

There are widespread fears that so-called echo chambers and filter bubbles are leading to political polarization that poses a danger to democracy. But are the fears unfounded?
Women journalists and the glass ceiling

Newsrooms are more – but not fully – equal.
Journalists must change with the times when covering disability issues, advocates urge

“This whole notion of ‘heartwarming’ – why is it people with disabilities are somehow more heartwarming than others?”