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![Discourse Media sets precedent for a new kind of emerging media organization. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
The business of collaboration
Discourse Media sets precedent for a new kind of emerging media organization.
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![Article magazine, a Patreon-funded site that publishes once a week on Medium. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Article Magazine launches on Medium platform
Founder says he wants to slow things down with more considered pieces.
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![On Jan. 11 Barry Green—the chairman of Greenrock Property Management Limited and a philanthropist—and TVO announced an unprecedented donation to support journalism in Canada. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
TVO receives $2 million donation to fund journalism hubs throughout Ontario
First hub will open in Thunder Bay later this year, with three more to follow.
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![Homestand Sports produces a series of talks focused on basketball, hockey and baseball. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
A unique sports event series is bringing journalists and audiences together
By Adriel Smiley The doors of the Drake Underground open at almost a quarter past 7 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2016 for Hoop Talks, a live speaker series about basketball produced by…
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![“What Brings Us Here” showcases activism by local grassroots organizations in Winnipeg. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
NFB Instagram project brings Indigenous stories to the mobile screen
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Tennessa Wild The Instagram profile “What Brings Us Here” is filled with real stories in real time. The collection of photographs on the…
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![Luis, Suzanne Feldman and Rod Radford discuss creating short documentary films on mental illness. Image courtesy of Allison Ridgway.]()
Enabling people with mental illness to make films could challenge media stereotypes, say researchers
By Allison Ridgway for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre Three Canadian researchers are giving people who’ve experienced mental illnesses the resources and training to make their own documentary films to see if…
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![Some of BBC's new Canadian content on their news website. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Why BBC decided to set up shop in Canada
BBC News North America editor Ben Bevington tells J-Source why it was time for a Toronto office.
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![Photo courtesy of Michelle-Andrea Girouard.]()
Journalism school multimedia teachers must emphasize solid journalism
Digital tools will come and go, but the skills stay the same.
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![The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre of the University of British Columbia. Photo courtesy CjayD/CC BY 2.0.]()
New UBC international reporting project challenges parachute model of journalism
IRP students will partner with students at four partner universities to produce a cross-border journalism project.
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![The Toronto Star launched Headline Coffee on Sep. 12, a venture that delivers Fair Trade coffee along with the paper. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Finding innovation in a coffee and a morning newspaper
A big part of launching a new and original product is first convincing people you’re capable of having innovative ideas.
