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    Journalism students can play a key part in building sustainable journalism models

    By Magda Konieczna Missing from the Shattered Mirror report’s recommendations for Canadian journalism were insights about journalism education. A panel discussion at last week’s Canadian Communication Association conference in Toronto aimed to fill that gap. It also reflected the challenges inherent in teaching journalism against the backdrop of an evolving and struggling industry, something that…
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    Here’s all our coverage from the Local News conference

    Here are all of our live blogs from the Local News conference at Ryerson University in Toronto on June 3-4, 2017. Understanding Local Journalism: An Overview April Lindgren, Colette Brin, Damian Radcliffe and Michelle Ferrier give overviews into their research around local news. Does Local News Matter? Tales From the Trenches James Gordon, Brian Lambie and…
  • The economics of local news are no small challenge. Photo courtesy of Josh Koonce/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

    How to scale our understanding of local news health

    The economics of local news are no small challenge, but soon we may be able to anticipate significant causes of unhealthy news ecosystems in different U.S. cities.

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    How do cultural attitudes shape crime reporting?

    Researchers to explore differences in European newsrooms in June conference.

  • The Canadian police practice of withholding crime victims name is a "step back for press freedom" according to researcher Lisa Taylor. Photo courtesy of Tony Webster/CC BY 2.0.

    Police practice of withholding crime victims’ names can pose challenges for journalistic credibility

    One researcher calls this a “tremendous step back for press freedom” that could put the public at risk.

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    All J-Source’s coverage from #CAJ17

    Here’s all of our liveblogs from the 2017 Canadian Association of Journalists conference in Ottawa.

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    Live Blog: The Public Broadcaster’s Dilemma

    In an increasingly fractured, crowded and competitive media environment, what is the role of the public broadcaster when it comes to news?

  • A drone restriction sign at Lake Louise in Alberta. Photo courtesy Pierre5018/CC BY-SA 4.0.

    New regulations could change how Canadian journalists can use drones

    Currently, reporters using drones are covered by commercial drone-user regulations, which are slightly more stringent than recreational drone rules.

  • A guessing contest in The San Francisco Examiner on Sept. 29, 1895. Image courtesy of Paul Moore.

    Audience engagement efforts aren’t new – they’re just different these days, sociology professor argues

    By Jasmine Bala for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre Building audience engagement has long been a newsroom preoccupation, only today it involves Instagram and Facebook, while in the past publishers seduced readers with paper cut-out toys and thrilling accounts of reporters on around-the-world races against time. New research on the history of Sunday newspapers by…

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    What’s missing in Canadian journalism?

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor When David Topping set out to take the pulse of Canadian journalism, he was hoping it might help him shape something new—a project, or a product. In early January, Topping, the digital strategy and product manager for Toronto Life, 12:36 and Torontoist, started promoting a survey of his own creation…

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