What is the role of a social media editor inside a news organization? New research by University of King’s College online journalism professor Tim Currie sheds some light on the level of integration that Canadian social media editors have in their respective newsrooms, the unique challenges that face them and how they position themselves with their audiences.
A new collection, “Alternative Media in Canada,” is the first to provide an overview of Canadian alternative media practices. Lisa Lynch interviewed David Skinner about the book’s central themes and about the relationship between mainstream and independent journalism in Canada.
Three new international peer-reviewed journals will offer journalism scholars and researchers new venues to publish their work and move discussion and exploration surrounding topics of digital journalism, journalism education, and interdisciplinary studies in communication forward.
Spring is here, and so are Canada’s journalism conferences. Here is a roundup of some of the more promising conferences for journalism researchers.
Canadian study investigates sourcing practices and framing of homelessness in the news. Elyse Amend and David Secko write about the study which considers the power of expert quotes in three Canadian newspapers to frame homelessness.
AMARC – Prof. Vinod Pavarala, Dean, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication, University of Hyderabad has been chosen to be the first ever UNESCO Chair on Community Media. The four-year appointmnent will serve as a knowledge and resource centre for the study and promotion of community media, including such things as community radio, participatory…
Marc Raboy and Jeremy Shtern’s collection Media Divides: Communication Rights and the Right to Communicate in Canada is a series of essays by Canadian media and communications scholars on the past, present and future of Canadian communication rights. Expanding the notion of ‘the right to communicate’ beyond a conversation about freedom of expression, the authors…
An Israeli daily newspaper tried a radical experiment – it replaced journalists with literary writers for some editions of its paper. David Secko and Elyse Amend write about the study that followed this experiment to see if other types of writers could handle daily deadlines, chasing truth, and working sources for information the way that…
Lisa Lynch chats with Participatory Journalism co-author and UBC associate professor Alfred Hermida about citizen involvement in the news, comment policies, and newsroom innovation.
These days, everybody is concerned about the future of journalism. So why is it important to look at the past? Findings editor David Secko and Elyse Amend tackles the question, with the help of one Columbia professor’s findings.