Through the course ‘Podcasting and Perspective: How Audio Storytelling Can Tackle Complex Social Issues,’ 2020 Asper Fellow Hannah Sung maps out how audio journalism’s layered approach gets results
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Canada lags behind some countries with preserving public digital records Continue Reading 2020 is a year for the history books, but not without digital archives
Now mapping pandemic impacts across Canada, the IIJ continues to rack up accolades for public interest data journalism Continue Reading Student consortium continues to tackle public health through national data collaboration
Professors tend to believe their students don’t want to do math. As a result, more frequently used tools like social media are emphasized, leaving new reporters behind on complex analysis tasks valued (if underutilized) by newsrooms Continue Reading J-schools lag behind in teaching prized data journalism skills
Narratives about the Women’s March and anti-Trump protests gave voice to protesters and significantly explored their grievances. Protests about anti-Black racism and Indigenous people’s rights received the least legitimizing coverage, with them more often seen as threatening and violent Continue Reading Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest
There’s a creeping conformity taking place on the web Continue Reading Yes, websites really are starting to look more similar
Countries around the world value the public’s right to know. But that principle can look very different place to place Continue Reading Challenging our conventions around naming mass shooters
From pay cuts to layoffs, print reductions to closures, thousands across the industry are hit hard by the pandemic Continue Reading We mapped all the media impacts of COVID-19 in Canada
What re-reading Camus’s The Plague can tell us about media, literature and social memory in times of crisis Continue Reading Popular literature in the age of pandemic threat
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 Continue Reading New research project explores best practices for philanthropic support for journalism