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Using the power of media and technology to advance social change, we see Vancouver and its region as a hotbed of Solutions Media makers. This year at Media Democracy Day, leading thinkers in this new space of communication, from videographers to coders, will share their perspective its meaning and potential. We are planning a dynamic…
The Ryerson Review of Journalism is pleased to announce our upcoming conference "Covering Disaster: a critical lens". In recent times, images of smoldering wildfires, lashing hurricanes, fearsome earthquakes, and devastating mudslides inundated our newspapers, TV screens, and smartphones, feeding a never-ending public fascination with natural disasters and the human cost left in their wake. What…
It was the story of the summer in a summer of stories. Who can forget that profane-laden call from former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, a.k.a "The Mooch," to Ryan Lizza, Washington correspondent for The New Yorker, demanding to know who was leaking information to the press? But Lizza's front-row seat to the Trump…
Join us on Twitter for a wide ranging chat on Bill C-58 and access to information reform, moderated by J-Source's editor-in-chief Patricia W. Elliott. Our panellists include: Holly Doan, publisher of Blacklock's Reporter (@hollyanndoan) Nick Taylor-Vaisey, President of the Canadian Association of Journalists (@TaylorVaisey) David McKie, Ottawa-based journalist in CBC News’ Parliamentary bureau We'll be…
Join some of the Canada’s most prolific investigative reporters, developers, coders and data advocates for a one-day data journalism symposium. Delve into the strategies they use to turn terabytes of raw data into exclusive scoops that have already had a demonstrable impact on the politics, social justice, and day-to-day lives of Canadians.
In 1966, twelve-year-old Chanie Wenjack froze to death on the railway tracks after running away from residential school. An inquest was called and four recommendations were made to prevent another tragedy. None of those recommendations were applied. More than a quarter of a century later, from 2000 to 2011, seven Indigenous high school students died…
The annual gathering of the country’s student journalists is coming to Toronto in 2018 for its 80th anniversary. Hosted by The Eyeopener, Ryerson University’s independent student paper, NASH80 will celebrate and continue the tradition of the Canadian University Press We are once again bringing university papers together, with one of the most unique and diverse…
Hear from Columbia Review of Journalism (Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism) editor and publisher Kyle Pope on why media criticism matters now more than ever. Pope has over a decade of experience as a foreign correspondent and editor at The Wall Street Journal, Condé Nast and The New York Observer. In the summer of…
The School of Journalism’s 37th Minifie Lecturer is Peter Mansbridge. He is the first-ever lecturer to be asked to return a second time, to book-end the insights gained over a long career in Canadian broadcast news. Peter Mansbridge is one of Canada’s most respected and recognizable figures. For five decades, including 29 years as anchor…
The Digital News Innovation Challenge (DNIC) is a partnership that brings together the RSJ, the DMZ and the Facebook Journalism Project in support of digital news ideas and early-stage tech companies driving innovation for journalism and news organizations. The official call for applications kicks off on Thursday, Jan. 25 at 1 pm at the DMZ…