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Why We Started A Podcast Company In A Pandemic with Media Girlfriends

Online 12 Constance Street, London, London, United Kingdom

What does it mean to bet on yourself? That's what Hannah Sung, Garvia Bailey, and Nana aba Duncan did when they started Media Girlfriends, a podcast production company led by women of colour working towards more inclusion, diversity and perspectives in media.

Exposing the Truth: Journalism’s Role in Reconciliation

Zoom Video Webinar

VIU, in partnership with CBC Radio, invites you to join us at the seventh annual Indigenous Speakers Series featuring investigative journalist Connie Walker, from the Okanese First Nation in Saskatchewan.

JournalismAI Festival 2021

Online

The worlds of artificial intelligence and journalism meet again in 2021. Tune in to the JournalismAI Festival from 29 November to 3 December.

Moving to Independent News in Canada and Why it Matters

Zoom Video Webinar

The objective of this panel is to (1) describe why more indy, investigative media platforms have emerged, (2) unpack how indy, investigative journalism happens, (3) discuss paths ahead for more investigative research on political and economic elites in the country, and (4) chat about other issues the panelists are interested in. This panel is part of the Centre for Access to Information and Justice (CAIJ) Politics of Information Colloquium Series.

News ‘ForYou’: How TikTok is helping newsrooms reach new audiences

Online

TikTok’s immense popularity among Gen Z users and more than one billion global user-base make the app an enticing storytelling tool for news publishers. Many newsrooms are reaching hundreds of thousands of young followers that they previously struggled to engage with off the platform.

Free

MISINFO 101 with Terra Tailleur

Online

The second session in the CAJ's national Misinfo 101 series is led by University of King's College professor Terra Tailleur. This event is intended for post-secondary students living in Nova Scotia.

Free