The Business of Freelance Writing: 6-week Intensive with independent journalist Omar Mouallem
OnlineA prolific freelancer teaches the career and creative skills necessary to live as a journalist-for-hire
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A prolific freelancer teaches the career and creative skills necessary to live as a journalist-for-hire
In the digital age of conspiracy theories, media distrust, and media disinformation, women journalists are bearing the brunt of online hate
Online harm and harassment is one of the most significant safety issues facing women journalists today, and is on the rise globally, according to a 2021 report by the International Center for Journalists. Digital attacks aimed predominantly at women and racialized journalists are intended to belittle, discredit, humiliate and, ultimately, undermine trust in facts and jeopardize press freedom.
Join us on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 1, at Carleton University for a major public event grappling with the upsurge in targeted online abuse facing journalists, especially women journalists of colour. Register here for Inperson attendance
On Friday, January 20th from 4:00-5:00pm, hear from an expert panel on The Urgent Need to Know: Science and Science Communication in the COVID-19 Era.
Join the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Canadian Association of Journalists for a discussion about the state of press freedom in Canada.
For freelancers, work in the media and communications sectors can be brutal. Our work conditions, pay and leverage get worse every year, and we struggle to have our voices heard by publishers and owners alike.
On Monday, February 6 from 5:00-6:00pm you are invited to a discussion with Journalism Fellow Alum Duncan McCue on his recent book Decolonizing Journalism: A Guide to Reporting in Indigenous Communities. He will be in conversation with Rhiannon Johnson (CBC) and Karyn Pugliese (National Observer) on Decolonizing Journalism Classrooms.
Nichelle Smith, former enterprise and investigative editor at USA TODAY and founder of the publication’s annual Black History Month editions, was the leader of several award-winning projects, including 1619: Searching for Answers.
As a publisher, you have to know your audience. But is your relationship with your readership based on data or out-dated first impressions and hunches?