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Tracking the Gender Gap in Canadian Media – Taking a Big Data Approach

Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

The Informed Opinions Gender Gap Tracker powered by SFU combines big data and computational linguistics to analyze how women’s voices are represented in Canadian media. This tool has downloaded and analyzed thousands of news articles posted on main media outlets in Canada, including CBC, CTV, Global News, Huffington Post, the National Post, the Globe and…

Pitch Like a Pro: How to write the perfect pitch letter to editors

Centre for Social Innovation 720 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Facilitated by freelance journalist, Pitch Like a Pro: A Workshop on Getting Published in Print and Online is a comprehensive guide on how freelance writers can get their queries noticed by editors in print and online. Pitching story ideas can be difficult work for journalists, especially if they're new to freelance, and in this workshop…

$30

Stitched! A Live Journalism Event

Centre for Urban Innovation 44 Gerrard Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Have you ever wanted to speak with the writer of a piece of journalism you just read? This is your chance. During a time when trust with journalists is wavering, it’s more important for us to engage in a meaningful, in-person discussion. Join us for an evening where a journalist will put on a live-performance…

Hard Truths + Fake News: A 2019 Election Bootcamp

Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

HARD TRUTHS + FAKE NEWS A timely bootcamp for users of democracy and defenders of press freedom. Join us March 30 at the Carleton School of Journalism and Communication for frank talk and urgent collaboration as we ready ourselves for the 2019 federal election campaign. 9 a.m.: Doors open and coffee is served! 9:30 a.m:…

Under the Nazis’ Thumb: A lunch and learn

The Catalyst 80 Gould St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

How the world's biggest news agency struggled (and sometimes failed) to cover news from Hitler's Germany. In this presentation, based on original archival research, Gene Allen outlines the pressures that foreign journalists working in Nazi Germany faced in the 1930s, and examines the compromises that the Berlin bureau of Associated Press made to keep threats…

24th Annual Alberta Magazines Conference

Carriage House Inn 9030 Macleod Trail South, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Make connections, expand your professional knowledge and supercharge your inspiration in sessions and keynote presentations at AMPA’s 24th Annual Alberta Magazines Conference. Join your industry colleagues as magazine publishing leaders and visionaries from across North America share their expertise at the largest magazine media event in Western Canada, on April 4 and 5 at the…

Emerge Media Awards 2019

St. James Cathedral Centre 65 Church St., Toronto, ON, Canada

The Emerge Media Awards is a unique event that commemorates and showcases the achievements of Canadian post-secondary students studying journalism, communications and media studies. Winners from eight categories will be announced April 4th following the gala dinner and ceremony. Jess Hunichen, Public Relations professional and Co-Founder of Shine PR and Shine Influencers, will be joining…

CAJ Manitoba: Off-the-Record Conversation with Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth

Manitoba Legislative Building 450 Broadway | Room 334, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

The Manitoba Legislative Press Gallery and the Canadian Association of Journalists invites CAJ members to an exclusive, off-the-record talk with Manitoba’s Advocate for Children and Youth, Daphne Penrose. Deputy advocates Ainsley Krone and Sherry Gott will also be in attendance. The trio from MACY will answer any media questions about reporting on child welfare and…

The Fight for Truth: Political Journalism in 2019

National Arts Centre 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario

If journalism is about holding power to account, then journalists on both sides of the border are on it. But how does the political climate in each country affect reporting and coverage—or does it? Join our speakers: Vassy Kapelos, host of Power & Politics on CBC News, and Sarah Kendzior, St. Louis, Missouri-based op-ed columnist…

$15 – $25

Vancouver freelancers invited to NPAC “Mix and Mingle”

Pendulum Gallery 885 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

BC media freelancers are invited to a “Mix and Mingle” with members of the News Photographers Association of Canada as they begin their conference in Vancouver next month. Please come and join in the fun and network with photographers and other freelancers at the opening night of the Capture Photography Festival on Thursday, April 11th…