Making it ‘Local’: Community data journalism for health justice
How hyperlocal digital community journalism can offer more relevant and equitable coverage Continue Reading Making it ‘Local’: Community data journalism for health justice
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How PressProgress used online spaces to cover B.C.’s most extreme election
Forcing kids to eat bugs. Blowdryers to cure COVID-19. Nuremberg trials for public health. Jan. 6 confabulations and chemtrails. These are just some of the many conspiracies that marked the latest political news cycle in the province Continue Reading How PressProgress used online spaces to cover B.C.’s most extreme election
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Why we know so little about Canadian prisons
The restrictions placed on communication with the outside world mean that access-to-information is one of the only ways the few journalists covering prisons can unearth the realities of people incarcerated in provincial and federal institutions. Experts explain what that costs us and how to break through the bureaucracy Continue Reading Why we know so little about Canadian prisons
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News media’s framing of telehealth before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Results show differences in non-pandemic and pandemic news frames, and in national frames Continue Reading News media’s framing of telehealth before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Les guerriers de données de la pandémie
Par Irene Ruby Pratka Flashback, avril 2020. Des files d’attente se formaient devant les épiceries. Des milliers de Québécois suivaient religieusement les fluctuations du nombre des cas de COVID-19. Entre deux conférences de presse, on se distrayait comme on pouvait, en faisant des quantités industrielles de pain aux bananes… ou en élaborant une énorme feuille…
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Une étude sur les nouvelles en pandémie explore le fossé entre les idéaux des journalistes et les réalités
par Nicole Blanchett et Anna Maria Moubayed Comment le journalisme produit au Canada se compare-t-il aux idéaux du métier et aux pratiques journalistiques du monde entier ? Dans le cadre d’une étude unique en son genre au Canada, après avoir passé en revue des milliers d’articles, nous commençons à mieux comprendre. Le journalisme canadien est…
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Pandemic field notes from small market media
Low pay, high demands, racism and isolation go with reporting jobs in smaller and rural markets. The conditions raise questions about how to keep local news alive and attract the journalists needed to report it Continue Reading Pandemic field notes from small market media
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Review: Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic
Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic By Nora Loreto (Fernwood Publishing, 2021) Review by Adrian Ma Toward the end of 2020, the editors of the popular website Dictionary.com hosted a “People’s Choice” survey to identify the defining word of the year, something that its users felt best encapsulated the metaphysical timbre…
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Preprints, COVID-19 and a ‘paradigm shift’ in science journalism
Research suggests that the pandemic pushed preprint-based journalism into the mainstream Continue Reading Preprints, COVID-19 and a ‘paradigm shift’ in science journalism
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Online violence is ‘death by a thousand cuts,’ especially for women, LGBTQ2+ and racialized journalists, and COVID-19 has increased the toxicity. How can Canadian newsrooms better respond?
Journalists have to put in countless unpaid hours to manage the disproportionate burden of existing online. While the pandemic has intensified the issue, newsroom and platform responses are still playing catch-up
Continue Reading Online violence is ‘death by a thousand cuts,’ especially for women, LGBTQ2+ and racialized journalists, and COVID-19 has increased the toxicity. How can Canadian newsrooms better respond?