Tag / Disability
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A guide for reporting on how young disabled and chronically ill people use online communities
When you’re sick at home, social media can be a lifeline Continue Reading A guide for reporting on how young disabled and chronically ill people use online communities
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![Steve Trumper (first row, right) in a group photo with the masthead that produced the 2019 issue of the Review of Journalism. A student in the front and back row hold up a poster of the magazine's cover.]()
On Stephen Trumper’s legacy in storytelling, journalism education and community care
Stephen Trumper, 1953-2023, taught a generation of journalists at Toronto Metropolitan University Continue Reading On Stephen Trumper’s legacy in storytelling, journalism education and community care
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News for all
By Megan Fraser for The Signal In the last three years, administrative clerk Jennifer Gibson has answered more than 5,000 phone calls. She sits in a cubicle on the sixth floor of…
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![Luis, Suzanne Feldman and Rod Radford discuss creating short documentary films on mental illness. Image courtesy of Allison Ridgway.]()
Enabling people with mental illness to make films could challenge media stereotypes, say researchers
By Allison Ridgway for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre Three Canadian researchers are giving people who’ve experienced mental illnesses the resources and training to make their own documentary films to see if…
