Tag / Diversity
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“Bhumika Can Speak For Herself” using AI technology
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign By Tamsyn Burgmann Bhumika Shrestha gazes ahead with attentive eyes, shifts in her seat and awaits the first question: “Did you always know…
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The effects of a less-than-diverse media workforce
By Amanda Ghazale Aziz When Carleton University asked reporter Judy Trinh to give a talk on diversity in the journalism industry to students in the journalism and communications program, she said yes. She…
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Updated rules for language, terms for marginalized communities being discussed for new edition of Canadian Press Stylebook
By Allison Ridgway and Ania Bessonov The Canadian Press (CP) is discussing how to update its stylebook to reflect changing language surrounding LGBTQ, Indigenous and disabled communities, CP’s editor-in-chief said during a Ryerson Journalism…
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Welcome to Canada: Abdirahman Abdi & the selective silence of Canadian leadership
By Jared A. Walker Just a few moments ago I watched the Mothers of the Movement give a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. To say they were compelling would be a gross understatement. These…
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Kamal Al-Solaylee’s new book explores the complexities of having brown skin
By Allison Ridgway for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre When Kamal Al-Solaylee saw a group of Filipina maids enjoying a picnic in a Hong Kong park during their time off work one…
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On the immigration beat with Nicholas Keung
The Toronto Star’s veteran immigration reporter talks about the unprecedented Canadian response to the Syrian refugee crisis.
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#NASH78 Diversity in the newsroom
Journalism prides itself on representing the voices of the underserved—and yet, too often, newsrooms are white.