4 years ago
The news industry has always needed government support: A look back to the 1800s
It turns out that newspapers in the 1830s had extensive government support.
4 years ago
New York Times Canadian photo archive a rich resource for journalism researchers
Collection of photos dating from about 1910 until 1990 includes images of major Canadian political events and conflicts
5 years ago
Audience engagement efforts aren’t new – they’re just different these days, sociology professor argues
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By Jasmine Bala for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre
Building audience engagement has long been a newsroom preoccupation, only today it involves Instagram and Facebook, while in the past publishers seduced readers with paper cut-out toys and thrilling accounts of…
5 years ago
Democracy and the decline of newspapers
By Dale Eisler, Senior Policy Fellow, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
In the 18th century, Thomas Jefferson famously wrote that if the choice were government without newspapers, or newspapers without government, he would choose the latter.
Today, almost…
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