Pandemic a litmus test for multilingual media, which helped stave off a bigger disaster by communicating with communities otherwise missed by mainstream media, say panelists Continue Reading Governments ignore ethnic media at their own peril
A five-part research series by New Canadian Media unpacks the impacts of ethnic media’s pandemic coverage for multilingual communities. Here’s how we did it Continue Reading What COVID-19 teaches us about the divide between mainstream and multilingual media
New Canadian Media Collective provides support to journalists trying to establish themselves in a new country. Continue Reading Media collective aims to empower journalists newly immigrated to Canada
By Priya Ramanujam for New Canadian Media At a time when national and local mainstream media seem to be downsizing and shutting down daily, where does Canada’s ethnic media fit in? And how will these outlets survive? The 2015 Canadian edition of the Global Media Journal, edited by Rukhsana Ahmed, explores these questions with five research papers that…
By Marcus Medford for New Canadian Media International students and children of immigrants say pursuing post-secondary studies in journalism can motivate both encouragement and opposition from their parents. Sharif Hasan’s parents didn’t argue with him about his program choice – although they did express concerns. Hasan immigrated to Canada from Bangladesh in 2013 to pursue…