Tag / Ryerson Journalism Research Centre
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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…
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![Reporters Karyn Pugliese, Tanya Talaga and Connie Walker speak on covering Indigenous community at the Ryerson School of Journalism. Photo courtesy Jasmine Bala.]()
Indigenous stories are mainstream stories, say panellists
By Jasmine Bala for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre When Indigenous people share their stories with journalists, it is a part of the reconciliation process and not about assigning blame, the executive…
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![Local media coverage during the election. The research compared local coverage of the race for MP in eight communities in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia. Image courtesy April Lindgren.]()
Suburban and rural communities underserved by local media, new election research suggests
By Jasmine Bala for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre The amount of news available about local contests for member of Parliament during the 2015 federal election depended on where in Canada voters…
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![Duncan McCue, CBC journalist and the Ryerson School of Journalism’s Rogers Visiting Journalist, at CBC’s Toronto studio. Photo courtesy Jasmine Bala.]()
Duncan McCue works with Ryerson J-School on curriculum for covering Indigenous issues
By Jasmine Bala for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre Reporters working in Canadian newsrooms should receive diversity training just like police officers and health workers do says Duncan McCue, the newly appointed Rogers… -
![Journalism Transformations, a recent colloquium organized by the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre. Photo courtesy Ilina Ghosh.]()
Journalism Transformations: Audience behaviour and the future of news
By Ilina Ghosh for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre When Beyoncé released her latest album, Lemonade, exclusively on the music streaming service Tidal, new user sign-ups rose by 1.2 million. But since then, the service’s…
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![The Association of Canadian Cartoonists/Association des Caricaturistes Canadiens (ACC) is meeting in Toronto for the first time in more than a decade. Image courtesy RJRC.]()
Pulitzer Prize winners among speakers at Ryerson on May 6 and 7 for editorial cartooning convention
Editorial cartoonists from across North America will meet at the Ryerson School of Journalism this weekend to grapple with issues of censorship, intimidation and other challenges they face in the course of…
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Covering aboriginal issues: Tips from TRC commissioner Marie Wilson
TRC commissioner and former journalist Marie Wilson delivers this year’s 2016 Atkinson lecture on covering aboriginal issues at the Ryerson School of Journalism. Photo courtesy Ilina Ghosh. By Ilina Ghosh for the…
