Who do you need to follow? 101+ Canadian Twitter accounts
From jobs to resources to up-to-the-minute reporting from a wide range of beats, these 101+ Canadian Twitter accounts will give journalism students a good starting point of who to follow. Inspired by Journalism.co.uk’s recent who-to-follow directory, Belinda Alzner and Mary McGuire have curated this list – with the help of your suggestions. (With a bonus 20+ accounts from outside Canada that are also worth following.)
After Journalism.co.uk released its recent who-to-follow list for journalism students, Mary McGuire and Belinda Alzner compiled this starter list — now bolstered by your suggestions — of Canadian Twitter accounts for you to follow that includes, but is not limited to, journalism groups, resources, jobs, news, educators, emerging trends in media and technology and up-to-the-minute reporting on a number of beats.
Notes of clarification can be found at the bottom of the list.
Because we’ve received such a flood of suggestions to add to the list, you can find a whole slew of new additions in the comment section below. Please continue to add your Twitter must-follows there.
Journalism organizations in Canada:
Canadian Association of Journalists @CdnAssocJourn
Canadian Association of Journalists Toronto Chapter @TorontoCAJ
President of the Canadian Association of Journalists, Hugo Rodrigues: @EXPHugo
Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma @journalismforum
The Canadian Journalism Foundation @cjffjc
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression @CanadaCJFE
Canadian University Press @CanUniPress (as suggested by William Wolfe-Wylie)
Journalists for Human Rights @jhrnews
Newspapers Canada @NewspaperCanada
Professional Writers Association of Canada, Toronto Chapter @PWACToronto
Public Editors and Ombudsman
Kathy English, Toronto Star @kathyenglish
Kirk Lapointe, CBC @kirklapointe
Sylvia Stead, The Globe and Mail @SylviaStead
The j-schools:
Ryerson University @RyersonJourn
Carleton University @jschool_CU
Concordia University @journalismCU
University of King's College @kingsjournalism
University of British Columbia @UBCjournalism
Western University @WesternMAJ
Canadian journalism educators who tweet actively about journalism issues
Tim Currie @tscurrie
Lisa Lynch @lisallynch
Bruce Gillespie @bgillesp
Tim Falconer @timfalconer
Mark Hamilton @gmarkham
Alfred Hermida @Hermida
Wayne MacPhail @wmacphail
Jeffrey Dvorkin @jdvorkin
Tony Burman @TonyBurman
Chad Skelton @ChadSkelton
Melanie Coulson @mel_coulson
Paul Adams @padams29
Ivor Shapiro @ivorshap
Chris Waddell @cwaddell27
J-Source editors (who are, for the most part, journalism educators)
Editor-in-chief Janice Neil @JaniceJourno
Associate editor Belinda Alzner @BelindaAlzner
Editor-at-large Paul Benedetti @pbenedetti
Ask a Mentor editor Robert Cribb @thecribby
Book Reviews editor David Spencer @DavidSpencerUWO
Education editor Mary McGuire @mmmcgu
Field Notes editor Nicole Blanchett Neheli @NicoleBlanchett
Ideas editor David McKie @mckiedavid
Innovation editor Robert Washburn @rwash
Students’ Lounge editor Eric Mark Do @EricMarkDo
Business of Journalism editor Kelly Toughill @ktoughill
Investigative journalism editor Cecil Rosner @rosnerc
Related J-Source accounts: @jsourceinnovate
Publications with media focus:
J-Source @jsource
ProjetJ (en Francais) @ProjetJ
Ryerson Review @RyersonReview
The Tyee @thetyee
Resources
Eric Alper, media blogger who posts Canadian jobs @thatericalper
Jeff Gaulin, founder of the journalism job board jeffgaulin.com: @gaulinmedia
Masthead Magazine @Mastheadmag
National Magazine Awards @NatMagAwards
D.B. Scott’s Canadian Magazines blog @Canadianmags*
Storyboard, online community of Canadian Media Guild and Canadian Writers Group @Storyboard_ca
High-profile Canadian journalists
Michael Cooke @TorStarEditor
Dawna Freisen @DFriesenGlobal
Lisa Laflamme @LisaLaflammeCTV
Peter Mansbridge @petermansbridge
Kevin Newman @KevinNewmanCTV
Steve Paikin @spaikin
Media reporters/commentators:
Steve Faguy @fagstein
Simon Houpt @simonhoupt
Steve Ladurantaye @sladurantaye
Norman Spector @nspector4
Jamie Sturgeon @jasturgeon
Beat tweeters:
Bruce Arthur @bruce_arthur
Sidhartha Banerjee @sidhartha_b (as suggested by Corinne Smith)
Monique Beech @moniquebeech
Chris Boutet @chrisboutet
Patrick Cain @pcaintoronto (as suggested by Sarah Millar)
Alan Carter @ACarterglobal (as suggested by Patrick Cain)
Will Connors @wconnors
Andrew Coyne @acoyne
Brodie Fenlon @brodiefenlon
Kim Fox @kimfox (as suggested by Sarah Millar)
Sean Fitzgerald @SeanFitz_Gerald
Marcus Gee @marcusbgee
Michael Geist @mgeist
Linda Gyulai @CityHallReport (as suggested by Allison Hanes)
Chris Hannay @channay
Graeme Hamilton @grayhamilton (as suggested by Allison Hanes)
Andrea Houston @dreahouston
Mathew Ingram @mathewi
Ed Keenan @thekeenanwire (as suggested by Patrick Cain)
Carolyn King @carolynking1 (as suggested by David George-Cosh)
Arshy Mann @arshymann
[node:ad]Don Macpherson @macphersonGaz (as suggested by Allison Hanes)
Stephen Maher @stphnmaher
Glen McGregor @glen_mcgregor
James Mennie @jamesmennie
James Mirtle @mirtle (as suggested by Chris Hannay)
Monique Muise @monique_muise
Marissa Nelson @marissanelson
Stephanie Nolen @snolen
J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck (as suggested by Steve Fisher)
Ron Nurwisah @boyreporter
Alex Panetta @alex_panetta
Les Perreaux @perreaux (as suggested by Corinne Smith)
Andre Picard @picardonhealth
Jacques Poitras @poitrasCBC
Sarah Nicole Prickett @snpsnpsnp (as suggested by Steve Fisher)
Andy Riga @andyriga (as suggested by Allison Hanes)
Selena Ross @seleross
Craig Saila @saila
Michelle Shephard @shephardm
Craig Silverman @CraigSilverman
David Skok @dskok
Doug Smith @SmithRaps (as suggested by Sarah Millar)
Joanna Smith @smithjoanna
Glenn Sumi @glennsumi (as suggested by Steve Fisher)
Stuart Thompson @stuartathompson (as suggested by Kaleigh Rogers)
David Topping @dtopping (as suggested by Sarah Millar)
Ivor Tossell @ivortossell
Paul Vieira @paulvieira (as suggested by David George-Cosh)
William Wolfe-Wylie @wolfewylie
Leslie Young @LeslieYoung (as suggested by Patrick Cain)
Also: A more complete list of Canadian health journalists, provided by André Picard; A list of National Post reporters and editors, provided by Jeremy Barker; a list of Toronto Star journalists provided by Shauna Rempel; a list of Georgia Straight Twitter accounts pointed out by Stephen Hui.
Primarily Francophone tweeters (added in update at 5 p.m. thanks to your Twitter suggestions)
Nathalie Collard @NathalieCollard
Annie Dufour @anniedufourTVA
Raymond Filion @filionray
Karine Gagnon @karinegagnon
Stephane Giroux @SGirouxCTV
Michel Hébert @hebert_mic
Jean Lapierre @Jean_Lapierre
Richard Latandresse @RichLatandresse
Alain Laforest @AlainLaforest
Patrick Lagacé @kick1972
Geneviève Lajoie @genelajoie
Vincent Larouche @VinceLarouche
Jean-Luc Lavallée @jeanluclavallee
Daniel Leblanc @danlebla
Guy A Lepage @guyalepage
Kathleen Lévesque @KatLevesque
Julie Marcoux @JulieMarcouxTVA
Andrew McIntosh @AndrewQMI
Taïeb Moalla @moalla_jdeq
Genevieve Paradis @GenPara
Marc Pigeon @PigeonMarc
Robert Plouffe @RobertPlouffe
Isabelle Richer @IsabelleRicher
Also: David Akin's complete list of bilingual TVA/QMI/Sun journos; a list of Radio-Canada reporters, pointed out by Bahador Zabihiyan
For J-Source readers looking for more French content, our sister site, ProjetJ, will be following up with a more comprehensive list of French-language Twitter accounts. We will link to it here when it’s complete.
Journalists who tweet about federal politics
Elly Alboim @ealboim
David Akin @davidakin
Jorge Barrera @JorgeBarrera
Chris Cobb @chriscobb
Susan Delacourt @susandelacourt
Jennifer Ditchburn @jenditchburn
Dan Gardner @dgardner
Allan Gregg @allangregg
Chantal Hebert @ChantalHbert (as suggested by many on Twitter)
Kady O’Malley @kady
Andrew Potter @jandrewpotter
Althia Raj @althiaraj
Evan Solomon @evansolomoncbc
Paul Wells @InklessPW
Also: A more complete list of Parliament Hill tweeters, as compiled by David Akin
Journalists and organizations from outside Canada worth following:
10,000 Words, blog on digital journalism @10000Words
Emily Bell @emilybell (as suggested by Patrick Cain)
Steve Buttry, digital transformation editor, Digital First Media @stevebuttry
David Carr, media columnist, New York Times @carr2n
Andy Carvin, social-media strategist at NPR @acarvin
Columbia Journalism Review @CJR
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)@pressfreedom
Fake AP Stylebook @FakeAPStylebook
Liz Heron, director of social media and engagement at the Wall Street Journal @lheron
Jeff Jarvis, journalism commentator and professor @jeffjarvis
Journalism.co.uk @journalismnews
John Keefe @jkeefe (as suggested by Patrick Cain)
Knight Foundation @knightfdn
Mindy McAdams, online journalism professor and Journalist’s Toolkit, Teaching Online Journalism author @macloo
Michelle Minkoff @michelleminkoff (as suggested by Patrick Cain)
The Nieman Lab of Journalism at Harvard University @NiemanLab
PBS MediaShift @PBSMediaShift
The Poynter Institute for Journalism @Poynter
Simon Rogers @smfrogers (as suggested by Patrick Cain)
Jim Romenesko, media writer @Romenesko
Jay Rosen, professor of journalism at New York University @jayrosen_nyu
Clay Shirky, New York educator and author of works about online technologies @cshirky
Sree Sreenivasan @sree (as suggested by Julia Pyper and Monique Beech)
Brian Stelter, media reporter, New York Times @brianstelter
Margaret Sullivan, public editor, New York Times @Sulliview
As well, one more shout-out to Journalism.co.uk, who compiled the original list that inspired us to create our own.
To note: A few weeks ago we reached out, asking for your Twitter must-follows, and received just one response. With any list such as this, omissions are inevitable. Please help us make this a living resource by letting us know who journalism students should be following in the comments below.
Update Wed Oct 10 5:00 p.m.
We apologize for the initial omission of Francophone journalists and have updated the list below with a number of suggestions that were given to us on Twitter. The list was meant as a starting point for students studying journalism who might be new to Twitter, and everyone who took part in the conversation today has helped to make this a more valuable resource. The great thing about social media is that if you miss something, others will help fill in the blanks, as J-Source followers have done.
*Clarification: A previous version of this article mistakenly referred to D.B. Scott's blog as Magazines Canada blog. The blog's proper name is Canadian Magazines and is published independently, with no endorsement or influence by Magazines Canada. We regret any confusion this may have caused.
