Angela Misri is a Toronto journalist and novelist and worked at the CBC for 14 years before becoming the Digital Director for The Walrus. She writes for many different media groups including the Globe and Mail, CBC, The Walrus, Global TV, and is the author of seven fiction novels. She is currently an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at TMU and her research includes the ethics of using AI to create journalism and the effect on newsroom work.
Published/Research
Misri, A. (2024). Poisoning an already poisoned well. AI & Society. doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-01876-5
Misri, A. (2023). Newsroom Notes. Facts and Frictions: Emerging Debates, Pedagogies and Practices in Journalism Education, 3 (1), 135-138. doi: 10.22215/ff/v3.i1.15
Windhorst, U., Kirmayer, D., Soibelman, F., Misri, A., & Rose, R. A. (1996). Effects of neurochemically excited group III–IV muscle afferents on motoneuron afterhyperpolarization. Neuroscience, 76(3), 915–929. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0306-4522(96)00396-x
May 2023: AI Ethics paper submitted for publication, at the 2023 JRP Conference and Montreal Unstable Diffusions conference in May 2023
On the Editorial Board for April Lindgren’s News for the Data Hub project: https://localnewsdatahub.ca/editorial-team/
Member of Nicole Blanchett’s XJO projects: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15QQAjjhVrv8HjMSLJqxVLz_IkYvMx_icsLWzqD2YXeo/edi
In the News
Host of Canadian Time Machine podcast (2023, 2024, 2025)
We Don’t Need Threads. We Need a Break – The Walrus
Interview on Global News about How ChatGPT is impacting learning
Why Are There Still So Few Women Leaders in Politics? – The Walrus
Ask No questions about Samosas – Chatelaine
Interview with CBC Yukon on writers and AI technology
Interview with Antony Robart from Global TV about AI and journalism
Interviewed by Trish Longo about AI and education for JSource (Nov 4., 2023)
Interviewed for Magnet article on AI (Aug 28, 2023)
Interviewed by Sandra Martin at The Globe (Aug 21, 2023)
Interviewed for CBC Ottawa TV on AI & Journalism (Aug. 18, 2023)