Canadian youth use social media as gateway to mainstream media, new study finds
By JASMINE BALA Staff Reporter While most Canadian millennials get their first taste of news via Facebook posts, Twitter shares
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Journalists grapple with online unpublishing and the “right to be forgotten”
By JASMINE BALA Staff Reporter The European Court of Justice’s 2014 ruling on the “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) doesn’t
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Enabling people with mental illness to make films could challenge media stereotypes, say researchers
By ALLISON RIDGWAY Staff Reporter Three Canadian researchers are giving people who’ve experienced mental illnesses the resources and training to
Indigenous stories are mainstream stories, say panellists
By JASMINE BALA Staff Reporter When Indigenous people share their stories with journalists, it is a part of the reconciliation
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Canada’s criminal libel laws threaten free speech, says Ryerson journalism professor
By MAIJA KAPPLER Special to the RJRC An archaic Canadian law against criminal libel is being used with increasing frequency
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Join us to hear about research into local news poverty
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Suburban and rural communities underserved by local media, new election research suggests
By JASMINE BALA Staff Reporter The amount of news available about local contests for member of Parliament during the 2015
Secret Life: Kevin Donovan on the Jian Ghomeshi investigation
By JASMINE BALA Staff Reporter Transparency is key in earning public trust and that is why journalist Kevin Donovan says
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Upcoming screening of films created by consumers of mental health services
Join RADAR Mental Health for a reception and free screening of short films, made by consumer/survivors, exploring issues surrounding mental
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Updated rules for language, terms for marginalized communities being discussed for new edition of Canadian Press Stylebook
By ALLISON RIDGWAY and ANIA BESSONOV Staff Reporters The Canadian Press (CP) is discussing how to update its stylebook to
Writing “Brown”: Kamal Al-Solaylee discusses reporting, researching his Governor General’s Award-nominated new book
BY JASMINE BALA Staff Reporter Journalists need to think of the bigger picture and understand the craft of structuring a
Join us for Beyond missing and murdered women: Covering Indigenous communities
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Call for papers: Conference on local news and its future
Local journalism in many jurisdictions is under threat as news outlets scale back operations, consolidate or close altogether, and many
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Toronto Star reporter Kevin Donovan to visit Ryerson to discuss his investigation into Jian Ghomeshi, new book
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Duncan McCue works with Ryerson J-School on curriculum for covering indigenous issues
BY JASMINE BALA Staff Reporter Reporters working in Canadian newsrooms should receive diversity training just like police officers and health
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Film exposes role of Ugandan newspapers in persecution of LGBTQ community
BY JESSICA ROSS Special to the RJRC Queer Ugandan filmmaker Kamoga Hassan lives in fear for his life, but says he is
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