What makes a good photo? Trends in photojournalism
By STEPH WECHSLER Special to the RJRC Digital photography and the capacity to edit pictures quickly and affordably have reopened […]
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Navigating the freelance jungle: Tips from Robert Osborne
By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter March 8, 2016 Freelance journalists must pitch strategically and confidently and be “the raccoon[s]
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Journalists should not be neutral, says Centre for Free Expression director
By ROBERT LIWANAG Special to the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre February 29, 2016 Neutrality in journalism limits the civil liberties
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Rape culture and the perfect victim: Using the rights words in sexual assault coverage
By STEPH WECHSLER Special to the RJRC February 26, 2016 Jian Ghomeshi’s trial has given Canadians a crash course in the
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Covering aboriginal issues: Tips from TRC commissioner Marie Wilson
By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter February 23, 2016 Journalists must embrace their role as educators when reporting on indigenous
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CBC’s Adrienne Arsenault on reporting from the front lines of the Ebola epidemic
By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter After eight days of reporting in the Ebola–ravaged city of Monrovia, Liberia, CBC News
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News media played key role in scrutinizing anti-terror legislation, new research shows
By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter A year ago this month, Canada’s new anti-terrorism legislation, the controversial Bill C-51, was unveiled
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Social media shakes things up in journalism influencing what gets reported, what audiences read
By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter She was excluded from the Globe and Mail’s federal leaders’ debate this past fall, but
Where will journalism education go from here?
By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter The future of journalism education is the focus of a new collection of essays just
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Ryerson profs developing app that tracks variety and placement of sources in stories
By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter An app that will allow newsrooms to monitor who journalists go to for quotes in
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New research project examines local news poverty
The impact of newsroom cutbacks, consolidations and closures will be the focus of a new study examining local news poverty
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Reporting on suicide: Panelists debate best practices
By KIERAN DELAMONT Special to the RJRC Conventions that govern reporting on suicide — conventions that often dissuade journalists
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Harassment causes anxiety, affects work, women journalists say
By ALLISON RIDGWAY Special to the RJRC Left to right: Shauna Hunt, Hana Shafi, Paula Todd and Ryerson School of
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Monocle editors bullish on magazine print editions
By STEPHANIE PHILP Special to the RJRC Monocle editors Tyler Brûlé (left) and Andrew Tuck. (Photo by Stephanie Philip) Monocle
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Women in Canadian newsrooms remain ‘Outsiders Still’
By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter The large number of young women entering journalism today are well positioned to challenge sexism
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Freed Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy sets sights on change
By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter Recently freed Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy thanked his supporters Tuesday, while criticizing the Harper government’s
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News maps allow users to explore coverage of Toronto neighbourhoods
By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter Toronto residents who are concerned about how their neighbourhoods are portrayed in the news
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Recreating the experience: An experiment in virtual reality journalism
By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter Canadian Press photo editor Marie-Espérance Cerda was in the midst of this year’s violent May
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Better understanding of indigenous issues needed in Canadian newsrooms says CBC’s Jody Porter
By LEAH HANSEN Special to the RJRC Students crowded into the Venn last week for CBC journalist Jody Porter’s talk
CBC’s Jody Porter to talk about covering indigenous issues in mainstream media
Canada’s mainstream news outlets have covered stories from Idle No More to decades of missing and murdered indigenous women to
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