How the world’s biggest news agency struggled (and sometimes failed) to cover news from Hitler’s Germany. In this presentation, based on original archival research, Gene Allen outlines the pressures that foreign journalists working in Nazi Germany faced in the 1930s, and examines the compromises that the Berlin bureau of Associated Press made to keep threats of expulsion at bay. AP’s experience raises questions that remain highly relevant today, as authoritarian regimes around the world use versions of the methods pioneered by the Nazis. Where should journalists draw the line — or should they draw a line at all — between…
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It’s March. You’re stressed. Take a pause to try mindfulness meditation and learn about research into its benefits for journalists and journalism students. Featuring Ann Rauhala, journalism professor and FCAD Teaching Chair at Ryerson University. When: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 12:00 – 1:00 P.M. Where: The Catalyst, Rogers Communications Centre Room 230 Bring your lunch and friends. All are welcome! RSVP on Facebook here.
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The Ryerson Journalism Research Centre is excited to present this talk by visiting scholar, Colette Brin. Understanding News Users: Rebuilding journalism from citizens’ perspectives. When: Friday, March 1. 12 p.m. Where: Rogers Communications Centre, Room TBD. All are welcome! Please RSVP on Facebook here. Colette Brin is a Professor at Université Laval’s Département d’information et de communication and the Director of the Centre d’études sur les médias. Her research and teaching focus on recent and ongoing changes in journalistic practice, through policy and organizational initiatives, as well as journalists’ professional discourse. She recently co-edited Journalism in Crisis: Bridging Theory and…
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Bridging the open Web and platforms: Alternative social media alongside the corporate Web. When: Wednesday, January 30 @ 1 p.m. Where: The Catalyst, RCC 230 All are welcome! RSVP on Facebook here. Bring your lunch for a discussion with Jack Jamieson, PhD candidate at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information. Amid mounting concerns about the power of major Internet platforms, it is important to investigate efforts to build alternatives. This talk presents an empirical study of Bridgy — a tool for engaging with social media without surrendering ownership of one’s content to platforms. Jack Jamieson will describe how Bridgy’s…
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A Stitched Focus Group event co-hosted by the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre Time: Thursday, December 13, 7-9 p.m. Location: Room 223, Rogers Communications Centre. Please RSVP to secure your spot! Magazines have traditionally been the home for well written, researched and fact-checked long-form stories. But what if that kind of journalism was performed before a live audience? stitched! is a live journalism concept and current project for Sonya Fatah, assistant professor of Journalism at Ryerson University. stitched! asked this supercourse team to take the basic editorial idea for a narrative story and turn it into a performed piece. The team will…