OUR RESEARCHERS
The people behind
our research
Meet the researchers driving innovative journalism research and shaping the future of news.
Gavin Adamson
Undergraduate Program Director, Professor
Research interests
News and Mental Illness • Audience Engagement
Marsha Barber
Professor
Research interests
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning • Electoral Coverage • Media Bias • Gender Issues • Fake News
Nicole Blanchett
Associate Professor
Research interests
Metrics and Analytics • Audience Engagement • Journalistic Role Performance • Boundaries of Journalism • Local news • News Processes/Media Logic
Sonya Fatah
Associate Chair, Associate Professor
Research interests
Live Journalism & Innovation in Media • DEI in Journalism • Impact of Training on Inclusion of Marginalized Communities in Journalism
Adrian Ma
Graduate Program Director
Research interests
Digital news • Multimedia storytelling • Branding • Online Audience Analytics • 360/VR video
Asmaa Malik
Associate Chair, Professor, Director of the Journalism Research Centre
Research interests
Innovation in Journalism
Eternity Martis
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Angela Misri
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Digital Culture and technology • Gender and the Digital Career
Ravindra Mohabeer
Chair, Professor
Research interests
Social Invisibility • Community-based Research • Identity • Digital Production and literacies • Visual Culture • Rural/Urban Media Differences • Cultural Expression
Janice Neil
Associate Professor
Research interests
J-Source • Canadian Public Broadcasting • Portrayal of Journalism and Journalists in Fictional Film and Television • Foreign News on Canadian Television • Media Coverage of Election Night
Shari Okeke
Assistant Professor
Research interests
Joyce Smith
Associate Professor
Research interests
Religion in News Media • Quantitative and Qualitative Content Analysis • Reporting on Indigenous Issues • Online Journalism
STUDENT RESEARCHERS
Emily Chen
MA Student
Research interests
Audience Engagement • Social Media & News
Leila Hassan
MA Student
Research interests
Global Journalism • Conflict Reporting
Yuna Kim
MA Student
Research interests
Media Ethics • Transparency & Trust
Jason Park
MA Student
Research interests
Data Journalism • AI & Automation
Noah Smith
MA Student
Research interests
Local News • Community Storytelling