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    Journalism more important now than ever, say RSJ teach-in speakers

    March 21, 2017 - By allisonr

    By JASMINE BALA Staff Reporter Journalism matters now more than ever, the media director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association told journalism students and faculty during the Ryerson School of Journalism’s (RSJ) recent teach-in day. Gail Cohen, former editor of the Law Times, said that while the news industry is struggling to adjust to digital and business challenges, the fundamental role of journalists in a democracy has not changed. “[Journalism] changes the law and it uncovers tremendous harm,” Cohen told the crowd. “It rights wrongs by shining light on unjust and harmful behaviour by individuals, corporations and most importantly, by…

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    Updated rules for language, terms for marginalized communities being discussed for new edition of Canadian Press Stylebook

    November 1, 2016 - By allisonr

    By ALLISON RIDGWAY and ANIA BESSONOV Staff Reporters The Canadian Press (CP) is discussing how to update its stylebook to reflect changing language surrounding LGBTQ, Indigenous and disabled communities, CP’s editor-in-chief said during a Ryerson Journalism Research Centre panel earlier this month. But the national news agency must keep its clients and readers in mind when contemplating such changes, said editor-in-chief Stephen Meurice. “Clarity of language is key,” Meurice told about 90 journalism students and members of the public at the panel. “You want people to read your whole story and you want them to understand what’s going on ……

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    Film exposes role of Ugandan newspapers in persecution of LGBTQ community

    September 23, 2016 - By allisonr

    BY JESSICA ROSS Special to the RJRC Queer Ugandan filmmaker Kamoga Hassan lives in fear for his life, but says he is determined to keep telling stories from one of the most dangerous countries in the world for people who are part of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community. Hassan spoke with Andrea Houston, a freelance journalist and instructor for the Ryerson School of Journalism’s Queer Media course, following a Sept. 20 screening of his 2014 film Outed: The Painful Reality. The movie is a drama based on the true story of what happened after a Ugandan newspaper printed…

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    Upcoming panel on how language evolves – and how journalism evolves with it

    September 22, 2016 - By allisonr

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    Meet the director of “Outed: The Painful Reality”, a film about homophobic media in Uganda

    September 12, 2016 - By allisonr

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