Atkinson Lecture

CBC’s Carol Off discusses the ethics of source relationships at 2018 Atkinson Lecture

Feb. 28, 2018 By STEFANIE PHILLIPS Special to the RJRC First published on RSJ website After the cameras are turned off and the notebooks are put away, journalists often drive away from their sources without thinking about the consequences that arise in the dust of their tires. But Carol Off, host of CBC Radio’s As It Happens, says it’s time journalists…

Carol Off to discuss relationship between reporters and sources at Ryerson University

Feb. 12, 2018 By AMANDA POPE Staff reporter CBC journalist and As It Happens host Carol Off will explore the relationship between reporters and sources when she delivers the annual Atkinson lecture at Ryerson University’s School of Journalism on Feb. 14. During the public lecture Off will draw upon her new book All We Leave Behind, which documents her experience…

2018 Atkinson Lecture: Carol Off to discuss the relationship between journalists and sources

BuzzFeed media editor: Most fake news creators are financially driven

BY JASMINE BALA Staff Reporter Most fake news creators are doing it for the money rather than for ideological reasons, a leading authority on fake news and verification said at the annual Ryerson School of Journalism Atkinson lecture. Craig Silverman, the media editor for BuzzFeed News, said two Canadian teenagers who create fake news stories have earned as much as…

Lecture on fake news from Buzzfeed media editor and digital verification expert Craig Silverman