City of Brampton
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Suburban and rural communities underserved by local media, new election research suggests
By JASMINE BALA Staff Reporter The amount of news available about local contests for member of Parliament during the 2015 federal election depended on where in Canada voters were living, a new study by Ryerson University’s Local News Research Project suggests. The research, which compared local coverage of the race for MP in eight communities in Ontario, Manitoba and British…
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Brampton’s ethnic media strategy an experiment in reaching out to newcomers
By ISABELLE DOCTO Special to the RJRC Efforts by the City of Brampton to reach newcomers through ethnic media will be an important test of how municipalities can better communicate with newcomers, particularly those who struggle with English, new research suggests. The study, by Ryerson University journalism professor April Lindgren, examines the evolution of Brampton’s ethnic media strategy over the past…
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