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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…
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Facebook Journalism Project, DMZ and Ryerson School of Journalism partner to launch ‘Digital News Innovation Challenge’
Dec. 13, 2017 By AMANDA POPE Staff reporter Five Canadian journalism entrepreneurs will each receive up to $100,000 in seed money for their early-stage startups as a result of a new program designed to encourage journalism innovation. In addition to the seed money, each of the finalists in the Digital News Innovation Challenge will receive a Facebook marketing budget of…
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Duncan McCue works with Ryerson J-School on curriculum for covering indigenous issues
BY JASMINE BALA Staff Reporter Reporters working in Canadian newsrooms should receive diversity training just like police officers and health workers do says Duncan McCue, the newly appointed Rogers Visiting Journalist at the Ryerson School of Journalism (RSJ). McCue said the training is necessary because journalists who don’t understand indigenous cultures can cause harm while reporting on these communities. “The…
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