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Ryerson profs developing app that tracks variety and placement of sources in stories

By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter An app that will allow newsrooms to monitor who journalists go to for quotes in stories is being developed by two journalism professors at Ryerson University. Gavin Adamson and Asmaa Malik, assistant professors at the Ryerson School of Journalism, say the goal of their project is to help newsrooms produce more balanced content. The pair…