Ryerson Journalism Reasearch Centre
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Laurie Few from Global’s 16X9 on investigative journalism
By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter Before she picks up a hidden camera, 16×9 executive producer Laurie Few consults with a lawyer. “[Don’t move] unless you have checked with someone up the food chain,” Few told students at the Ryerson School of Journalism during a recent presentation. “Right now I have a $10-million lawsuit with my show and I’m like woohoo,…
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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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Navigating the freelance jungle: Tips from Robert Osborne
By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter March 8, 2016 Freelance journalists must pitch strategically and confidently and be “the raccoon[s] of the journalism world,” veteran freelancer Robert Osborne told students at a recent workshop organized by the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre. Osborne’s workshop, which focused on selling stories and maximizing the return on work, took students through the freelance process,…
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CBC’s Adrienne Arsenault on reporting from the front lines of the Ebola epidemic
By ILINA GHOSH Staff Reporter After eight days of reporting in the Ebola–ravaged city of Monrovia, Liberia, CBC News senior correspondent Adrienne Arsenault says fear and suspicion haunted her team’s homecoming – even before they set foot back in Canada. It was October 2014 and while the Ebola virus was rapidly coursing through western Africa, a different epidemic had…
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Toronto Star’s Sara Mojtehedzadeh discusses labour reporting and precarious work on Feb. 3
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