Ryerson University

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…

UPDATED: RJRC forum on April 28 draws international experts on journalism transformation

Click here to see the live blog transcript for this event. By SHANNON CLARKE Special to the RJRC Changes in how the public consumes news and the implications of these changes for journalism and journalism education will be the focus of an April 28 colloquium hosted by the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre. The meeting of international scholars, journalists and educators is…

16×9 executive producer Laurie Few visits Ryerson School of Journalism on March 14

War and photography: A conversation about photojournalism on March 11

Reporting from the paycheque trenches: Labour reporting in an era of precarious employment

By KATERINA GEORGIEVA Special to the RJRC February 26, 2016 Labour and workplace coverage has been neglected over the years in part because newsrooms have been dominated by journalists from middle-class and upper-middle-class backgrounds, says Sara Mojtehedzadeh, the Toronto Star’s work and wealth reporter. Mojtehedzadeh said that when she first took her job at the Star in 2014, she was…