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    RJRC’s new multimedia journal examines the many facets of local news

    By ALLISON RIDGWAY Staff reporter July 19, 2018 The relationship between local charities and news, an app that tracks the diversity of local news sources, and the use of crowd-sourcing to track changes to local news organizations are among the ideas discussed in a new publication from Ryerson Journalism Research Centre (RJRC). The groundbreaking online multimedia journal published in early June combines academic papers, videos and a podcast to explore the decline of local news. “We wanted to create content that will draw in readers who may otherwise get turned off by seeing a long academic article that some people…