2018

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Canadian WJS co-investigator to represent Canadian research team at a meeting of the international WJS consortium in Prague

May 22, 2018

Representatives of an estimated 60+ countries will gather in Prague at the end of May to plan for the “third wave” of the Worlds of Journalism study. Participants will discuss funding as well as the broader theoretical framework of the next WJS survey, which is expected to be deployed in 2019-20. In addition, topic-specific working […]

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Justin Trudeau being interviewed by a journalists with Canadian flags in the background.

Canadian Communication Association research note explores journalists’ role as monitors of government and business elites

May 22, 2018

Canadian journalists overwhelmingly seed themselves as monitors of political and business interests, and resist an identity of supporters of government policy, according to a new research note published by the Canadian Communication Association. These findings are drawn from data collected as part of the Canadian Worlds of Journalism Study (WJS), which explores how journalists orient […]

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A woman is being interviewed out of focus in the background. A camera is set up and filming the woman. There is an in focus shot of her in the view finder.

Documentary to highlight Canadian study results showing Canadian journalists as ‘detached watchdogs’

January 23, 2018

By Amanda Pope, for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre Scholarly research that explores how Canadian journalists view their role in society will be highlighted in a new documentary and accompanying website based on the results of the Canadian Worlds of Journalism Study. “SHATTERED,” directed by Lindsay Fitzgerald, a graduate of Ryerson’s Bachelor of Journalism and […]

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