2019

CWJS investigator Ivor Shapiro played a leading role in helping the global Worlds of Journalism Study team determine whom to include under the category of “journalist” in the recently launched third wave of the international project. Ivor co-convened, with Martin Oller Alonso of the University of Milan, a working group of  11 investigators  to define […]

The key Canadian findings  from the 2014-2016  Canadian World of Journalism Study, funded by a SSHRC Insight Grant, were published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science in early 2019 (online) and in September 2019 in print, as follows: Just Who Do Canadian Journalists Think They Are? Political Role Conceptions in Global and Historical Perspective. By […]

Close to two months after finance minister Bill Morneau announced $600 million in support for the Canadian journalism industry, little is known about how this funding will be allocated. Even more troubling is that, while many of Canadian journalism’s “usual suspects” have weighed in, this issue—one of vital importance to Canadian democracy—doesn’t appear to have […]

Lisa Taylor, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at Ryerson University, has taken over from Ivor Shapiro as the leader of the Worlds of Journalism’s Canadian research team. “It’s exciting, and just a little nerve-racking, to be at the helm of such an important project,” Taylor said. “But Ivor’s been an incredible mentor […]