More than 50 scholars, journalists and students attended the Novel Directions in Media Innovation and Funding ICA-post conference in Toronto on May 29-30.
The event provided a space for academics and practitioners to share their expertise and learn from each other.
Event organizers Mary-Lynn Young (left) and Alfred Hermida (right).
Stephen Khan, Global Executive Editor at The Conversation Media Group introduces the keynote speaker.
Vinita Strivastava, Executive Producer + Host of Don’t Call Me Resilient, and Senior Editor, Culture and Society, The Conversation Canada, during her keynote talk.
Hanan Badr, from the Universität Salzburg, Austria, on her panel talk on quality journalism and the dilemmas for sustainable independent journalism in Egypt.
Diana Bossio, from the Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, during her panel talk on quality journalism and how the Australian news media bargaining code affects quality news media funding.
Daniel Graesser, from the Freie Universität in Berlin, Germany, during his panel talk on quality journalism and reconceptualizing media subsidies in the 21st century.
Aske Kammer, from Roskilde University in Denmark, during his panel talk on quality journalism and public subsidies for private news media innovations.
Hadiya Roderique, from the University of Toronto, Canada, during her panel talk on how quality journalism is debiasing journalism.
Hadiya Roderique, from the University of Toronto, Canada, during her panel talk on how quality journalism is debiasing journalism.
Hossein Derakhshan from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK.
Kamal Al-Solaylee, Director of the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media at University of British Columbia, Canada.
Hadiya Roderqiue (left) and Shirley Roburn, from York University, Canada (right)
The conference provided a space for informal conversations
Sora Park, of University of Canberra, during one of the conference talks.
Chris Lee, from Inspirit Foundation and Rodney Benson, from New York University, USA (right).
Attendees listening to panel talks on what is quality journalism.
Camila Castaneda asking a question during the table talks presentation.
Chair, Charles Davis (left) with lunch session speakers Hossein Derakhshan (middle) and Manuel Puppis (right).
Chair, Charles Davis (left) with lunch session speakers Hossein Derakhshan (middle) and Manuel Puppis (right).
Janice Neil (left) with Marlee Greig, from Humber College and Katie Jensen, owner of Vocal Fry Studios, during our lunch session.
Trish Audette-Longo, from Carleton University, Canada (left) presenting research on journalism start-ups and climate stories to Hanan Badr (middle) and Sora Park (right) during the table talks presentations.
Hanan Badr, from Universität Salzburg, Austria during table talks.
Terry Flew, from the University of Sydney, Australia presenting his research on how society values news and its implications for public policy during the table talks presentations.
Adam Chen (left), Founder of Talk Media, Hadiya Roderique (middle), and Ana Sofía Hibon (right), from Inspirit Foundation, during the final interactive activity of the conference.
Kathy English, from Canadian Journalism Foundation and Mary-Lynn listening to a speaker during the final interactive activity of the conference.
Adam Chen, Chris Lee and George Abraham during the table talks presentations.
Rodney Benson, introducing the closing interactive session of the conference.
Magda Konieczna, of Concordia University, Canada during the final interactive activity of the conference.
Closing remarks made by event organizer Alfred Hermida.
Closing remarks made by event organizer Mary-Lynn Young.
Photos by Felicia Chiappetta and Beth Rochester