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GJIL co-director and Research assistant recognized at 2025 RTDNA awards

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Alfred Hermida and Chaimae Chouiekh of the Global Journalism Innovation Lab continue UBC’s storytelling excellence. Alfred Hermida, co-director at the Global Journalism Innovation Lab, received the 2025 Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Canada Regional Award for his opinion piece, “More Canadians are paying for news this year, but it’s still too early to celebrate,” published by The […]

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GJIL Scholars Present at ICA 2025 in Denver, Colorado

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The International Communication Association is hosting its 75th annual conference in Denver, Colorado on June 12-16, 2025. This year, the biggest international gathering of media scholars will centre around the theme of “disrupting and consolidating communication research.” Several GJIL researchers and partners will be hosting sessions, moderating panels, and presenting their latest research. Find the

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GJIL Scholars’ CCA Program

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This year, the Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference will take place in Toronto on June 2-5, 2025. GJIL researchers from the Uptake and Audiences team at Toronto Metropolitan University are organizing the conference, and will be presenting their work at the following panels along with GJIL collaborators and the wider academic community. The conference takes

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DCMR x The Conversation Canada Record live Podcast at UBC

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The Conversation Canada’s award-winning podcast, “Don’t Call Me Resilient,” held a free live recording event at the University of British Columbia on March 5th, exploring the vital role universities play amid global crises and threats to academic freedom. Approximately 60 attendees gathered at the Dodson Room in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, to engage

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Report on rethinking media funding, innovation and policy now in french

A significant report exploring the evolving landscape of journalism funding and innovation written by scholars and journalists is now available in French, making it accessible to a broader audience. The Global Journalism Innovation Lab has published the French translation of its 2024 report Novel Directions in Media Innovation and Funding, called Nouvelles Orientations en Innovation

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Research and news relevance key factors driving the future of The Conversation

Republished from The Conversation UK: https://theconversation.com/research-and-news-relevance-key-factors-driving-the-future-of-the-conversation-edition-founder-242812 By: Stephen Khan I took a walk through the beautiful campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island recently, as I was in the city for the annual gathering of the various editions of The Conversation.  This project follows a devolved model, providing local leadership and engagement with the higher

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