Journalism innovation and media startups
This team is examining how the development of journalism is being shaped by innovation practices, business models and policy frameworks. Current research includes a study of journalism startups in Canada in the past 20 years and an analysis of Google’s impact on journalism innovation globally.
The project includes the development of a critical race podcast at The Conversation Canada, exploring the mechanisms through which a journalism non-profit can leverage online media to enhance the production, distribution, and circulation of evidence-based reporting.
Research team
Alfred Hermida Phd
ProfessorSchool of Journalism, Writing, and Media, University of British Columbia
Mary Lynn Young Phd
ProfessorSchool of Journalism, Writing, and Media, University of British Columbia
Vinita Srivastava
Director of InnovationSenior Editor: Culture + Society, The Conversation Canada
Theme news
Research on journalism startups published in The Conversation Canada
To mark the fifth anniversary of The Conversation Canada, GJIL co-leads Mary Lynn Young and…
Watch: Alfred Hermida on the future of journalism in Canada
Alfred Hermida joins Reuters Institute as Visiting Fellow
GJIL co-lead Alfred Hermida is joining the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism as…
Theme publications
- The university as a “giant newsroom”
Hermida, Alfred, Lisa Varano, and Mary Lynn Young. (2022). The university as a “giant newsroom”: Not-for-profit explanatory journalism during COVID-19. In Patrick Ferrucci & Scott A. Eldridge (eds), The Institutions Changing Journalism, pp. 59-72. Routledge. - Journalism Innovation in a Time of Survival
Hermida, Alfred and Young, Mary Lynn (2021). Journalism Innovation in a Time of Survival. In News Media Innovation Reconsidered, Maria Luengo and Susana Herrera-Damas (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell.