Residents of Toronto’s poorest neighbourhoods sometimes accuse the media of only reporting bad news. Is this true? And if it is true, does this matter? A study by the Local News Research Project at Ryerson University’s School of Journalism analyzes the impact of local news coverage on 13 troubled communities …
The Local News Research Project, based at the Ryerson University School of Journalism, explores the factors that influence local news reporting, and examines how the content, the geographic patterns of news coverage, and the amount of local news shape what happens in the Greater Toronto Area. The project’s growing database …
Openfile.ca: Dec. 29, 2011. What can an ethnocultural newspaper tell us about our city? Interview with April Lindgren about research on local news content in ethnic news media. http://toronto.openfile.ca/toronto/text/what-can-ethnocultural-newspaper-tell-us-about-our-city The Link, Radio Canada International: Dec. 14, 2011. Interview with April Lindgren about research on local news content in ethnic news …