These are some of our recent publications:

2025

• Blanchett, N., & Misri, A. (2025). Rethinking journalistic role conceptions and role performance as artificial intelligence integrates into newsrooms. In A. Sarısakaloğlu & M. Löffelholz (Eds.), The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Journalism (pp. 153-165). John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394250424.ch10
• Misri, A., Blanchett, N., & Lindgren, A. (2025). “There’s a rule book in my head”: Journalism ethics meet A.I. in the newsroom. Digital Journalism, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2025.2495693
• Misri, A., Lindgren, A., & Blanchett, N. (2025, May 13). Have journalists skipped the ethics conversation when it comes to using AI? The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/have-journalists-skipped-the-ethics-conversation-when-it-comes-to-using-ai-255485
• Blanchett, N., Ono, S., Lecourt, S., & Hillis, C. (2025). The Conversation Canada and journalistic boundaries: A case study in the challenges of defining journalism. Canadian Journal of Communication, 50(1), 115–144. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjc-2024-0032
• Lindgren, A. (2025, February 19). Local news Is dying. The consequences are worse than you think. The Walrus. https://thewalrus.ca/local-news-is-dying-the-consequences-are-worse-than-you-think/

2024

• Blanchett, N., Davis, C. H., Sozoniuk, M., & Chen, S. (2024, October 14). Transparency and trust: How news consumers in Canada want AI to be used in journalism. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/transparency-and-trust-how-news-consumers-in-canada-want-ai-to-be-used-in-journalism-240527
• Hibon, A. S., & Lindgren, A. (2024, August 9). New guides demystify and encourage philanthropic support for journalism in Canada. Alliance. https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/new-guides-demystify-and-encourage-philanthropic-support-for-journalism-in-canada/
• Hibon, A. S., Lindgren, A., & Jolly, B. (2024). Funding journalism: A guide to philanthropic support for Canadian Media. Inspirit Foundation, Local News Research Project & Canadian Association of Journalists. https://inspiritfoundation.org/insights/funding-journalism-a-guide-to-philanthropic-support-for-canadian-media/
• Blanchett, N., Brin, C., & Duncan, S. (2024). Catch, engage, retain: Audience-oriented journalistic role performance in Canada. Journalism Practice, 18(9), 2258-2280. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2024.2310712

2023

• Lindgren, A., Hibon, A. S., & Krynitzki, S. (2023, December 18). New guide offers path to philanthropic support for journalism. J-Source. https://j-source.ca/new-guide-offers-path-to-philanthropic-support-for-journalism/
• Lindgren, A. (2023, November 21). Librarians can help create inventories for community news access in Canada. J-Source. https://j-source.ca/librarians-can-help-create-inventories-for-community-news-access-in-canada/
• Hibon, A. S., Lindgren, A., & Krynitzki, S. (2023). Funding journalism: A guide for Canadian philanthropy. Inspirit Foundation, Local News Research Project & Philanthropic Foundations Canada. https://inspiritfoundation.org/insights/funding-journalism-a-guide-for-canadian-philanthropy/

2022

• Lindgren, A. (2022). Talk now, avoid conflict later: Openness and transparency are essential as philanthropic support for journalism becomes more widespread. In The Philanthropic Year, Volume 4 Fall 2022. PhiLab. https://philab.uqam.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Annee_PhiLanthropique_case_studies_2.pdf
• Lindgren, A., Wechsler, S., & Wong, C. (2022, August 26). The COVID years: Risk, reward and rethinking priorities. J-Source. https://j-source.ca/the-covid-years-risk-reward-and-rethinking-priorities/
• Lindgren, A., & Wong, C. (2022, March 25). Discordant or just different? A comparison of community newspaper data in Canada. J-Source. https://j-source.ca/discordant-or-just-different-a-comparison-of-community-newspaper-data-in-canada/

2021

• Lindgren, A. (2021, February 8). Local news organizations help sort fact from fiction. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/02/08/local-news-organizations.html

2020

• Lindgren, A. (2020). Ethnocultural Media. In M. Gasher, D. Skinner & N. Coulter (Eds.), Media and Communication in Canada: Networks, Culture, Technology, Audiences (9th ed., p. 260). Oxford University Press.
• Lindgren, A. (2020, May 27). Local news is being decimated during one of its most important moments. Policy Options. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/may-2020/local-news-is-being-decimated-during-one-of-its-most-important-moments/
• Lindgren, A., Wechsler, S., & Wong, C. (2020, April 29). COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada [interactive map]. Local News Research Project. https://localnewsresearchproject.ca/covid-19-media-impact-map-for-canada/
• Lindgren, A., Corbett, J., & Hodson, J. (2020). Mapping change in Canada’s local news landscape: An investigation of research impact on public policy. Digital Journalism, 8(6), 758-779. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2020.1724516

2019

• Lindgren, A., Jolly, B., Sabatini, C., & Wong, C. (2019). Good news, bad news: A snapshot of conditions at small-market newspapers in Canada. Local News Research Project & National NewsMedia Council. http://portal.journalism.ryerson.ca/goodnewsbadnews/
• Lindgren, A. (2019, April 29). Thunder Bay: Local news is important for conversations on reconciliation. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/thunder-bay-local-news-is-important-for-conversations-on-reconciliation-114875
• Lindgren, A. (2019, April 24). What the death of local news means for the federal election. The Walrus. https://thewalrus.ca/what-the-death-of-local-news-means-for-the-federal-election/
• Corbett, J., & Lindgren, A. (2019). Exploring the potential for crowdsourced spatial information to inform debate related to the changing Canadian local news landscape. In V. Fast, G. McKenzie & R. Sieber (Eds.), Proceedings of the Conference on Spatial Knowledge and Information – Canada. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2323/SKI-Canada-2019-7-4-2.pdf

2018

• Lindgren, A. (2018, November 22). Deep newsroom cuts hurt communities. Waterloo Chronicle. https://www.waterloochronicle.ca/opinion-story/9041626-deep-newsroom-cuts-hurt-communities-report/
• Lindgren, A. (2018, June 12). Testimony before the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications on tax deductibility of foreign internet advertising in Canada. http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/in-committee-from-the-senate-of-canada/episodes/63043188
• Rinner, C., Komaromy, A., & Lindgren, A. (2018). Geospatial Tools for the Visualization and Analysis of Local News Distribution. In The Future of Local News: Research and Reflections. Multimedia conference proceedings. Ryerson Journalism Research Centre. http://futureoflocalnews.org/portfolio-item/geospatial-tools-for-the-visualization-and-analysis-of-local-news-distribution/
• Lindgren, A., & Corbett, J. (2018). The Local News Map: Transparency, Credibility and Critical Cartography. In The Future of Local News: Research and Reflections. Multimedia conference proceedings. Ryerson Journalism Research Centre. http://futureoflocalnews.org/portfolio-item/the-local-news-map-transparency-credibility-and-critical-cartography/
• Lindgren, A. (2018, March 26). How Ottawa should spend its $50 million to support local news. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/how-ottawa-should-spend-its-50-million-to-support-local-news-93902

2017

• Lindgren, A. (2017, December 5). Instead of mourning local news, try paying for it. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/instead-of-mourning-local-news-try-paying-for-it-88553
• Hodson, J., & Lindgren, A. (2017). The 2015 Canadian election and locally relevant news on Twitter. In SMSociety17: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1145/3097286.3097325
• Lindgren, A., Corbett, J., & Hodson, J. (2017, January 23). Canada’s local news “poverty.” Policy Options. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2017/01/canadas-local-news-poverty/

2016

• Lindgren, A., Hodson, J., & Corbett, J. (2016, October 6). Local News Poverty in Canadian Communities. Supplied written brief and testified before the House of Commons Heritage Committee on as part of the committee’s hearings on the Media and Local Communities. Brief available from: https://localnewsresearchproject.ca/2016/11/01/local-news-poverty-in-canadian-communities/. Testimony available from: https://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20260309/-1/25784
• Lindgren, A. (2016). University researchers explore “local news poverty” in Canadian communities. Grassrooots Editor, 57(3-4), 6.
• Lindgren, A. (2016, September 8). Ryerson journalism professor investigates local news poverty. Association of Municipalities Ontario WatchFile.
• Lindgren, A., & Corbett, J. (2016, June 14). The Local News Map: Tell us what is happening to local news in your community [interactive map]. https://localnewsmap.geolive.ca/
• Lindgren, A. (2016). Aiding and abetting: How police media information units shape local news coverage. In C. Richardson & R. Smith Fullerton (Eds.), Covering Canadian crimes: What journalists should know and the public should question (pp. 193-216). University of Toronto Press.

2015

• Lindgren, A. (2015). Ethnic media: On the margins no more. In H. Bauder & J. Shields (Eds.), Immigration, integration, and the settlement experience in North America (pp. 367-387). Canadian Scholars Press.
• Lindgren, A. (2015). Municipal communication strategies and ethnic media: A settlement service in disguise. Global Media Journal: Canadian Edition, 8(2), 49-71. http://gmj-canadianedition.ca/2015-volume-8-issue-2/
• Lindgren, A., & Wong, C. (2015, September 18). How is your Toronto neighbourhood portrayed in the news? Check it out using these interactive maps. Geothink. http://geothink.ca/how-is-your-toronto-neighbourhood-portrayed-in-the-news-check-it-out-using-these-interactive-maps/

2014

• Lindgren, A. (2014). Toronto-area ethnic newspapers and Canada’s 2011 federal election: An investigation of content, focus and partisanship. Canadian Journal of Political Science,47(4). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423914000912
• Lindgren, A. (2014). Demonized weed. Literary Review of Canada, 22(6), 20-21. https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2014/07/demonized-weed/
• Lindgren, A. (2014). Ethnic media election coverage: A content analysis methodology. RCIS Working Paper No. 2014/4. https://doi.org/10.32920/31271743

2013

• Lindgren, A. (2013). The Diverse City: Can you read all about it in ethnic newspapers?
  Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice,5(2), 120-140. https://crlsj.com/index.php/journal/issue/view/10
• Lindgren, A. (2013). Do ethnocultural newspapers have a future in Canada? J-Source. https://j-source.ca/do-ethnocultural-newspapers-have-a-future-in-canada/
• Lindgren, A. (2013). The diverse city: Can you read all about it in ethnic newspapers? CERIS Working Paper #95. https://doi.org/10.32920/ryerson.14639301

2012

• Lindgren, A., & Wong, C. (2012). Want to understand local news? Make a map. Published in the proceedings from the 2012 annual conference of the Canadian Communication Association, Waterloo, Ont. https://doi.org/10.32920/ryerson.14637531
• Lindgren, A. (2011-2012). Missing and misrepresented: Portrayals of other ethnic and racialized groups in a Greater Toronto Area ethnocultural newspaper. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 43-44(3-1), 99-121. https://doi.org/10.32920/14637507
• Fatima, S. (2012). Telling scholarly stories: Translating research outcomes into multimedia stories for the purposes of dissemination. https://doi.org/10.32920/ryerson.14640111

2011

• Lindgren, A. (2011). Front page challenge: A case study examining what the ethnic media promises and what it delivers. CERIS Working Paper #83. https://doi.org/10.32920/ryerson.14642031
• Lindgren, A. (2011). Interpreting the city: Portrayals of place in a Toronto-area ethnic newspaper. Aether: The Journal of Media Geography, 8a, 68-88. https://doi.org/10.32920/ryerson.14638944
• Komaromy, A. (2011). Spatial Analysis Methods for Describing and Comparing the Geographic Distribution of Local News [Major Research Paper, Master of Spatial Analysis, Ryerson University].

2010

• Lindgren, A. (2010, June 15). Report: Covering disadvantaged neighbourhoods. J-Source. https://doi.org/10.32920/ryerson.14639346
• Lindgren, A. (2010, May 28). “Why negative news dominates in reports about Toronto’s disadvantaged neighbourhoods.” Openfile.ca.

2009

• Lindgren, A. (2009). News, geography and disadvantage: Mapping newspaper coverage of high-needs neighbourhoods in Toronto, Canada. Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 18(1), 74-97. https://doi.org/10.32920/ryerson.14636889
• Lindgren, A. (2009). Mapping local news: A research methodology. Paper presented to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Presented to the AEJMC annual conference, Boston. Available from http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aejmc/aejmc09/