Registration is now open and the preliminary program is available for Between ideals and practices: Journalistic role performance in transformative times. This is a one-day international pre-conference to ICA 2023 that will explore the factors shaping journalism in an industry facing critical resource shortages, political polarization, and a years-long pandemic. Journalists now often work in precarity, with a narrated ideal to fulfill a public service role, but a reality that might involve more time spent entertaining than acting as a watchdog, and a growing segment of the audience that does not trust in news or chooses to avoid it.
Key information:
- The conference will be held in The School of Journalism in the Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) on Wednesday May 24th, 2023 (just a 15-minute walk from the location of ICA 2023)
- Scholars from around the world will be presenting
- There will be presentations in both French and English covering a wide range of topics including reporting during the pandemic; the impact of technology on newsroom practice; journalism and democracy; journalists as influencers and activists; and evolving methods to study journalistic roles
- Dr. Daniel Hallin and Dr. Claudia Mellado will both give keynote addresses
- The registration fee of $75 Canadian (+ tax), $25 for students (+tax) includes breakfast, lunch and snacks
- There are also a limited number of affordable rooms available to book in TMU’s residence for up to a one-week stay for registered conference participants* ($57 + tax/night for shared washroom; $90 + tax/night for private washroom)
- Journalists will also be invited to participate in panels/discussions to build bridges between academic researchers and practitioners
Questions? Get in touch with us at canada.jrp@gmail.com.
This conference is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, as well as The Creative School, Centre d’études sur les médias, the Journalism Research Centre at TMU, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
