Do journalists care what the audience wants and thinks? Yup.
There’s been a big shift in how journalists consider their audiences in newsrooms. That big shift is largely due to audience data – lots of audience data. Journalists experience almost…
JRP Stories
Between Ideals and Practices conference magazine now published
A newly published magazine highlighting research shared at the Between Ideals and Practices conference captures the state of a media landscape in perpetual transformation. Shaped by factors such as technology,…
Registration Now Open for Between Ideals & Practices Conference
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…
Story on JRP Canada research featured in J-Source
The Canadian branch of the JRP team has highlighted its preliminary findings in an academic article published in Facts and Frictions that is summarized and built upon in a story…
Pre-conference Toronto, #jrp2023
Between ideals and practices: Journalistic role performance in transformative times, is a one-day international pre-conference that will explore the factors shaping journalism in an industry facing critical resource shortages, political…
Attract, Engage, Convert, Retain: Building Loyal Audiences in Canadian Newsrooms
With the use of metrics and analytics embedded in practice at most newsrooms, efforts are shifting to develop processes that target specific audience segments. Traffic still matters, but the time…
Bots and Analytics: How does the growth of AI make space for better journalism?
Tech is changing journalism, but that could be a good thing The increasing integration of automation into journalistic life is often coupled with discussions of job threats, loss of identity,…
JRP Canada Introductory Slideshow
This presentation, from the 2022 RUBIX conference at Toronto Metropolitan University, introduces the JRP project and situates preliminary findings within the Canadian context. Listen to research assistant Sama Nemat Allah…
IDEALS VERSUS PRACTICE: THE COMPLEX ROLES OF MODERN JOURNALISTS
The Journalistic Role Performance project is examining the evolution of journalists’ practice during a period of deep disruption for news organizations Is there a difference between the ideals that journalists…
JRP Canada Podcast – Episode 3
Nicole Blanchett, principal investigator of the Canadian JRP Project, and team members Karen Owen of Mt. Royal University and RA Sama Nemat Allah of Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of the…
The future of digital storytelling: Insights from the JRP study
The future of digital storytelling is intrinsically tied to the use of audience data, and that’s leading to fragmentation of the audience. I’ve been studying the use of metrics and…
Everybody welcome, everybody belongs
From a bottom-up editorial process to prioritizing diversity and using traditional marketing practices to develop journalistic stories, HuffPost Canada was a digital-first innovator. Then it was shuttered. My interviews and…
The Project
Learn more about what Journalism Role Performance Canada is all about.
International Participants Map
This data visualization, created by JRP researcher and journalism professor, Cheryl Vallender, outlines the international participants from the Global North and South who participated in the second wave of the…
JRP Canada Podcast – Episode 2
Nicole Blanchett, Karen Owen and Cheryl Vallender discuss the JRP methodology and unique components of the Canadian study.
JRP Canada Podcast – Episode 1
Nicole Blanchett, principal investigator of the Canadian JRP Project, and team members Karen Owen of Mt. Royal University and Cheryl Vallender of Sheridan College discuss the JRP project.