By Kemi Obando.
In a special issue of the journalism studies journal Facts and Frictions, Carleton University journalism professors Trish Audette-Longo, Christine Crowther and Nana aba Duncan address how journalism education in Canada has changed since 2020 and how it will continue to change. Co-edited by Chantal Francoeur at UQAM, and Shenaz Kermalli in Toronto “Forced Change: Pandemic Pedagogy and Journalism Education, features the contributions of 20 educators across the country.
“We call this issue ‘Forced Change’ to acknowledge the speed with which journalists and journalism educators acted to meet the demands of external pressures through the pandemic: doing (and sometimes re-learning) their jobs and connecting with their communities remotely, at a distance, often at any or all hours” the editors write in their introductory essay.
The introductory essay also outlines calls issued by Black, Indigenous and students of colour at Carleton University and other journalism schools to address systemic racism in journalism education.. The introductory essay can be found here: https://factsandfrictions.ca/portfolio-item/forced-change-introduction-pandemic-pedagogy-journalism-education/
The issue includes traditional research essays, podcast episodes, reflections on teaching and ready-to-use teaching material.
Ultimately, the goal of this special issue is to build community across journalism schools and foster more conversations about what it takes to teach journalism now and in the future,” lead editor Audette-Longo says.
Utilizing journalistic methods in the peer-reviewed journal, Duncan led the development of the Forced Change English-language podcast episodes.
“Our focus is on how journalism educators changed the way they taught during the COVID 19 pandemic, ” Duncan says. There are three English-language podcast episodes and one French-language episode led by Francoeur.
The podcast episodes cover a range of issues including unpacking trauma-informed reporting in journalism classrooms, and teaching anti-oppressive journalism and feature the journalism school’s IT coordinator Roger Martin, associate professor Adrian Harewood, associate professor Duncan McCue and assistant professor Matthew Pearson. The episodes were co-produced by journalism students Nathan Fung, Sophie Kuijper-Dickson and Wafa El-Rayes.
Design by Yanjano Banda
Carleton J-School students Yanjano Banda designed the image featured across the multimedia issue, Nehaa Bimal and Constantina Varlokostas contributed to coordinating behind the scenes, Charlotte Nieuwenhuis translated elements of the issue, and alumna Tracey Lindeman designed the PDF version of the journal.
All of this work was funded in part by the School of Journalism and Communication, the Faculty of Public Affairs, the Office of the Vice President (Research and International), Teaching and Learning Services, and a SSHRC Connection grant
Thursday, December 21, 2023 in Journalism News, News
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