Prof. April Lindgren (picture at right) of Ryerson University has made a name for herself studying ethnic media in Canada for many years. Late last year, she completed a study focused on Brampton, titled “Municipal Communication…
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On Friday, Mar. 4, I attended the 18th National Metropolis Conference, hungry for new information and curious to find out whether my area of expertise – ethnic media – was covered. The forum subtitled “Getting…
View More Ethnic Media – a Missed Topic of the Metropolis Conference 2016Despite an increase in outreach efforts, some members of Brampton’s ethnic media still feel disconnected from the City. “There is a broken link between the City of Brampton and ethnic media,” says Jagdish Grewal, the…
View More Ethnic Media Demand More from City of BramptonNews outlets that report on Canada’s ethnic communities and other niche media sources are standing out more than ever, while mainstream media companies are taking a hard hit. “Niche reporting has somewhat found a way…
View More Ethnic Media Find Success Being ‘Anti-Mainstream’It can be difficult for reporters to get information or comment from an organization for their reporting in general, but for immigrant journalists, language barriers and a lack of familiarity with public relations (PR) create…
View More #CdnImm Journalists Find ‘PR Machine’ Hard to GraspToronto-area ethnic newspapers tended to cover the Conservatives more extensively than other political parties during the 2011 election, concludes a new study by Ryerson University journalism professor April Lindgren (also a member of New Canadian…
View More Conservatives received most election coverage in GTA ethnic newspapersUnknown to the larger Canadian public and media, a story that originated in Toronto this month had caught the interest of Koreans around the world. Spawned on a Facebook page, it was about a sexual…
View More Ryerson study makes case for more local content in ethnic media