Podcast: Re-engaging

As you’ve heard throughout this podcast, journalism is facing a lot of challenges. But sometimes, the biggest one comes down to dollars and cents. 
In this episode, journalism professor Meg Wilcox sits down with a panel of media makers and discusses the financial roadblocks they face and how they continue to tackle and overcome them. From giving up their own salaries to going on the hunt for grants, Ana Sofía Hibon, André Goulet, Gaëlle Engelberts discuss how they fight to fund their community engaged journalism.
This series is a collaboration between the Community Podcast Initiative at Mount Royal University and J-Source.

The journalistic landscape has a tendency to silo professors and reporters, making securing funding and teaching community-centred journalism difficult. Despite this, universities and colleges across the country are finding ways to develop and implement community-based projects.  
In this episode, J-Source editor-in-chief and journalism professor at Mount Royal University, Gabriela Perdomo, leads a thoughtful discussion with journalism professors Teresa Goff and ​​Christine Crowther about what they feel are some best practices for navigating obstacles when teaching engaged journalism.
This series is a collaboration between the Community Podcast Initiative at Mount Royal University and J-Source.

Choices, consent and consequences. Around the world, journalists are feeling the pressure of reduced trust between them and the communities they aim to serve. 
Journalist Jessica Botelho-Urbanski helps guide a thoughtful conversation between community leaders Lela Savić, Matthew DiMera, and Max Resnik where they discuss ways to build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with communities. 
This series is a collaboration between the Community Podcast Initiative at Mount Royal University and J-Source.

Community-centred journalism can sometimes seem at odds with traditional media practices. Sources rarely see an article before publication and even then newsrooms have complete control over a story. Engaged journalism flips this on its head, but there are a number of ethical factors newsrooms must first consider. 
In this episode, host Jessica Botelho-Urbanski, sits down with Toronto Metropolitan University professors April Lindgren and Nicole Blanchett to explore how news outlets can maintain editorial independence while fostering relationships with communities.
This series is a collaboration between the Community Podcast Initiative at Mount Royal University and J-Source.