Feb 27, 2022The Role of Gatekeeping in JournalismThe role of gatekeeping in journalism is important and necessary, but in application, it seems to have room for error in today’s society. As Gabrielle Tutheridge wrote for Medium, gatekeeping “is the news selection and extraction of news, which then gets passed through a series of gates (the journalists), and…News11 min readNews11 min read
Feb 27, 2022The Attention EconomyThe integration of social media and technology in our lifestyles creates a dependence on these platforms and personal devices to work alongside us throughout the day. …Social Media7 min readSocial Media7 min read
Feb 27, 2022Playbour: the infinite labour glitch within user-generated content“Playbour” is the combination of play and digital labour on social media platforms. This phenomenon was born after the emergence of social media networks that required users to surrender their personal data and labour in exchange for access to a platform. The Digital Labour argument presented by Christian Fuchs and…Social Media8 min readSocial Media8 min read
Oct 26, 2020Did the Chernobyl catastrophe happen on purpose?On April 26th, 1986, a series of explosions destroyed a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, causing radiation to immediately flood the area and all nearby villages. …4 min read4 min read
Oct 25, 2020London, Ontario is battling an ‘opioid epidemic’Over the course of seven months, almost 100 dosages of naloxone were administered by London police to 59 different individuals who experienced opioid overdoses — of the total assisted, all but two survived. Naloxone is a medication used to reverse the effects of opioid overdose by blocking opioid receptive sites…2 min read2 min read
Oct 25, 2020‘Black students need a safe space on campus’: Western University’s BSA president on shifting the social club to a political groupThe Black Students’ Association at Western University is doing things a little differently this year, under a brand new executive team. The new president of the association, 20-year-old Razan Mohamed, is advocating for action and change on the university campus. “A change I really wanted to make this year, as…2 min read2 min read
Oct 25, 2020‘Do not go in until you are fully armed’: Investigative journalist Randy Richmond on journalism as a weapon against systemic problems“That wasn’t the real story.” London Free Press journalist Randy Richmond stresses in the introduction of ‘WE ARE THE COPS’, a six-part investigative series examining an incident of police brutality, that the officers’ recollection of the incident conveniently excluded critical parts of the story that would reveal the full truth…2 min read2 min read
