The Canadian Journalism Project (CJP) is a project of the Canadian Journalism Foundation

Canadian Journalism Foundation

Founded in 1990, the Canadian Journalism Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in Canadian journalism by recognizing outstanding journalistic achievement and by promoting dialogue between media, business, government and academe.The Foundation's awards...

in collaboration with leading journalism schools and organizations across Canada. It seeks to make an impact on the quality of journalism in Canada through its websites, J-Source (English) and ProjetJ (French), which provide information, commentary and resources related to the achievement of, and challenges to, quality in journalism and journalism education.

J-Source and ProjetJ

J-Source is the English website of the Canadian Journalism Project, and ProjetJ is the French website. They are both community-based sites for journalists, journalism students, journalism educators and members of the public who are interested in journalism issues in Canada. Each site's content is maintained by an English Masthead and French Masthead, respectively (i.e. the French site is not a direct translation of the English site). The content of the sites is divided into categories, which are each edited and maintained by a member of the respective masthead.

Governance

The CJP is governed by two committees: an Editorial Committee and a Management Committee. Specific duties and responsibilities may be delegated to sub-committees as necessary.

Editorial Committee

The Editorial Committee has full responsibility for editorial content. Specifically, the committee's content responsibilities include:

• Providing editorial direction
• Ensuring the overall quality of content
• Developing guidelines and timelines for content submission by section editors and others
• Appointing (and, if necessary, removing) section editors
• Identifying and recruiting other qualified authors of content
• Assisting with promotional efforts
• Contributing organizational support, monetary or in-kind, where possible
• Ensuring that section editors are contributing material on a regular basis and, where this isn’t the case, removing a section editor and replacing them either temporarily or permanently.

Current Members


Janice Neil, Ryerson University -- Editor-in-Chief, J-Source

Paul Benedetti -- Editor-at-large

Robert Cribb, Canadian Association of Journalists -- Editor, Ask a Mentor

Anne Caroline Desplanques -- Editor-in-Chief, ProjetJ

Patricia Elliott, University of Regina -- Editor, The Big Issue

Dean Jobb, University of King’s College -- Editor, Law

Lisa Lynch, Concordia University -- Editor, Researching Journalism

Mary McGuire, Carleton University -- Editor, Education

David McKie, CBC -- Editor, Ideas

David Milliken -- Canadian Journalism Foundation

Rhiannon Russell, Ryerson University Student -- Editor, Students' Lounge

David Secko, Concordia University -- Editor, Findings

Ivor Shapiro, Ryerson University -- Editor, Ethics

David Spencer, University of Western Ontario -- Editor, Book Reviews

Robert Washburn, Loyalist College -- Editor, Innovation

French Masthead

The French Masthead manages content on the French site.

Current Members

Anne Caroline Desplanques -- Rédactrice en chef

Marc-Francois Bernier, Université d’Ottawa -- Éthique et déontologie

Colette Brin, Université Laval -- Formation

Pierre Duchesne, Radio-Canada

Annie Labrecque, Les Débrouillards

Michel Munger, Quebecor

Management Committee

The management committee is responsible for the overall management of the site, and oversees the planning, administration and funding of the project. This includes:

• Developing governance structure and policies with the Mastheads
• Hiring and overseeing staff (consulting with editors-in-chief)
• Budgeting and managing expenses
• Strategic planning and direction
• Marketing and promotion
• Fundraising

Current Members

• David Milliken (co-chair) -- Canadian Journalism Foundation
• Ivor Shapiro (co-chair) -- Ryerson University, J-Source
• Cal Bricker -- Canadian Journalism Foundation
• Colette Brin -- Université Laval, ProjetJ
• Freda Colbourne -- Canadian Journalism Foundation
• Anne Caroline Desplanques -- ProjetJ
• Erin Elder -- Canadian Journalism Foundation
• Janice Neil -- Ryerson University, J-Source
• François Taschereau -- Canadian Journalism Foundation

External links

• J-Source
• ProjetJ
• Canadian Journalism Foundation