The Global Journalism Innovation Lab/Lab Mondial d'Innovation en Journalisme is an SSHRC-funded Partnership Grant research project. Led by Dr. Alfred Hermida and Dr. Mary Lynn Young at The University of British Columbia. Addressing how the future of news is shaped by approaches to journalism, innovation practices, business models, and policy frameworks. It focuses on explanatory journalism that provides evidence-based information and perspectives to inform public dialogue and policy action. The lab investigates how emerging approaches to digital journalism impact civic engagement and policy uptake in partnership with The Conversation Canada, and the network of affiliates in Australia, France, the U.K., and the U.S., together with university partners in Canada and in Australia.

Deliverables for the ICA Post-Conference Novel Directions in Media Innovation and Funding

This conference brought together global scholars and leading journalists to analyze the impact of journalism funding and policy in different national contexts, consider innovative and successful funding solutions adopted by media outlets internationally, and highlight the role of digital news start-ups and peripheral actors in reshaping journalism

Novel Directions in Media Innovation and Funding (2024)

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Novel Directions in Media Innovation and Funding (2024) *

The report indicates a systemic need for a human-centered journalism industry. Whether it is calling for more, equity, inclusion, and diversity in boardrooms and newsrooms; favoring a diversified media ecosystem over monopolies and authoritative regimes; or calling for ownership and funding models that focus on providing valuable civic information for the sake of a healthy democracy, the authors repeatedly identified the possible perils of maintaining the current status quo in journalism.

Citation: Young, Mary Lynn, Hermida, Alfred & Castaneda, Camila eds. (2024). Novel Directions in Media Innovation and Funding, Global Journalism Innovation Lab, University of British Columbia. https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0440952

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Branding Development

I started at the Lab in 2020 as a research assistant hired to build their website. Early in the project I proposed a rebrand to better reflect the Lab’s innovation focus, and that identity was adopted and maintained for the duration of the work. The new branding guided the communications and design decisions until this date.